The 5 bala were sailing towards Xen'Zel as he completed his concentrating his reiatsu, his body was now covered in glowing green energy, the most powerful emanations coming from his legs. "Too easy" He dashed forward, kicking at each Bala as he passed them, shattering their energy with his own. "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south! Hado 31! Shakkaho!" Spinning in the air Xen performed a bicycle kick, firing the spell from his foot towards the Hollow. He was about 10 yards away from all of them now.

The punches struck home with hardly any resistance and the slash was overpowered quite effortlessly. Tataki flew back, having been bashed and thrashed. He could keep his footing after the blow to the chest, but when that shadow claw overwhelmed his own quick slash he was thrown back a few steps and on his back. Tataki moved a hand to his chest, where that final punch had crashed into his body. That hurt. Tataki gasped, taking a long blink as he tried to ignore the punch to pure bone and ribs.

On the ground, without a weapon, each and everyone of the bala aimed for him would hit but one which was a few feet shy of crashing. Tataki would be slammed into the ground, as the mighty waves of force came thrashing forward with the full intent of crushing him. Blow for blow, the ground quaked and cracked and the wounds at his chest splintered into breaks. Broken ribs and pain in every muscle in his body was all that Tataki felt as the pulsing pain engulfed him and caused him to see white and black. His vision was gone, his mind light and unfocused a moment, as he was on the border of losing and maintaining consciousness.

It was like all of gravity became Tataki's enemy. It mercilessly rammed him, showing no sign that it cared that he'd been punched in the chest twice or that there was nothing but the hard, cold, unwelcoming ground under him. Smashed between the hard floor and those rapidly fired Bala, Tataki recived ample payment for taking the Shadow Tiger's eye.

"Are you alright Tataki?, I was sent to help, if thats okay with you..."
Words. They were from somewhere. Tataki shook his head, his dull eyes fluttering and regaining energy. Tataki was on his back, his Zanpakuto dropped a yard to his left, and his uniform at his chest looked slightly torn and it was dirty. Tataki opened his mouth, but could only cough at first. Each cough sent razors of pain and torture running through his chest and, what felt like, his heart.

"I am-" The words were weak, lacking any energy or even thought behind them. Tataki didn't know what to say after that. It was like he couldn't express what he was going through and, even if he could, state what he wanted to say about this situation. What do I say? I can't think...Ugh. I have to-I have to get up, The thoughts were powerful, commanding him to sit up.

Sitting up was probably a mistake. As Tataki moved to a sitting position, his legs laid out flat, he flinched. He moved a hand to his chest, the pain apparent in his eyes. "Urg...Urk..Uhh...." he grunted, trying to find some, any, to think of what he had to do. Tataki looked at the Shadow Tiger. Strong, quick, and had various abilities, however...He was still outnumbered and he wasn't perfect. The fact that he lost his eye gave that away.

I can't just quit. Not here. This guy...A thing like him will just cause more suffering. Even if we bearly manage it, we have to make him retreat or wound him to the point that he'll just go home. Gotta do something. But, I don't think they are all that much stronger than I am, Sweating, tightly gripping his painful chest, Tataki's eye looked over at Noba carefully. Almost like he were looking for something that Noba was carrying.

Tataki's eyes, weakly, looked over at the Shadow Tiger. He was dealing with a number of attacks himself, but that wouldn't hold him off forever. Before he would have started his next attack, Tataki realized what he had to do. I got his eye. That won't open again...But that is also an opening. I'll make him quit this attack. I will have too, Plan made in an instant, Tataki knew exactly what he had to do.

"I need-" Trembling, moving slow, and grunting in pain, the young Shinigami forced himself to stand. He was really pushing himself, but he could fight as he was. A few broken ribs, though painful and an annoyance, wouldn't stop him from fighting. "To get closer and for him to get slower..." Tataki said that low, so that only Noba would hear. Xen'Zel was there, and Tataki knew that, but Xen'Zel was further away and engaged with Kido and his own abilities. Tataki only had Noba at the moment to work together with with Xen'Zel pretty much acting however he wanted. Tataki had an idea, but he would need Noba's help and he needed Noba to figure all this out without Tataki saying much more than he already had.

