Yami was minding his own business. Really he was. He was sipping tea on a bench in the middle of a park in New York City, New York pondering the meaning of life, death, being a sinner, the usual philosophical stuff for someone as wise and knowledgeable as Yami seemed to be in his monk looking robes.

Minding his own business.

Then someone started trying to rob a girl nearby and Yami decided why not and got involved. First he quietly man-handled the poor guy by catching up to him with his superior speed before proceeding to grab him and judo slam him down to the ground.. Probably killing the man.

He then handed the purse back to the woman and told her to go on home. She thanked him, eyeballed the guy still on the ground, and ran off into the city to probably never be seen by Yami again. He went back to the body and knelt down checking for a pulse.

Damn. He killed the guy on accident again. Oh well.

It wasn't long after he had killed the man, a few seconds at most, before a Shinigami showed up. And not just any, but a Captain. Gin de Grey arrived, via. Hell Gate, and wasn't all that happy. He had been handling paperwork within his office when his Kushinada spoke of a disturbance within the Human World, caused by a Sinner. It had been wrong before so he was gonna leave it be before a Hell Butterfly flew in and told him that a Sinner's Spirit Energy was detected within New York City. While normally it would be left for The Committee, as their cooperation was shaky at best as is, a Sinner of this caliber wasn't worth the risk of leaving for someone else.

It takes some time to spread his senses properly and sense the Sinner properly, but sure enough, there he was. Gin de Grey walks over turns the block, seeing people at first gather to see what happened before running to call police. Then there he was, the Sinner that was reported. He reaches for his blade, not quite drawing it yet. "I am Gin de Grey, Captain of Squad 3 of the Gotei Thirteen. You should not be outside of Hell. Return there willingly or I will send you back by force." He was walking over slowly, his hand clearly on the handle of his sword. He lets out his Spirit Energy slightly. Once the area was clear and properly evacuated the limiter could be released fully so he could fight this man.

Yami blinked when someone showed up all of a sudden demanding his return to Hell, normally Yami wouldn't give two shits and would simply leave because why not.. but between this man dying and the freaking shinigami showing up to threaten him, his mood was sour. He stood up slowly. sighing, and formed a sword in his left hand. "Even if I did return to Hell I could simply come back in a different place at a different time.. No.. best to just fight you now and leave on my own terms."

He then smiled as a slash came from behind Gin de Grey in the form of a second Yami, the real Yami, as his Mirage Step ability activated. Having released a pulse of reishi under his feet he had moved so quickly he seemed to be in both places at once for a split second. Leaving us to the now open back of Gin being attacked by a powerful sinner with a sword.

It was a great show of speed, but the man still had Spirit Pressure to track. Gin de Grey could feel that the man was behind him, and as such turned around while drawing his sword. His blade is brought up to block the strike but he is sent flying back. He hits lightly into a wall, able to slow down properly. Then, he feels it. His restraint for this fight was released. 'Perfect.'

At full power now, he points his sword to the side. It was always tough fighting Sinners, they had full access to their power at any given time. "Bankai!" His release came within moments, forming demonic armor over his body and his one weapon becoming two. The one a serrated scimitar and the other a draconian looking silver staff. "Bōkyaku Tokushi." If this guy was one for attempting backstabs, Gin could easily play that game too. He decides to use Cicada, moving up into the air while his clone moved in for an attempted slash at the male's shoulder. It would be when the man reacts that Gin rushes in himself, landing behind Yami and swinging at his exposed back. Right after the slash he brings up his staff, aiming it at the center of the male's chest. "Hadou thirty one, Shakkahō." The small red orb is fired from the tip of his staff, aimed right for the Sinner. Sure, it wasn't an overly powerful Kidou, but it was one that could be used with precision.

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Yami heard the whistling of a blade and dove forward though he still got a cut across his back for his trouble. this also saved him from being hit by the point blank Shakkahou as he was now lower than it's original trajectory. However he was frowning, "More Magic? what a pity.." he conjured a blade in his left hand, which made his gauntlet disappear in the process, then took a fighting stance before seemingly doing nothing. Only to appear to the man's left a second later with his blade coming down for the shinigami's shoulder blade. slightly angled behind him for the slash so that it lined up properly.

Yami has used his patented light speed strike ability in order to attack so fast that the visual process of the attack wasn't able to be perceived. Though the wind. sound, and Yami's energy could still all be felt. This was still an attack worthy of mention. Right after he made the slash attempt he would kick for the back of the man's knee closest to Yami and, using that same leg, proceed to kick the middle of the man's back and the back of the man's head in a three kick combo unless stopped by some means.

