Bleach - Game 1 - Assault on Seireitei

Rangiku attacks although my dice messed up today.

What other choice was there? Izuru rushed in to attack the bount.

Isane, annoyed at the 1st Commander for being so idiotic as to allow the bount to survive by FORCING the rest of the shinigami elite to but the creature up for trial, bears her teeth and mutters something about 'if I were the one in charge, I'd let the people who are actually DOING the work and SHOULD be the only ones making the decisions, this would be a much more simple and less bloody confrontation'.

But, of course, Isane would never openly attack the 1st Commander's actions because he is OBVIOUSLY all-knowing and isn't at all stepping over his boundaries and bears with the unfortunate management and joins the group that will be fighting the bount and defending against all attacks.

Renji was filled with rage at that point, he could not think in anything else but to attack the bount once again

Engage and attack

Kaname Tousen wrote:

Engage and attack

How? Aren't you dead...?

"I defend and strengthen the defense shields for my other comrades as much as I can."

Kaname Tousen wrote:

Engage and attack

Quite dead. You were very delicious.

Grinning even wider at Kariya's provocation, Ichigo tightens his grip on Zangetsu and charges forward in an attack.

With a crackle of energy, Kariya rises into the air. In a flash, he tears off at incredible speed toward the horizon.

"After him!" seems to be the general consensus among the Shinigami.

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Kariya Jin has RUN from combat (again)
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(Anyone in that massive 16-person group is allowed to pursue this turn)

"Coward!! Stand and fight!" Gritting his teeth, Shuhei PURSUES the Bount... again.

This was getting old.

Furious, Ichigo chases after Kariya, attempting to pursue him.

Annoyed and still filled with rage Renji groans:

"Again??? does this guy know nothing else?"

Still, there is not much he can do right now but to Pursue Kariya again.

Rangiku goes and also pursues the man.

"Merow! Move Uru-Uru!!!" Yachiru yells as she tries pulling Zaraki and herself past the Ryoka so that she may join that Bount fella's pursuers. (Ichigo, Gin, etc.)

Gin rolled his eyes and attempted a pursuit.

(This really becoming boring... )

Kayira looks back at his pursuers and grins menacingly towards them.

"I don't think your focus should be entirely on me, Shinigamis." He says through his teeth.

This was getting old fast. Although at this moment Izuru could think of no other action than to pursue the bount.

"A cycle of events, eh? We'll get nowhere if this continues. We need to break it..." Hanatarou jumps into the rafters to 'hide' and think.

You cannot escape from me.

Byakuya pursues but is careful to attack only at range with Zenbonsakura.

Isane, now completely frustrated, yells out to General Yamamoto,"We should have killed him when we could!"

Still with the group, Isane decides to continue the fight by pursuing and attacking.

Pursues the Bount as well with Benihime in hand.

*flies off in pursuit of the Bount*

Dance, Sode no Shirayuki!

*pursues*

The General follows the rest of the group, back at a distance, also pursuing the Bount.

(.... Wait a minute. You can make a character post, but not make a forking update?)

(That might have been all he had time for. I'm sure he's preoccupied with something important in real life. Just give him some time. Well, more time, I mean. )

Cackling like a madman, Kariya Jin tears through the air above Seireitei with all the Shinigami in hot pursuit.

"What's his plan?" Renji calls to the others.

"He can't just stay up here forever!" says Rukia.

Suddenly, with a flash, Kariya suddenly goes into a nose-dive, nearly making all the Shinigami overshoot him. It doesn't take long for them to spot his target: The 4th Division Captain Retsu Unohana, still tending the Shinigami wounded by the Ryoka's explosive entrance into Seireitei so very long ago.

"CAPTAIN!" shrieks Isane, but to no avail. Unohana barely has time to look up before Kariya, that mad grin plastered across his face, slices through her body with a crackle of wind and electricity. A fountain of blood sprays from Unohana's mouth as she collapses, unconscious.

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Kariya Jin deals 15 DAMAGE to Retsu Unohana
Retsu Unohana has received 10 WOUNDS
Retsu Unohana has fallen UNCONSCIOUS
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Stopping above the fallen captain, Kariya licks his lips once before raising his hand to strike and devour her soul. But his attack is blocked, much to his dismay, by Ichigo Kurosaki. A virtual horde of Ryoka and Shinigami surrounds Kariya to ensure he won't escape again.

"I see your plan," chuckles Ichigo. "You're gonna try and eat as many people as you can and get stronger. You think you can get powerful enough to take on all of us, is that right?"

Kariya doesn't answer.

"Well, eat this, then!" Ichigo raises Zangetsu high over his head, where it begins to crackle with black energy. "Getsuga Tenshou!" He swings his zanpakutou, sending a crescent-shaped burst of energy at the Bount point blank. There is a flash of light, and when it clears, Kariya is gone, yet again.

"Dammit!" Ichigo curses. "Did he get away again?!"

"Ichigo, behind you!" calls Rukia. Ichigo turns just in time to see the Bount's fist connect with his face.

Kariya is fast. Incredibly fast. Renji and Izuru take swings at the Bount, who dodges them easily with incredible aerial maneuvers. Chojiro, Rangiku, even Gin... no one seems to be able to connect a single attack.

