| abstract | - White reishi spewed from the Infernox Core, which flowed around Gai's left arm before shifting into his grip. The reishi expanded and solidified, taking the form of an oversized elegant cleaver which curved inwards at the backside of the tip, similar to a trench knife, with a black hilt, dark wrappings and a short length of chain at its base. It had an ornately etched base, but its most unique feature was that it had been specially customized with a motorcycle-like gear shift. The sword was taller than Gai was, 1.97 meters. This blade was the Zanpakutō of Gai Nagareboshi, Suigetsu. Drawing his blade, Shichitenhakki pointed it at the Mototsu-Seishin hybrid threateningly. It was a katana-like blade, purely black in colour with a rapier-like hilt and crossguard. The blade itself, unlike a standard katana, had a pointed end, functioning more like a blade from the English. "To think that you would let Arazomekanki down so much, Gai Nagareboshi...For letting my queen down, the punishment is death!" Despite such words, it was clear that the man remained in a state of calm; almost serene. "It appears that you've drastically weakened through your time with other life...Seeing you in such a state just proves that all are worthless. Dealing with such a pathetic being will be child's play." At that moment, Shichitenhakki's legs absorbed his ambient reishi into their spiritrons, causing to shoot towards Gai Nagareboshi at a speed faster than a bullet; his sword aimed for the Mototsu-Seishin's heart, hoping to pierce it. "...!!" Gai had certainly not expected this. Shichitenhakki was moving at a speed he could comprehend; he was the fastest being Gai had ever set his eyes upon. Moving in a straight line at an excessively fast speed, Shichitenhakki tore through the air itself. WHAM! As his foe neared his heart, Shichitenhakki was sent careening away by an unknown force; tumbling along the torn-up ground. Stopping his fall by planting his blade into the ground, Shichitenhakki looked on in disbelief, as the Master of Death stood in front of Gai; fist out and clenched. Nanaya Wanijima had saved the Mototsu-Seishin hybrid from a certain skewering. Leaping to his feet, Shichitenhakki muttered in confusion, "...You out-ran me? Preposterous. Even if you are a Seishin, there is no way that anyone could trump me in speed-" "Can it." Thrusting his left arm out, Nanaya summoned a large two-handed dark-gray large sword with a skull design for the guard and a red tint toward the blade where the guard connects. This was his Zanpakutō, Ippōtsūkō. Spinning the blade around his arm, Nanaya immediately assumed a fighting stance; his confident smirk plastered upon his face. "Come at me, bro." Nanaya wordlessly propelled himself at intense speeds towards Shichitenhakki with a howling torrent of flames, instantly appearing in front of one of his foe and clutching into his face. With a powerful sonic boom, Nanaya launched both himself and his foe high into the stratosphere at beyond supersonic speeds, appearing as a pitch-black phoenix, shooting upwards into the sky and rising from the ashes, speeding towards a more desolate location, where no-one in the immediate vicinity could be harmed by such an incredible clash that was about to occur. Silently, Nanaya slammed Shichitenhakki down, with his body impacting against the torn ground, creating a truly enormous crater that spanned the size of a small forest. Quickly flipping back, Nanaya did not give his foe a chance to react, as he declared, "Prepare to go down a one way road, Ippōtsūkō!" Instantly, the sword that was in Nanaya's hands transformed into a large and exquisitely designed dark red, curved and jagged scythe. In response, with a cry of "Continuous Rise, Shichitenhakki!" Shichitenhakki released his blade, entering his Kanzenkudō state. The blade disintergrated into individual reishi particles, collecting themselves around his body in a howling torrent of wind. Overall, it didn't appear very appealing. Nanaya smirked, as he growled, "I've been wanting to smash your face in for a while now, Gūtara Kiyō. So, make it less of a pain for me and don't bother trying." "...!" Gai suddenly felt nervous. He felt lucky to have someone as powerful as the Master of Death as an ally. Anyone who gave the devil woman a run for her money in raw power and trash talking was certainly not someone to be trifled with. Quickly shifting his attention from the spectacular fight that ensued, the Mototsu-Seishin hybrid glared over at Arazomekanki, who had drawn her weapon; an golden exaggerated two-handed double-sided sword in its shape and appearance, in addition to being wrapped in an ornate white and blue filigree in a pattern slightly reminiscent of fish bone. It consisted of a long hilt wrapped in a red material, a distinctively large handguard, a wide length of blade, and an equally long but thinner length ending in a point. "Gai Nagareboshi...You've dissapointed me at this moment. I thought, you, of all people, would understand me..." The tone that Arazomekanki spoke in was one of slight playfull- resiminent of another. Gai noted the similarities in Arazomekanki's tone and a certain devil woman; they didn't just sound similar, but exactly alike. This did not bode well. It did not bode well at all. Deciding to let such a fact pass by his head, Gai convienently ignored such a possibility, merely gripping the blade of his Zanpakutō tighter than before, retorting, "...I don't give a damn." Puffing her cheeks out, Arazomekanki responded, "Don't you see? I brought peace to this world. I know you, Gai Nagareboshi. I know you very well. I was hoping that you'd desire help in bringing an era of peace to your own Soul Society." Gritting his teeth, the Mototsu-Seishin hybrid snapped, retorting, "You're wrong! What you created is hell! You shut their eyes! You plugged their ears! And you erased their hearts! People need to live based on their own will....No matter what world it is....that desire is the same! If you really knew me, then you'd know that if anyone tried what you did to the Mototsu on my home...Even if you killed me, I would come back from the dead again and again like a phoenix and kick your arse until this world of silence spoke. So...enough pleasentries. Let's