Zozo Hurley.. [Rank up Request]

It was the perfect day to have a
battle, the wind – which was normally strong – was calm. It only
carried enough power to move Zozo's hair a little, the hands of the
wind tried tearing in his clothes, but it didn't move even a
centimeter. Not even temperature swept along with the wind, even
though the sensation of wind hitting your face could be felt, it
didn't feel all right. Normally when wind touched your face you can
feel a breeze of cool, yet this wind was neutral. The wind against
your skin just felt like a thin layer of silk on the skin, it was not
warm nor cold. In fact it was quite a nice feeling, Zozo had never
felt wind like that, yet alone paid attention to it. The sky was
clear of clouds, an all blue entity which only contributed to the
atmosphere of this perfect day, thus the rays of the sun could
penetrate the heavens easily, and cast it's light upon Zozo, upon all
of Seireitei. It was a rather warm day, the heat was eating away of
the energy of all Shinigami but Zozo. The heat gave him motivation,
although he had to loosen his Shinigami rope a little so the warmth
wouldn't get too much. He had to be ready, everything was planned,
only 200 feet in front of him a gathering of about 270 Shinigami
stood, all waiting for him to arrive. He picked up his speed, with
rash steps he closed the distance between him and the horde. Without
him even saying a word the shinigami stepped to the side, creating a
opening for him to walk through, he didn't say anything. His lips
stayed closed, his mouth not opening once to thank or anything. His
sight was was concentrating on what was in front of him. After
passing by at least 40 Shinigami, he stepped into a cleared circle,
looking around he saw how the bystanders stood in a circle around a
area, at least 150ft in diameter, which was probably also good, if it
was not that large, there would be a high chance of the guys first in
line getting hurt. Zozo didn't care much about that though, there was
someone even more important right now, one person right in front of
him. A woman to specify, a frightening woman, one who had earned the
rank as “The fastest in Gotei 5”. Her name was Mariko Filliore,
rumor had it, that she was able to kill you before you felt anything,
even before you realize she moved. Her Zanpakutou, Seizetsu Kiwa
which is tied up to her golden hair, was the zanpakutou which has
killed the most, in all of the current Gotei 5, if not ever. Truth be
told, Zozo joined the second Division for her, although at first
sight she did not seem to have any particular charm, her movements
and the way she acted were arousing in a way which could not be
explained. It had Zozo mesmerized the first few years he was under
her. But as the years went by it fainted, dimmed down to a high level
of respect. She had naturally blond hair, which was tied up so it
wouldn't annoy her in combat, her beautiful Zanpakutou tied up with
it. Compared to many other Zanpakutou's, the sheath was a clear teal
color, decorated with a beautiful pattern, branches of a thorn bush
which sneaked it's way around the sheath, if observing well, you
could see the tip of each thorn having a small, almost invisible area
of red, looking like a stain of blood. Her handle was even more out
of the ordinary though, any other Shinigami's handle would have some
kind of color, green, blue or yellow, any color. But her sheath was
not color, the fabric felt like any normal handle, in fact it felt
even more comfortable to hold than Zozo's own, yet it looked like a
mirror, it had no patterns on it, only the clear metallic surface,
which reflected any light like it was a mirror. Last year a couple of
high ranked Shinigami had put up a contest in the Shinigami Magazine,
about the most beautiful sheath of Soul society. Her sheath won with
by far the most votes. Last her guard, which didn't fit with her
sheath nor her handle, it was a flat maybe one inch thick plate of
metal, light blue from one direction, while completely transparent
from another, the guard is completely symmetrically round, with a
diameter of about 6 inch..


She seemed ready for combat, her
Captain haori was as always tied around her neck like a scarf,
hanging from her neck it was long enough to reach just about her
waist. Not even the scarf wavered in the wind, Zozo stood in front of
her, with a distance of about 15 feet. It was probably going to be
the hardest fight he had ever been in, and he tried breaking several
ribs from the punch of a hollow. Without saying a thing he pulled
Takai out of it's sheath, waited half a minute to see if she would
pull her Zanpakutou, she didn't. So he pulled Yuuchou out. She
followed him, and pulled her Zanpakutout out of it's glorious sheath,
the blade of it was about 19 inches long.