Kisuke and Byakuya try and flank the Bount on opposite sides. "Sing, Benihime!" "Scatter, Senbonzakura!" The Bount manages to dodge by twisting between their attacks and dropping to the ground, where he stands defiantly in front of the befuddled Shinigami.

"How about you?" Kariya taunts up at General Yamamoto, simply standing behind the group, leaning on his cane, not attempting to make any aggressive actions at all. "You plan on trying something?"

The General sighs and opens his eyes. "I don't need to, Kariya Jin."

Kariya's eyes shoot open as he senses someone behind him.

Flying at him was Shuhei Hisagi, zanpakutou out to his side, moving at unbelievable speed. Shuhei grits his teeth as he unseals his zanpakutou for the first time most of the Shinigami present had ever seen.

"Fade! ...Murasakimaru!"

With a shimmering, yet dim light, the sword in Shuhei's hand awakens to its true form - A jet-black handle with a hilt of nine indigo beads, and translucent violet blade that got more and more transparent the further it got from the handle. In the split second before Shuhei struck, Kariya couldn't tell if it was a short sword, like a kodachi, or a long one, like a katana... simply no way to gauge its length accurately.

Kariya steeled himself and tried to dodge, but it was no use. As the blade cut through him, Kariya could swear he could see a circle of violet light connecting the many Shinigami surrounding him... drawing in their power and lending it to the zanpakutou.

It's all over in a half-second that seems like forever. Kariya casually looks down to see his left arm and the lower half of his body fall away in a pool of blood and begin crumbling to dust.

"He... he cut me... in half...," Kariya laughs, sort of in shock.

The many Shinigami and Ryoka land on the ground warily, hoping that it wasn't a trick, that it was over.

Kariya howls in a sudden fury of pain, and the appearance of his upper body, still eerily floating in the air despite the lack of a lower body, begins to shimmer... his hair turns from black to purple... with yellow and orange highlights. His face turns softer, less scarred and angry.

To the shock of the Shinigami, the face of Yumichika Ayasegawa is staring back at them, twisted into the mad raging grin that had been on Kariya's face just a second ago.

"I'm... not the only... one..." Yumichika/Kariya croaks out as his other half begins crumbling away as well. "We... will... have... the... last.... laaaauuugghhh..." And he's gone.

All that's left is a pile of dust and two glowing spheres... The souls of Kaname Tousen and Toushiro Hitsugaya. Urahara reaches out and takes them into his hand. He squeezes, and there is a flash, then he opens his hand for all to see, revealing two small, round pieces of Soul Candy.

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Shuhei Hisagi deals 17 DAMAGE to Kariya Jin
Kariya Jin has received 13 WOUNDS
Kariya Jin has been SLAIN
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Meanwhile, off in the distant corner of Seireitei, about as far away from the action as they could be, Uryuu Ishida continues his strange stare-off with Yachiru and Zaraki. The sense of a powerful spirit energy suddenly causes them all to look off toward the other end of Seireitei. With a chuckle, Uryuu runs off without saying another word.

"What a weirdo," mutters Yachiru, rolling her eyes.

[ God damn it, I knew Shuhei was going to kill me. I KNEW IT. UHG, Bastard. ]

Hanatarou jumps down after seeing the action. He is relieved, but hurries quickly to his captain to help him.

[Awesome, my weapon has a name now]

Shuhei glares down at the pile of dust where Kariya - or had it been Yumichika? - had been standing moments before. He then turns his attention to the Ryoka. "These Bount, they can steal souls as we've seen, but what is this ability? Possession or mimickry - is he just a doppelganger or did he steal a Shinigami's body as well as his soul?" His eyes flick from Urahara to Ichigo to Orihime then back to Urahara, awaiting an answer, or a command from one of the Captains.

At least Captain Unohana hadn't been slain as well; if this was the rate things were going, they would need all the healers they could get. And with Kariya dead, if the Ryoka woman was correct, the two fallen Captains could be resurrected.

"Wait, if Urahara made them into Soul Candy, does that mean I won't have to use my ability?"

(Saint you mislead me on that point of things. Would you please clarify via PM or something?)

"I can't relax yet though. I want to heal Retsu Unohana this turn."

(If I'm going to need to use my ability, then I'll do it for Captain Toushiro Hitsugaya right away as promised. I need clarification from Saint first.)

Byakuya points to Urahara. "I would suggest you give those to the red-haired one and let her do as she claimed she could."

Byakuya defends.

((Sorry for the confusion, I needed more information.))

"I'm going to spend this turn reviving Toushiro Hitsugaya and Kaname Tousen."

General Yamamoto wrote:

I suppose, if you really wanted to, you could have another character swallow the other person's Soul Candy and go all Jekyll and Hyde-type deal with changing personalities. That might be funny.

((If someone does that it would be funny,. I'm doing the resurrection thing unless someone really wants the split personality.))

Isane perks up, "I've always wanted a little Tousen in me..."

She then laughs awkwardly and then sighs while three black stripes overshadow her head denoting her completely estrangement from the group.