Yami hated magic. Hated shinigami. Always accusing him of evil. When he is perhaps the only sinner who did not sin to become bound to hell in all of history.. This one seemed different though.. Yami couldn't place it but the back of his Sinner mind told him that he should recognize this guy. He just didn't know why. Perhaps he had a power beyond this "Bankai" of his that Yami would recognize..

Interestingly enough.. half of the wound on Yami's back had already healed and closed up.

When the man formed a sword, Gin de Grey thought he would be ready for the attack to come, but didn't expect the man's energy to be felt so close so fast. He wouldn't be able to block properly. He quickly moves back, using Shunpo, and prevents getting too deep of a cut. However there is now a wound across his left arm bleeding against his armor, and unlike his opponent, didn't have any sort of rapid healing. 'I need to figure out how he is doing that, and it's limits.' Luckily, he was out of range when this Sinner would have attempted those kicks. His grip upon his staff was weak, the damage to his left arm was a bit more than he would have liked, and as such decides to step things up. He slams the bottom of the staff against the ground, and a moment later a large wall rises from the ground behind him. Across it were dimly glowing runes, characters in a language that didn't belong to anything known on earth or the afterlife.

The Sinner before him was fast, for sure, but how long can he maintain it? "Strun Bah Qo!" Energy was released from the wall behind him and up into the sky, calling together a large bundle of storm clouds. A few seconds after they gathered, Yami would find 5 bolts of lightning coming down to strike at him, each spaced out by a few seconds. He goes to throw his staff before a sharp pain in his arm reminds him of the strike that landed there. "Tch..." So, he uses Flash Step to move back in, where he proceeds to slash at the man's right shoulder moments after the third bolt of lightning.

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Yami heard the rumble of thunder and frowned. He had been attacked using the sky before and he didn't like it.. however he knew a way to deal with it to a degree. He took his sword and tossed it in the air right above him and the first bolt of lightning struck it instead of him. Diving into a roll forward he avoided the second and third bolts of lightning before using Light Speed Strike to close the gap between him and Gin de Grey in an instant with his hand nearly touching the man's shoulder on the man's left as a fourth bolt of lightning struck down on Yami who grunted and attempted to grapple the shinigami while being struck by the bolt of lightning in order to transfer some of the electrical charge to him instead of Yami taking the full amount.

However the fifth bolt of lightning still struck home and Yami was smoldering though rapidly healing through it.

Frowning He stood there and pondered something for a second before attempting to punch the man in the side of the head with his clawed gauntlet, which had reverted back to normal when his sword was used, and destroyed, by the first bolt of lightning. The sinner stood tall and rose his power towards it's maximum..signifying he was now taking this seriously.

Gin de Grey's attempted slash all but evaded, he was sure the man would have tried a more physical attack in an attempt to stop the storm. No such action took place, as the Sinner had yet again closed the distance. Sure the speed wasn't something he could physically match, but use a trick enough times and it doesn't matter. He could still sense the man's Spiritual Pressure, and used that to tell how close the man had gotten, and how fast. He couldn't properly swing with his sword in time, but he could knock the man's hands away. It was with both arms, knocking the attempted grapple just as the fourth bolt struck, at which point he felt a good shock from what was shared between them. It was a good thing Gin de Grey had his armor, otherwise it would have hurt a lot more. He doesn't have Yami's healing factor.

Speaking of, this was being drawn out too long. While he could tell his own attacks were more potent, this Sinner could definitely play the long game. In durability, this Sinner probably had little to no equal. He Flash Steps to the top of his wall, just as the Sinner released their energy, signifying that they were going to take Gin de Grey seriously. "If you're ready for the next stage,-" His own power raised too, much like that of a Captain that had obtained a third release. However no command or name was given as his power grew and changes were made. The armor around his body took on an orange-gold hue, skulls formed across the armor as if screaming in anguish. The demonic helm's horns grew, the rest of it taking the shape of a large humanoid skull. His scimitar kept it's shape though it's metal too turned color. The staff flies back into his hand, which he slams down on the top of the wall. A wave of his fully released energy fills the area, and it would feel exactly like that of Hell. "- then you will be going back sooner than expected." The words on the wall glow a bright orange, the words he used from before getting a slightly duller glow.

It was shortly after that the final five bolts strike down, just like before spaced out. After the first bolt, Gin de Grey rushes at the male with his sword at the ready. However, he purposefully stops short by a few feet and raises his blade. Energy glows around it as he points a finger at the man. "Sajō Sabaku." It was a weak casting, made to be used quickly. It would enough to be a short irritant if it was successful, however any reaction would be enough to distract the man for what was coming next. He swings his blade out horizontally, and beside him forms a massive Hell Guardian's fist with a cleaver, following the action exactly, right for where the Sinner was, cutting through buildings aplenty to get to the Sinner if it was still within range.

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