-Are you ready... Filliore-Taichou-

He knew it would be foolish to attack
her unarmed, but Zozo is foolish, with a quick movement he sheathes
both Takai and Yuuchou, in the middle of those motions his body
became blurry, and the next moment he was gone, appearing in front of
her in the same moment his left palm on the ground, holding him up in
a hand stand, his second arm was put behind his back, just so it
wouldn't become a target. It was in that Hand stand, he twisted his
left wrist, causing him to spin around his own arm, with his left
foot sweeping at her right arm. The kick was futile, in the same
speed as he had sheathed his Zan's, she had done the same thing, not
moving one step although she most definitely saw it coming, with the
simple slap of her hand he knocked his foot away, forcing him to jump
back into a safe distance. It turned out to not be very safe after
all, in the blink of an eye he got a straight punch to his face, the
force of the punch sending him stumbling back. He stumbled into the
crowd of Shinigami, immediately they pushed him back towards Mariko,
she countered his sudden thrust forward with a high kick for his
head, but he dodged by bowing down, and escaping into a safe
distance, knowing he would not have any breathing space. Zozo tried
his best turning around and facing her, astoundingly she had not
moved yet. Which offered him a feeling of relief, Sadly he was also
saddened, his hand-to-hand combat was not good enough to even get
close to her, he wrote a mental note, and left in in the corner of
his mind. Right after that pulling out both Yuuchou and Takai from
their sheaths. Feeling both of his Zan's in his hand gave him a good
feeling, he was fully prepared now. Kneeling down to get ready, he
pushed himself forward, the thrust he placed upon the ground sending
up a cloud of dust behind him. He was pretty sure that his Zanjutsu
was good enough to at least get on par, his first attack would
determine how he would handle it..


In a hurdle of motions he slashed his
left hand down, targeting her right shoulder. He put full power into
the slash, and measured that if the slash connected it would cut
itself long into her shoulder, pierce her bone and maybe cut
completely through it... However he also knew that it would be stupid
to think that attack would hit..

Once more, her glamorous movements
didn't seize to amaze him, he found himself in a short awe of her,
but the adrenaline overpowered it. Pushed the feeling away and
replaced it with his usual respect. With a blinding movement she
unsheathed Seizetsu Kiwa, and blocked his slash with a full power
upwards thrust, using her left hand. the two blades met and send a
rain of sparkles out.

Zozo couldn't help but smirk as he
withdrew Yuuchou from contact with Seizetsu, but at the exact same
moment he thrust Takai forward, this time a little slower than his
last Slash, but that was mostly because gravity had been on his side
with that attack. The Katana created a whirling noise as it whipped
through the air, ready to cut her flash just a inch above her waist,
Zozo judged that was her least protected area.

Once more she astounded him, with the
interval of a second she thrust her right hand down, the pure palm of
her hand knocking Takai downwards, robbing the slash of half it's
power, and changing the direction it was heading in. Instead of
hitting a fairly fatal spot it just cut 0.2 inch into the flesh of
her left hip, Mariko did not even flinch, she returned the damage
with a straight Slash at his head..

Zozo stumbled forward when she knocked
his sword down, he was relieved to see just a drop of blood on Takai.
But that Relief quickly faded when she slashed Seizetsu at his head.
If she hit he would most possible have lost, or just simply die. In
fear he quickly stepped back, dodging the real damage by just a
millimeter, the tip of her katana teared through his skin, giving him
a small scratch, Stepping forward again he cut at Seizetsu with
Yuuchou, making sure that if she moved Seizetsu he would cut her.
Just a moment after, he jabbed Takai forward, stabbing at her right
arm with the tip of the blade, if he hit, it would pierce her skin,
her flesh, and pierce right through her bone..

