Crikey! [Open]

With a squelch a blond-haired, golden-eyed Shinigami woman withdrew her Zanpakuto from the fallen corpse of her people's chosen prey: a white behemoth known as Hollow. This woman brought her sleeved arm up to her head and wiped a few sweat droplets accumulating on her brow. "Whew, it sure is warm today. I didn't think this part of the living world could be this temperature in November." her gentle voice said to no one in particular.

The reason she found herself on Earth, instead of safely stashed away in Soul Society, was her ready willingness to undertake Hollow Hunt contracts. At least, when she could...between mountains of paperwork. Not that she particularly minded such busy work; after all, Morikawa Mizu never shied away from analyzing documents. In fact it's one of her strengths! Unfortunately fighting was not one of her strengths, which, she thought, was unfortunate given her position as a Gotei Seated Officer. Working to keep the tide of rust at bay, Mizu had accepted a contract to hunt a Hollow that had caused significant ecological damage in the area.

While her flaxen gaze scanned the Hollow she'd just defeated, it's soul-formed body dispersing after being purified, a loud crash rang out causing Mizu to grip her Zanpakuto and turn towards it. The crash was immediately followed up by consecutive crunching noises, almost resembling a multi-car pileup in sound. Upon withdrawing her Denreishinki from her Shinigami robes, Mizu was alerted to the presence of another Hollow nearby, it's location the same as the crash's origin. With her face scrunched into a determined scowl Mizu took off in a rush towards the Hollow's location, ready to strike it down.

Had she not known she was diving headfirst into an ocean of danger Mizu might have been caught more off guard, but alas she was prepared to react, her senses already heightened by adrenaline. The moment she sensed, and then saw, the beastly kangaroo-like Hollow Mizu rapidly said a Shinigami spell's name "Bakudō #21: Sekienton!" Upon this declaration a sudden blast of crimson smoke would emanate from her left hand. This smoke would quickly expand to cover a wide area, in which Mizu would use her newfound camouflage to Flash Step out of Canguro's way.

Having little mercy for Hollows, as well as understanding the severity of the situation she found herself in, Mizu straightaway went on the offensive. As she said "#Hadō #32: Ōkasen!" her left hand summoned a glowing yellow orb of energy on her horizontally-held weapon before it fired off in a wide arc of destructive power. This energy would fly through the air aimed directly for the Hollow, clearing away the red smoke in the process, and could cause significant burns and injuries if it struck it's target. Against a fellow Shinigami or even a Quincy Mizu might show restraint, but a Hollow? She would slay it without holding back, her glinting golden eyes narrowed in fierce determination.

Unsure of how the Hollow managed to track her through the camouflaging effect of Sekienton spell, Mizu remained focused on the enemy before her nonetheless. One thing she had become better at since her time in the academy was using multiple spells simultaneously, a fact which would aid her response to the Hollow's sudden blitz attack against her.

Between Canguro's tail and her arm a barrier of translucent energy would form without warning as Mizu dipped into her knowledge of Barrier Kidō to protect herself from it's harmful heat and attack. Due to it's hasty creation it wouldn't protect from much, and upon successfully guarding the Hollow's attack it would shatter and vanish, having done it's job. Despite knowing Canguro's proximity to herself may cause her to also sustain injuries from Ōkasen, Mizu did not stop the spell from firing; in fact, this had become somewhat of a signature move of hers. The yellow energy would explode and envelop the both of them in it's wrath.

With the sleeves of her Shihakushō burnt through, a recurring problem for the young Shinigami, and both her arms damaged from her own spell Mizu swiftly Flash Stepped away from Canguro. She hoped her Ōkasen had caused enough harm to make the Hollow second guess assaulting her again, or at least give her enough time to prepare her next offensive against it. Figuring either way she would end up in close quarters whether she liked it or not, her next spell would aid in such a scenario. "Hadō #11: Tsuzuri Raiden!" she said, which caused her Zanpakuto to swiftly be enveloped in yellow electrical energy.

This thing is relentless! thought Mizu as she noticed even with a torn off arm it wasn't ready to flee. Mizu could practically sense the creature's anger radiating off it like an aura, it's spiritual pressure clearly displaying it's wrath. But wrath alone would not win it the day. Mizu took advantage of the gap she had created between the two to prepare for it's headlong blitz. With electricity still running along her Zanpakuto she dropped to one knee and placed her left hand on the ground, which caused a very subtle pulse of Reishi to spread out from her as she whispered a couple words loud enough for only herself to hear.

Mizu stood back up and held her electrified Zanpakuto with one hand and kept her other hanging in the air with purpose. Just...need to wait...and time it right..." Sweat, both from increased ambient temperature and her own anxiety about her plan, knowing if it goes wrong she may find herself immediately in extreme danger, covered her brow. Her grip on her weapon caused her knuckles and fingers to first turn shades of red before changing to white. This is it....

Now! With Canguro just a short distance away, Mizu jumped into action and immediately aimed her left hand at the ground "Bakudō #4: Hainawa!" From her hand a crackling yellow rope of Reishi would fire at the ground, where it would connect with the Kidō net she had placed a few moments prior. Then, with a yank, she would pull the net up, causing it to leapfrog off the ground and hopefully wrap around Canguro too late for it to dodge. At the same time she touched her electrified weapon to the Hainawa rope in her send, which sent a charge of electricity through it and to the net, igniting the Fushibi spell she had cast quietly while kneeling on the ground. This ignition would lead to a significant explosion across the entire net, and with any luck would cause debilitating damage to the Hollow while still wrapped in the trap she'd set for it.

Somehow her timing had been off, and Mizu would not forgive herself for this fact for at least the next few weeks. Still, she could not pout about it right this second with an enraged Hollow barreling towards her. Mizu herself was beginning to get a bit incensed with the situation as she prepared another Kidō spell in front of her. It's just a Hollow! One Hollow! Come on, Mizu! she thought, wanting to beat her enemy for good.

"Bakudō #39: Enkōsen!" As she said this, and as Canguro's tail aimed to strike her, a large disc of yellow Reishi formed in front of her Zanpakuto and acted as a shield. Though it shattered from the Hollow's blow, the spell managed to adequately protect Mizu from it at the same time. Wasting no time, Mizu Flash stepped a short distance away before casting yet another spell "Hadō #58: Tenran!" From her outstretched hand a sudden whirlwind whipped up and expanded outward as it encompassed more and more of the battlefield. Mizu aimed to use this spell to blow away not just all the embers and fire Canguro was spreading across the area, but Canguro itself as well.