The Awakening - Bendigo, Victoria

So, the Demon Punk was backing off, eh? In response to this, there was nothing but the sounds of teeth sucking as Shadin couldn't care less what that needless demon had to say. It didn't matter what sort of royalty he was, or what kind of bone he had to pick with his brother; there wasn't going to be a single soul that was going to inferior in the affairs of trying to bring Kakine back from the dead. So, as a result of this, there was a sense of relief washing over the body of The Beast as he felt that his attack were indeed sufficient in forcing The Danava of War to back off from this battle. Listening to the words in which the raven hair male spoke, many sorts of sentiments akin to honor were being bellowed out by the male. Speaking such statements as finding it distasteful to fight a mindless hollow; it was apparent he had no desire to fight against such a chaotic force. A roll of the eyes was all that given to that, but at least the scum understood a bit about the bonds that ones family could possess.

Thus, as Kiriel began phasing out of this whole conflict entirely, The Yuudeshi Network deemed him no longer a threat with him pulling out of this brawl. Therefore, he could focus all of his sights upon the likes of the psychotic Hollow that was Dark Kakine. Hearing something along the lines of him, The Beast of Karakura, being too slow -- was utterly rich. It caused a brief laugh to escape his lips as he often considered himself to be one of the fastest creatures on this planet, but even he began to take notice of how sloppy his form could be in such a worn down state. It was a rather humanizing experience for him to undergo. Although, he wouldn't have too much time to reflect on that. Each of their fist clashed in a destructive blow of power that scorched the city like a raging inferno as they smashed into countless debris for many city blocks. Explosions rang out throughout the city of Bendigo Victoria; the surge of their energy colliding with one another being enough to blow entire fragments of buildings away with the utmost of ease.

When the dust had settled from the impact of these two colossal forces crashing against one another like a damning explosion, Shadin's fist could be seen dripping a crimson fluid; taking a noticeable amount of damage from the resulting dance of death they partook in. Going to give a swift glance at his bleeding hand for a few moments, the power that Dark Kakine, nay, Kakine himself had amassed was truly growing great if it was enough to do that on impact. He'd attempt to heal it himself of these wounds, if they both weren't under such a stressful circumstance from the fight they were undergoing. In a flashing display of caution, the cybermind within Shadin's skull was sending readouts to his vision to alert him to the danger he was placing his body under; attempting to adjust his vision -- a little too late.

Not giving a damn about the taunt of being the hero, The Beast of Karakura was about to take a heavy dosage of pain as he coughed up a large deal of blood from the next round of assaults Dark Kakine gave in that momentary lapse in attack his body gave way to under the immense strain and backlash that The Beast was under due to the drawbacks of the man's power catching up to him. Feeling that his bite did indeed leave a impact, it wouldn't take very long for his bastard brothers hollow to recover from such a devastating assault that Shadin unleashed upon him not too long ago. Sensing that his hairs were standing on end, the taste of his dear brother's flesh quickly left the mouth of The Beast as he felt himself being hurled like a ragdoll through the air. And from the amount of pain he was presently under, there wasn't much he could do in this situation as the alarms within his head grew ever louder from the impact of damage this was going to inflict upon him.

And then -- like a ten ton freight train -- the pain was multiplied one thousand fold. Shadin wasn't sure how, but somehow Dark Kakine was able to utilize the Yuudeshi Network. Seeing his vision briefly fade to white, the wind was literally knocked out of him as he stopped breathing for a few moments. Why was this? The impact from the kick, augmented to those levels, were so devastating that it was able to briefly shut down the complex machinery within The Beast's body and cause functions of his cyberbrain to temporarily render him unconscious. That is, at least, before a forced reboot was done on his mind from the spark of spiritual energy that had been implanted within his mind for such a scenario.

Much like a generator, this sudden spark in energy worked to restart the functions of Shadin's body once more to grant him consciousness, rev up the engines within him and have the machinery within The Yuudeshi's body return to their task. However, the color within the albino's eyes was wiped out entirely from the absurd amounts of burning agony his body felt. To him? This aching sensation was enough to make The Beast consider if he really did break a bone; as copious amounts of blood spewed forth from the male's mouth as he hadn't taken a blow like that in years. As a sonic boom roared down on the city, Shadin was sent flying into the ground an overwhelming bang as a crater roughly the size one city blocked was inflicted upon the metropolis of Bendigo; decimating all surroundings around it in the wake of it's impact.

Making various gurgling noise, Shadin would cough up more blood to allow himself to be able to speak once more; feeling the disgusting sensation of iron flaring all throughout his mouth as blood started to even leak out of his nose from the additional force from slamming into the Earth. Clenching the ground around him, The Beast of Karakura burdened the agonizing pain that felt like his entire body was essentially being broken down piece by piece by a pick-axe or something to that effect. Gritting his teeth heavily, more whooping sounds expelled from the male before adjusting himself back to the reality of things. It's around this time that his mind started to fade back into his surroundings that the warning Benkei issued out to the male reached his ears. Sucking his teeth yet again, The Yuudeshi couldn't believe matters got even more complicated with the wake of this effect on his brother.

