Dragon's Fury [Poliro]

Tessa’s eyes narrowed as her kido were blocked by a wall of fire, it seemed that in this fight kido would be ineffective. It was time for her to take this fight to melee, lose all form of intelligent thought and just go with her instincts. A growl ripped from her mouth as he responded to her demand to not insult her captain. Apparently he didn’t view it as an insult, he viewed it as truth, something which only made Tessa’s anger rise. He then uttered a command, releasing his shikai and letting her know that it had been a long while since anyone had seen this release. A soft growl escaping her lips, Tessa cleared her head of intelligent thought, ready for combat with instinct alone. Her eyes closed, a smirk on her face as she decided to use the enhanced draconic hearing to battle this man. A show of her power it would be, this was the perfect time right now.

Hearing the break in the air as he flash stepped forward, the whistling of blades coming down alerted her to his attack. As his blades came down, her wings pushed forward, forcing her body out of the path of the attacking blades. Again the air broke with a shunpo, the sound of a blade piercing through air came from behind her. A quick flash step of her own took her to the ground and out of the way of her opponents attack. She then heard the sound of the man coming downward, the heat from his blades telling her that they were alight with power. Directly underneath his current downward course, Tessa smiled maniacally. She waiting till he was a mere five feet above her, and then moved. With quickness of someone used to dodging downward strikes such as this, she stepped to the side before lifting in to the air with a burst from her wings. Immediately she folded her wings behind her, her body now next to the falling body of her opponent. Her legs shot out as she turned ninety degrees in the air, slamming against his chest with as much force as she could muster. Not only was she attempting to force him away from her, but she had effectively used the flame reaper’s body as a sort of trampoline. Using the force, she once again spread her wings, beating them quickly behind her as she put a large amount of space between her and the man. As the man slashed his blades at the ground, she felt the powerful explosion as it rocked the area. She felt the fire burn at her skin, her mouth breathing in to devour the flames. Sure, with this heat it was more difficult to devour them and consequently she could devour less than usual, but all she needed was to devour enough fire to heal the burns the flames had caused. It was a bonus that the flames were enough to slightly restore her from her current physical exhaustion. Now she remembered why she did not often rely on the instincts within her. While they might be able to adapt to fighting any combat style, it took a pretty heavy toll on her body to keep the pace it set for her. Luckily for her, her flying had landed her near the edge of the explosion. Now however, it was time to counter attack.

Once the flames had died down, Tessa readied herself. Draconic instincts running on overdrive, she flash stepped next to the man, swiftly bringing up her sword in an arc across his chest. Immediately following her sword strike, her foor rotated, bringing her body about in a one hundred and eighty degrees spin. Her tail raised up as her body continue one its rotation towards a three hundred and sixty degree spin. As she was completing the last one hundred and eighty degrees, her tail attempted to curl around the man’s neck. Should she be successful, her tail would attempt to lift him from the ground before slamming him back down headfirst. It was something most of those that knew her wouldn’t have realized, her tail was actually stronger then her arms. Given that it was made of pure muscle, it wasn’t really surprising, but she barely ever used it to accomplish anything, so most had not seen its use. Following her attack, Tessa would flash step off, attempting to put some distance between her and the man before turning to glare at him with words of contempt for the man.

“You’re nothing but useless trash compared to my captain. Take your shitty flames and go elsewhere, reaper.”