She didn't move Seizetsu, waiting for
the two metals to collide, and bath their surroundings in sparks,
this time she was holding the katana with a strong grip and thrust-ed
the katana forward, knocking yuuchou out of his hand, her kept going,
and went right for stabbing his chest.

In that position she could do nothing
for Zozo's attack, and he could not stop, in fact he would not stop,
Takai kept going, right through her skin, tearing a hole in her
flesh, and shattered her bone as it went through that as well, along
with that, he twisted the blade a little, only ravaging her arm even
more, after this.. It would be completely useless..

But right around the same time he did
that, he felt a stinging pain in his chest, with horror he looked
down, Seizetsu had pierced through his skin, and halfway through his
chest, as it met a bone, which it broke, but was also hindered by
that.. With a scream of terror he jumped back, his movement causing a
stream of blood to flow squirt out.. He could here everyone of the
bystanders muttering something about the blood...

With a fainting breath he stood in
front of her, she seemed to be in pain as well.. None of them moved,
he was about to open his mouth and say something, but stopped due to
her glaring at him. There was a floor of blood running out from his
wound, but there was almost even more blood running from her arm..


-Heh.. Should we end this now?-


Staring at her with a powerful will
glowing in his eyes, he stood up straight, as his shape became
blurry, he disappeared for a second, but came back a second after
with Yuuchou in his hand again..


She spoke, her
tone was sweet, gentle, and very encouraging


“Let's do it”




A smirk widdened on his face, as he
reached out both hands, and slammed the ends of both handles into
each other, calling out the call out phrase for his Yuuchou Takai..




-ryuutoudabi
Yuuchou Takai-




The air infront of
his two hands blurred up, as the colors of Yuuchou and takai melted
together, and just short time after, he was holding his shikai in his
hands..




Mariko had already
done so. Her Katana had gained about 2 inches in blade length, not
only that, but it had changed color, into some kind of light blue.
Actually, the same color as her guard, her guard was the same light
blue as well. Zozo had never seen her Shikai, she kept it very
secret, in fact he didn't even know what it's ability was, but he was
soon to find out.. She charged forward, in the middle of her
movements the light blue color of her zan disapeared, the whole zan
became completely transparent, Zozo could not see it at all..




But it was a
hopeless ability, A Fuki-Taichou could easily see how the zan was
positioned through, with a yell he thrusted the Takai side of
Yuuchou-Takai upwards, sure he would hit the zan and knock it out of
her hand, but the blade passed right through where he was sure
Seizetsu would be.. While he was confused about that fact he felt a
pain struck his waist, looked down to see a stream of blood spurt out
of the left side of his waist..




Out of desperation
he slashed at her, but she quickly dodged, and stepped back, with a
enjoyable expression on her face, her Zan was now the light blue
color again, leaving Zozo confused.. Until she began explaining.. She
explained how her Shikai had the ability to not only become
invisible, but also transport itself between her hands, some kind of
teleportation..




As she ended her
words she charged at him again, and once more her katana became
invisible, she thrust-ed both her hands forward, clearly sure that
she would win with his attack, but Zozo caught her by surprise, with
a pull he separated his Shikai into two weapons, and with a quick
movement he blocked her attack, although she put a lot of strength
into it, but he had the advantage that both his blocks came in from
above.




With a confident
Smirk he let her escape and attack him once more.. She gladly took
the chance, jumped back, her katana changed back to Light blue, and
she charged at him once more, this time, she disappeared in a
shunpo.. Appearing right behind him, but she was not fast enough,
with a confident strike she slashed at him from behind, obviously
thinking Seizetsu was invisible, but it was only partially invisible,
Zozo could easily follow her, and that surprise made her flinch for a
moment, he sliced upwards, cutting her from belly til chest, she
tried teleporting the katana, but that as well was slowed down, and
she was caught off guard once more.. Zozo slashed her once more, this
time across her chest..




With a heavy
breath she fell over, fainted..




A scream of joy
came from all the bystanders, as they looked at their new Captain..




But Zozo, he was
very proud of himself...




[Ze end yes?]