The Clash for the Second Division

“He has spirit, I’ll give him that.”

Izanagis eyes followed the Shinigami Captain as he avoided his inevitable demise with ease. He couldn’t help but smirk as he followed the man step by step as he approached Izanagis rear. His right hand, still firm on the Zanpakuto, he pushed his body up and off the ground, utilising the Zanpakuto as a means of maintaining balance. His left hand, motioned briefly as he chanted “Sai. - Ichi” .

In that very instant, the palm that was heading toward Izanagi would begin to alter trajectory as both of his arms would be forced behind his back by the kido. Suddenly, the Captain of the Second Division would find his body feeling a hundred times heavier than usual; spiritual energy would wrap around the wrists of his palms and begin to absorb the energy that the individual attempted to utilise to break free. This was the art of Izanagis Kidou, Sai Ichi.

Izanagi can perform Sai on individuals who are on his level in terms of power or weaker. His Sai restrains them while covering the wrists of the victim in a navy color; the navy color absorbs energy that is being used to break free. Those with understanding of Kido would be able to break free eventually as would those who are stronger, however he can use it on multiple people at once and usually uses it when he wants to seize the fighting. When the navy colored Reshi covers the wrists of the victim it begins to make them feel hundreds of times heavier thus making it harder to break free.

In the same instant, his body would vanish only to reappear right before the Shinigami; the palm of his left hand surrounding the man’s head as he would come to push the man down head first into the ground. Considering the distance between the duo, Izanagi would make it very difficult for the Shinigami to react to the situation, but it was possible for the man to, nonetheless. The man’s head would descend and into the paved ground; creating the first crater of the fight.

“Don’t patronise me.”

Izanagis eyes would look into that of the Shinigami, if looks could kill then this fight would be over. But as the words escaped Izanagis mouth, he released the grip on the man’s head and vanished, creating a fifteen-meter gap between himself and his opponent. “You done already? ‘Cause if I catch you with that technique again, you will be…”

As the last word of his sentence escaped his mouth, the heavy pull that Zen would feel would instantly vanish, as would the spiritual shackles that were formed around his wrists. He was given the opportunity to attempt another attack, a stronger attack, one that would tilt the scales of battle. However, at this point Izanagi wasn’t too impressed by the current Captain of the Second Division; he simply didn’t have the level of skill and finesse required to protect and lead a division such as this one. Whether or not the man would prove him otherwise, would soon be determined.

As the screeching began around Izanagi, he utilised the flash step to create distance between himself and his opponent. Fixing his gaze on the man as the restraints that he had created were rather easily broken.

“Well isn’t that interesting. He can manipulate sound waves; preventing me from being able to talk is indeed a smart move. No doubt, he thinks that the inability to utter the name of the Kidou will prevent me from utilising that method of attack. Therefore, I would have to take the fight to close quarters, which appears to be his strength… Very well.”

In an instant, Izanagis spiritual pressure would plummet. Not a sound in the Soul Society would be able to sense his presence. Throughout his time operating as a member of the Zero Division, he developed the ability to full suppress his spiritual presence; it came with the job. It was more so required when Izanagi was tasked with ensuring the safety of his comrade’s daughter. Many spiritual beings can sense others, some better than others, so to fulfil his role successfully he had to become a nobody, a ghost.

As Izanagi suppressed his spiritual presence, his opponent began to make his presence known as his energy oozed into the surroundings, making the ground and the sand in the area shake and dance across the paved ground. Izanagis attire would flutter briefly, creating no sound what so ever because of the suppression of sound that the Captain had initiated. This was an advantage as it meant that Izanagi didn’t have to conceal his sound himself and so he sprung to action.

The light around his body began to bend and create the illusion of his active presence. All that the Captain would see would be Izanagi standing perfectly still, eying the Captain. Naturally, the light waves would alter, creating the pretence of Izanagis attire and hair blowing in the wind while light surrounded Izanagis actual body, making him invisible to his foe.

He took a few steps away from where the light twisted and turned to create his false body; before releasing energy across the photons that were utilised to create the fake body of sorts. The energy that was being released would begin to shake the very ground, much like the energy of the Captain; the combination of techniques utilised would make it difficult if not impossible for the Captain to identify that the man who was before him was not Izanagi.

In the meantime, thousands of small orbs of energy formed and shot out toward the fake creation of light; among the fake small orbs, lied actual energy orbs and as they approached the fake body if Izanagi, a blinding light would shoot out as energy would come away from the photons to collide with some of the orbs to create multiple explosions. But after the smoke that now surrounded the ‘fake’ Izanagi passed, the Captain would only see Izanagi, unscathed and calm.

To many individuals, this method demoralised them to an extent as it made them feel as if though the attacks were not doing any damage what so ever. Whether this would have the same effect of the captain would soon be seen.

While the events surrounding the light version of Izanagi transpired, the real Izanagi closed the distance between himself and the second Division Captain. In that very instant, six yellow rods would slam into the mans midsection; with the distance between the caster and the target being so small the influencing factor would ensure that the six rods struck with quick succession.

“Shinsui Style – Kidou Ichi - Rikujokoro”

The thoughts that passed through Izanagis mind. He was among the strongest practitioners of Kidou in the Gotei history; it was the sole reason that he ascended to the Zero Division. He had an eidetic memory and after decades of training managed to power kidou with mere thoughts. This was primarily down to the fact that the brain could think at a much more accelerated pace than one could speak, making it a more efficient means of incantation.

What the Shinsui Style in kidou represented was that all the Kido that he casted from here forth would attack the target while infused with Yin and Yang energies. Upon striking the man’s midsection, it would be rather difficult for the man to break free as the energy used to form the Rikujokoro would constantly alter to reach an equilibrium where it wouldn’t simply disperse. These techniques when compared to regular Kido were 3-4 times more powerful, hence why they didn’t require the full incantation as the mere one word was enough to do the damage.

The instant the beams slammed into the man’s midsection, Izanagi would re-appear, his eyes focused on the now immobilised man while his right palm aimed at the man’s midsection.

“Shinsui Style – Kidou Ichi – Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho”

With that though, a gigantic beam of electrical and spiritual energy would come forth from Izanagis palm. Once again, the factor that would screw the second Division Captain would be the distance between the duo. He would have to be incredibly fast or gain speed somehow to avoid the release of energy that would begin to rip through his internal organs, avoiding the heart of course.

With Izanagis palm being aimed at the mans midsection, the attack from the Hadō would obliterate everything in its path and explode upon contact with the mans body. Although the man could manipulate sound, he would need to do something to save himself from this fate. The instant the Hadō would come to detonate, Izanagi would vanish from before the Captains line of sight, re-appearing in a safe distance to view the outcome of his attack.