get down to brass tracks." Without another word, Gai Nagareboshi lunged at Arazomekanki at blinding speeds, the cleaver blade of Suigetsu aimed at her throat. Remaining in a state of dissonant serenity, Arazomekanki calmly performed a one-handed backflip, evading the stab. Quickly performing a series of complicated acrobatic manuvers, the woman instantly reappeared behind the Mototsu-Seishin hybrid. Running her hand along her blade, Arazomekanki's blade transformed into it's Kanzenkudō state, manifesting as an odd blade with the words, "Lay waste- Arazomekanki!". The blade had a curved motorcycle handlebar on each side, and it had a shield with red wing shaped decorations with golden feathers and a green crystal in the middle on both sides of the cross-guard. The pommel looked like an odd shield, with a golden 'Y' shape engraved in the middle, and a green gem in the center. Two small shields with an eagle's claw were just above the pommel. The blade had a red crystal at the tip, and the cross-guard was coloured blue and orange. Despite it's 'special' design, this blade was every bit as deadly as Arazomekanki herself. Gai's eyes widened, as the woman smirked, quickly spinning around, aiming to bisect him clean in two. The moment that Arazomekanki began to move, Gai kicked off the ground with the speed of a bullet, utilizing his superior leg strength in conjunction with his small and waifish build to great effect, bounding high into the air in a flash of light. Quickly glancing back, the Mototsu-Seishin hybrid noticed numerous sinister-looking chains manifesting from behind the woman. Pointing at Gai, the woman commanded the jagged and vicious chains to launch themselves at him with the speed of a bullet, tearing through the air at tremendous speeds, all aiming to drag him down back to the ground. Swirling around, the blade of Suigetsu became illuminated in white reishi, which swirled around the cleaver in a spiralling motion. After several moments, Gai swung his blade, releasing this reishi in the form of a powerful torrent of enegy which took the form of a crescent moon-shaped blast as he declared, "Getsuga Tenshō!" The Getsuga shredded at the laws of Soul Society, accelerating downwards at high speeds. The arc managed to completely sever two chains; the links that once formed them plummeting to the ground. However, more chains continued to attempt to ensnare Gai no matter how many he destroyed. At this point, the Mototsu-Seishin hybrid decided to show his opponent that quanitity had a quality of its own, following his brother's words of wisdom of what to do when one only has a simple energy beam to emit from their blade: "Spam. Forever." Charging a truly enormous amount of reishi within the blade of Suigetsu, Gai performed an almighty swing, while screaming, "OKU GETSUGA!!" Swinging his blade rapidly at near light-speeds, the Mototsu-Seishin hybrid unleashed an insane amount of Getsuga Tenshō spewing out of Suigetsu at a speed faster than light. Hundreds of millions of reiatsu arcs shot forth, descending upon Arazomekanki with the speed and force of meteors, decimating the ground below, drawing a beautiful geometric curtain of death. Of course, with the innumerable waves being launched out of Suigetsu, several missed his opponent, which quickly turned mid-flight, redirecting themselves at his target. These blasts eventually converged, causing an enormous explosion that obliterated a great deal of the surroundings. If this were a mecha anime, then Oku Getsuga could be classifed as "beam spam" of the highest caliber. As the dust settled from the explosion, Gai's eyes turned wide with shock and his jaw dropped, as he noticed his foe standing in the debris, completely unharmed. Not a single strand of hair was out of place; not even a slight cut. "Ohohoho...You know, Gai Nagareboshi...I'm not sure if anyone told you this before, but dismissing battle strategy in favor of zerging your opponent puts an unhealthy strain on the body and it's easy to dodge such an onslaught using meager reflexes. You should know better, really~" Running her hand along her blade, Arazomekanki chanted, "Souls of the departed who lurk in my light of destruction! Assist me in plunging this existence into dissarray with the dark truth! Come, Shugo Seijyū, Zetsuei!" Raising her hand to the sky, Arazomekanki summoned a ink-black, muscular, humanoid form with a partially bandaged head that hosted relatively human features. It had red eyes gleaming above a mouth filled with sharp teeth, as well as two long horns spouting from the top of its head. A hole appeared in-between more bandages on the torso, suspiciously similar to the hole that appeared in many of the Arrancar. It lastly had very large hands, its torso coming to a tail-like point that faded away into Arazomekanki's body. "W-Wait, a Shugo Seijyū!?" Gai exclaimed in shock, remembering his battle with a certain person. That person, one of the first Mototsu, Yuurei, was able to summon the godlike "embodiments of elements", the Shugo Seijyū, with his Zanpakutō. A rare case indeed; Yuurei and Arazomekanki's reiatsu levels were like the distance away between Australia and Japan. While Yuurei was weak for a Mototsu, especially in regards to Gai Nagareboshi's current power level...Arazomekanki was stronger than the Soul King. The Mototsu-Seishin hybrid began to perspire in fear, before regaining his composure upon touching the ground once again. However, little did he notice, that Zetsuei was emerging from shadow, ensnaring him with multiple tentacles, hoisting him high into the air, leaving him at Arazomekanki's mercy. SCHWING! With a single, faster-than-light movement, a golden blade severed the tentacles of Zetsuei. As Gai fell to the ground, Kazuma Nagareboshi unexpectedly retracted the blade from Zetsuei's skull and caught Gai in one fell swoop. "Huh...?" Gai was more surprised than anyone else, as Kazuma merely glared down at the Mototsu-Seishin hybrid, snapping, "Damn idiot." It was clear Gai simply wasn't strong enough to even injure Arazomekanki, let alone defeat her. It seemed all hope was lost. The salvation of Gai Nagareboshi came from an unexpected angle, though. The Soul King had a plan...
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