Although he was very certain that Kakine knew how to take a bloody hit from the training they each underwent to attain their powers, the fights they've endured and what it takes to become as strong as they are now; it was only a matter of time before something would break, his mind would shatter and that bastard hollow of his would ultimately achieve the victory he so sought after by possessing Kakine to begin with. Yet, even with all of this torment, despite all of the setbacks that are involved in this circumstance; The Beast of Karakura still did not feel very detoured towards this goal of saving his brother from that vile creature. At the very least, through making some sort of headway to his sibling from his conflict, he'd at least give him the tools to save himself by this bold stand The Yuudeshi was making in his half-dead state.

Vision still a bit hazy, despite the fragility of his body coming forth to the surface as he felt his limits coming upon him, there was still a strong sense of intent behind the man's eyes as he struggled to come back to his feet. As long as Shadin was still standing; no, as long as he was still breathing -- it didn't matter if The Hollow stepped on his face a million times and hollered out with laughter until his face turned blue; The Beast was still going to push himself to the breaking point to pursue this goal of awakening his brother. 'Damn it, come on lady luck, I'll give you everything I have if you just allow me to get back on my feet. Stomp on my back, berate me all you want; just hold out....hold out....hold out.....we can't black out here....'

Grunting out in utter agony, there was a fire like senseation burning throughout his entire nervous system, yet Shadin still arose to his fight. Although, his legs were obviously shaking from the strain being placed on him. Breathing heavily, he'd stare off into the distance where Dark Kakine was; observing the fact he allotted the Yuudeshi Network's influence to seep into his body. Even for those few moments, that was more than enough for The Beast to calculate a plan of action. Combined with the presence of Imaginary Computation's effects infiltrating Dark Kakine's mind, he'd go on to hold his hand out towards the direction of hollow and further his grip on his psyche. Pulling onto the consciousness of Kakine like hurling a rope down to a person standard in a well, Shadin was trying with all his might to yank the depths of Kakine's mind from the abyss he was under and towards to the surface to yank back control.

Directing the link of the Yuudeshi Network in his favor, he'd overload this attack with the network's energy so that he'd further his chances of having an impact on this sinister force. In this action, he'd vest his hope that the grip of Dark Kakine would be heavily lessened on The Creator of Nothing to give him a fighting chance to snatch back control of his own body. Once this operation was put into motion, The Beast turned his attention towards the directions of The Rampaging Hollow and realized that there was indeed a mark being left on him. Hearing the way he stuttered, sensing the lowered levels of energy within him and seeing it in his eyes; to Shadin? It was just a matter of who could hold out longer at this point: the decaying body of The Beast or The Ferocious Will of Dark Kakine? It was a question that needed an answer soon and he'd hope his brother, the Real Kakine, would settle it for the both of them.

In that forward thinking train of thought, he'd be able to more boldly endure the backlash of once again utilizing Imaginary Computation on top of the staggering volume of pain inflicted upon his being from Dark Kakine's hellish kick. It caused him to bite his teeth in agony as he felt like a bullet had pierced right into skull, lodged itself into his brain and sent pulse waves of pain surging throughout his entire body. It was enough to almost make Shadin want to slam his head into the ground, as his vision became temporarily reddened from how much he was pushing himself; yet he'd still -- persist. If for that faint glimmer of hope that there was a way out of all of this so long as he just kept fighting until he could no longer put up much of a resistance.

And even then, in that moment of complete destruction, he'd memorize something his brother once said: "Even if I'm beaten, even if my body is crushed and rendered useless; so long as my spirit still lives, I WILL FIGHT! It matters not if I'm reduced to ash, so long as my soul goes down fighting." Taking that quote to heart, he'd have to toughen up through this pain, bare it on his shoulder and face it with no regrets. The willpower of The Yuudeshi was something truly to behold in critical circumstances like this. Overviewing visual feeds from Zin's fight against Hakai, Shatari Yuudeshi's struggle in Geelong, Zeda's presence in Bathrust, the conflict within Kaito Yuudeshi's mind from their encounter in the Mesophere, Jetta's battle in Melbourne and all the other Yuudeshi presently fighting in the war; he'd let out a scream of pain and determination as these images set forth a flare in his heart.

'Dammit, I'm trying as hard as I can! I don't know if I can keep this up anymore, but fuck it, if you all can fight as hard as you have in this war...I'll keep moving. He's still alive...there is no two doubts about it. If he died, the connection to the Yuudeshi Network would have surely canceled itself because there is no way a foreign and hostile creature could have made that gateway into it and assume control of it if not a single shred of him was left. I have no way to have an absolute assurance of that, but the theory should hold true...I felt it within him! At this rate, if I give up here...he'll never.....' Having his concentration broken by the unleashing of clones forged by Dark Kakine, Shadin understood this wasn't a battle where he'd have time to recover. Through a few simple commands from the Yuudeshi Network with the reserves they had flowing in the range around them, Shadin sent for the materialization of his sacred cane: Heaven's Walker.