Noba kneeled down to Tataki, and began examing his wounds, they were quite severe, but nothing that would kill Tataki. Noba was worried about Tataki's well being at this time and not so much the enemey that stood before them. Noba was about to begin his healing process but, Tataki called out to him in a whisper."To get closer and for him to get slower..." Noba pondered for a moment what was this half dead painfilled shinigami thinking another attack like that would possibly be his last. Noba shook his head, but at the same time Tataki must have good reason not wanting to retreat. Noba huffed out a breathe of air.

"Alright, I guess we can try....I make no promises though."

Noba helped up Tataki as carefully as possible, Noba needed Xen so he could make Shadow Tiger slow down. But How would Noba relay the information without giving away a plan! As he heled Tataki up they wobbled as they stood. Noba grabbed Tataki's Zanpakuto and handed it to Tataki hoping he would be able to hold it.

"Before we go....do you trust me?"

Noba needed Tataki to answer before they did anything, Xen was going to be apart of the plan weither he knew it or not. Noba was filled with adrenaline, as he awaited an answer.

I watch as the balas go towards their targets the two new shinigamis easily stop them with a kidou spell or just kicking them away. The shinigami from the start how ever was hit by 4 of the five balas now that he taken some damage i will let him rest and think before i finish with him. Then i see two hadous 4 and 31 come at me from the two new shinigamis i let the pale lightning to hit me for it came from a shinigami about the same strength as the first it hits me in the shoulder leaving a 9mm hole in it. The other kidou a different matter it came from the one that kicked the balas away it also a higher level kidou so i pull out the zan from the small of my back the one that can change shape and length and slice at the red ball of energy while letting my zan grow longer i hit the spell when it about 5 metres away from hitting me making it explode the wind from it messing up my hair. well that one would of hurt like a bitch and dealed some damage to me. by then my tri tiger beam cero was ready to fire. I look at the three targets with my one good eye but made sure to listen for any attacks on my blind right side. I then decide to fire the tiger beam at the shinigami that kicked my balas away and fire. The three ceros warp around forming one large cero that then takes on the shape of a tiger sprinting towards the shinigami. I then spin and fire of a cero at the two shinigami close together. I then let my zan i have out shrink back to it normal length but i have it ready to block with it.

"Bakudo 8! Seki!" He lifted his hand forward, the energy of the kido glowing, running towards the strange cero. Waiting until the exact moment of contact Xen'Zel shunpo'd out of the explosion of energy, redirecting as best he could upwards while he went towards the ground. Landing deftly on the ground, his right arm with slight burns and the sleeve of his jacket torn apart to the elbow. Seeing the Hollow firing another cero at the two shinigami Xen'Zel Shunpo'd forward and unleashed a series of powerful kick attacks at his enemy, a total of 9 kicks, each one wrapped in powerful blade-like energy. Using his enhanced speed it appeared as though there was three of him, three kicks striking at the hollow's left arm and leg, three at it's right arm and leg, and three to its back.

"Oy! You two other shinigami! Don't die on me!"

[color=steelblue]"Yes, I do," Tataki said, honestly. He really didn't put all that much thought in the word, but at the moment he didn't have much to lose trusting a fellow Shinigami. There wasn't any reason to distrust him. If he wanted to kill Tataki or help the Hollow he could have done so ages ago. Tataki did, genuinely, trust Noba.

Tataki moved his hand from his chest to his Zanpakuto, feeling the familiar firmness. The green ooze started to run free from it and Tataki slowly sheathed the weapon with the green substance and all. "I leave it to you," Tataki didn't know any destruction or biding Kido. Tataki didn't know any major sword techniques or hoho skills. Tataki only had his Zanpakuto release and his unnatural talents with healing kido, which he didn't even have the time to implement.

I will have to force it, and it'll hurt...Badly, but I have no choice, Tataki thought and, with a quick swing of his weapon he utilize the Fullswing yet again. The click and zing of his sword being released, swung, and sheathed again were heard as crisp, swift, swoosh sounds followed by the whistle of the weapon shooting through the air. Each time it looked like Tataki hardly moved, his muslces in his shoulders flexing and relaxing, and his legs tensing and relaxing with each and every invisible, high speed swing. The Fullswing was Tataki's most useful natural skill and it allowed him to swing 8 times without Noba even seeing the blade of the weapon once, despite being right beside Tataki.

"Urg..." Grunting, he really stressed the muscles in his abdomen and the damaged bones in his chest. It felt like something tore in various places and now the pain was in his back and backside. Ordinarily, using Fullswing didn't wear him out this much, but he felt like his arms were heavy and like his chest was on fire. Breathing was difficult, but he could, and standing was hard, but he managed. There was a reason he put himself through all that pain.

