>>5276174You shrug, cracking your neck before Shin could say any more. “Why not? I’m game.” You murmur, already sizing the guy up. From his size, he must be a power type, and probably a more typical form of one than Shin. All about power strikes with his sword. Using shunpo to evade and Kido to harass should get you an easy win.
You draw Ryūkihei yourself, watching the man as you slowly circle around him. You wait for him to get impatient and attack, but… he doesn’t seem to take the bait, so eventually, you strike anyway, using shunpo to appear and disappear constantly around him to confuse him.
“I was right, you are confident in your speed, and as well you should be. There aren’t many even in the classes above my own who have shunpo like that. However…”
Somehow, he’s in front of you, and there’s nothing you can do except hastily raise your blade to defend as he brings his crashing down, the impact feeling like it threatened to break your arm.
You feel a shiver down your spine as you look up, seeing a single golden eye peering at you from inside the bucket. “Did you truly believe that just because I might be slower, I would find myself completely unable to catch you? You might be fast, but even those in the Onmitsukido get hit by their opponents. Are you so arrogant to think that you’re different from them?”
You don’t respond, feeling a rising sense of panic. “Tsuzuri Raiden!“ You call, a surge of electricity flowing from your hand through both your blades and into Komamura as you hastily shunpo backwards in retreat, the giant taking your kido and barely even flinching.
“Surely you can amount to more than this?” He asks, raising up his blade. You pounce then, closing the distance much faster than you made it, intending on punishing the giant by getting within his range, when -
“Roar, Tenken!”
You’re sent flying backwards. You don’t even know what hit you, you just know that your ribs <span class="mu-i">fucking hurt</span>. You crash into a wall, quite far back, hearing Tsukuya and Shin calling your name as you sit up groggily, touching your forehead as you feel blood running down it.
“Fuck this.” You growl, as you…
>Run. You don’t care about this fight, and you’re already hurt enough. You probably can’t beat this guy anyway.>Try the same strategy again. He countered it, but it’s still the best way to beat someone like him.>Stop holding back your reiryoku. Your kido will HURT if you’re using all your power.>Let go of everything. Release your full power and release Ryūkihei. He released his zanpakuto, so it’s fair game. 