As the Shadow Tiger was distracted by Xen, the other Shinigami Tataki hardly knew, Tataki attacked. With each slash he swung vertical swings for the Shadow tiger and the Shadow tiger only. These vertical slashes were aimed for his legs and arms and, with his being kicked fwildly with Xen's fast attacks, Shadow Tiger probably wouldn't even realize that the green substance was being splashed, in the form of green scythes, towards him. Tataki swung with so much power and speed and enough substance to cover his entire body. This allowed him to create waves of it which he'd use to bind the Shadow Tiger's legs. With the kicks aimed at him, he was open. He was more than opened. The Shadow Tiger was soon to be overwhelmed.

"Your turn..." Tataki said, now leaving it open for Noba to attack next. Noba probably didn't know this, but that green substance was flammable. If Noba looked around, he would see fire marks on the ground and burns on the walls from a less fortunate hollow. Putting two and two together probably would be relying too much on luck, as Tataki had other plans anyway, but, if Noba did realize those scorch marks that were here when Tataki first arrived and the Shadow Tiger's inability to use fire based skills...Maybe he had a good guess at what to try next? Then again, it was like Tataki said. Just get the Shadow Tiger to stop moving. If the Hollow would stop moving, Tataki could definitely hurt him.

Huffing and gasping and sweating. Tataki wasn't doing too well under all this strain and stress, but he was still standing. He was forcing himself to endure, to fight, and to keep going despite all the factors against him. He wasn't going to quit.

Noba knew he had to slow down, the hollow from what he got from Tataki. So as Tataki took off swinging his sycthe, Noba was quite amazed at how he was putting himself through so much pain. He then quickly snapped into action. Noba flared his reiastu and chanted.

"Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini!! Look upon yourself with horror and tear out your own throat!" Bakudo #9 Horin! Hado #11 Tsuzuri Raiden!"

Noba casted from his right hand and whipped it towards, the hollow aiming and hoping to grapple the hollows legs or at least waist. As he casted he placed his right hand onto the kido as well, sending the elctricity surging through the binding spell, so if it hit he would definatly feel a shock.

I manage to stop the three kicks on the side that i had my zan ready to block the other six hit cutting into my flesh a lot deeper then the first shinigami but they were light wounds thanks to my hierro. My cero destroyed four of the eight blades of that sticky statance before fading away. The other four hit making my legs glued to the ground for i had swiped at the kidou rope with my zan letting it warp around it i then plunge it into the ground as i hear the discharge of electricity if that had hit me i would of been in trouble. now lets see how well they stand up to the exploding power of a tiger. with that i start to charge a gran ray in my free hand letting the blood from the kick wound mix with my reiatsu making a ball of energy with a mix of three colours black, white and that tanish colour that tigers have it the size of a apple. I then bring it up to my mouth and eat it it takes a few seconds but then my muscules start to bulge and grow in defination and size at a fast rate till i have as much as three times the mass of muscules i had before in some places. The sudden spike in my reiatsu right before the muscules growed had got rid of most of the sticky substance i easily pull from the rest i grab my zan in the earth pulling on it and snapping the kidou rope like a thin string. I then sheath that zan back in the small of my back i then pull my two main zans out then say. [colour=red]payback a bitch is it not.[/color] as soon as i finish i burst into a faster sonido then i could before intending to cut the characters for shadow tiger into the body of the shinigami that kicked me i then appear next to the one that cast that kidou rope stabbing for his foot with one zan the other going to make a slash from his right shoulder to left hip.

Six kicks got through, excellent. He can't keep up with me if he isn't ready. He's also missing an eye....Time to make it both The Hollow then starting charging an attack...and ate it. Xen'Zel nervously chuckled. The enemy's reiatsu spiked, then it grew much more muscular. Suddenly it was attacking Xen. It was fast, but Xen was faster. Deflecting the first few strikes he shunpo'd back out of the way, ready to counter only to see his enemy going after one of the other Shinigami.

"You keep fighting the wrong target Hollow...Briz'riia, Rain down and cleanse these lands, my Queen of Tempests! BANKAI!" The sky above them clouded over heavily, rain gently began to fall, thunder rumbling quietly. Then Xen'Zel's reiatsu burst forth, aiming to crush the Hollow and stop its attack.