In a matter of milliseconds, this battle weapon was forged around his right arm. In it's colored appearance? It could first be noted as being entirely white in color. It terms of it's physical structure? Instead of a single leg stand like you'd see in your typical crutch, Heaven's Walker possesses four legs attached to its end like a microphone stand. The cuff of this cane seemed to be noticeably wide and more stylized to give it the look of a shield; having a ring attached to it for Shadin's forearm to go through, giving it the impression that it was utilized more like a proper forearm crutch. The entire staff along with the four legs could even be retracted in and out of the cuff with the utmost of ease.

Knowing that he couldn't afford to utilize too much of his powers, and understanding that he was in no place to receive anymore damage, he'd force himself to break from his position in order to charge at the clones as he had pure fire behind his eyes in the battle he was now under. Breaking free of the pain, he'd start to have the machinery within his body help increase the agility of his form despite being under such critical injury. There was no doubt in his mind that he possibly fractured or broken his ribs, but it would be blocked out by his mind as he went on to duck, weave and maneuver his way out of the punches. After all, with his focus back in order, there was no way mere clones were going to keep up with him. So, as his collar let out a whirring scream and the various gears and engines within the man's body released an assortment of hissing sounds, Shadin was about to become savage in his combat.

Not being able to utilize much from his mind, unless he risked further strain on his body, The Beast of Karakura started using the momentum of his speed in conjunction with the dense durability of Heaven's Walker to have a strong probability of shattering these clones through this cane's offensive capacities. If left with nothing else, this weapon was always designed to be harnessed by Shadin as a brute force weapon through it's absurd material meant to reinforce every fiber of this piece of equipment to be heavily resistant against an assortment of forces that dealt with the enemies The Beast was faced with. From heavy impact punches, blows from Zanpukto's and even various forms of magic and everything else in between; it was meant to shoulder a large amount of abuse before breaking down.

And being equal in it's offense as it's defense, Heaven's Walker could leave more than a scratch on any given person. If a single strike was landed on these clones, there was a high chance of them dissipating into the wind itself as he was not playing any games at this point. It was survival at this point. There was no room for error, no time for joking around; the name of the game was to endure and the prize was his brother's sanctuary. Thus, Heaven's Walker reflected this deep, urgent need and began vibrating to a point of far succeeding the power of The Quincy's Seele Schneider and being able to even cut through metaphysical attacks as it synchronizes itself to Shadin speed and utilized it's deep reserves of the man's energy stored within it's multiple cores to very well overpower them in a best case scenario.

In fact, to make sure these accursed duplicates were disposed of, The Beast let out a blood curdling scream that echoed for miles on end as he started unleashing a volley of strikes from Heaven's Walker upon them. Dozens upon dozens of strikes were meant to be targeted upon each and every clone's center neck, spine, heart, throat, base skull and other similar openings to render them silent. If any resistance was met? The sheer cutting power that was amplified to a spiritual level thanks in part to this nifty creations energized cores could see to the eradication of their counters when combined with the overwhelming speed of Shadin; even in this critically injured state. All that rushed through his mind in this frenzy was to -- ENDURE!

Moving like a dash of light in the darkness of space, Shadin took off towards Dark Kakine like a trailing comet; going on to make use of his cane like the blunt weapon it was intended to be. There would be one hundred strikes directed towards the male's stomach, sides and chest; going on to give a few smacks across the face two dozen times to really put Dark Kakine in a bind. Eyes beginning to bleed out at this point, he'd remember that Kakine could potentially feel this pain and he'd aim for the intent of switching the pathways of The Hollow's body to redirect pain from Kakine's consciousness into Dark Kakine's. Similar to flipping a railroad switch, the intent behind this attempt was to try and redirect the flow of pain from his brother's psyche into Dark Kakine's to further smother him under the previous assaults made on his mind with the physical attacks being made on his person to force him into submission.

From there, Shadin could more than make solid replicas of himself with his speed in order to increase the damage to a full 360 degree around Dark Kakine's body; totalling to roughly a dozen clones. All of these duplicates of Shadin were more physical in nature; being extremely dense after converting their bodies to be that through Shadin's spiritual energy and they could ultimately withstand a few hits before going down. With the amount of kinetic energy produced in Shadin's movement, it was not a far fetch concept. Although, unlike his brothers clones, they were unable to utilize most of The Beast's powers. Instead? They were purely physical in nature and controlled by Shadin's spiritual force. Therefore, The Hollow had messy circumstance in on his hands if he wanted to dare bypass the will of The Beast in such a frantic state of mind, body and spirit.

"Tch, I already know that! I'm aware that light cannot exist without darkness. However, that doesn't mean the spectrum of balance between them has to be so out of whack that one forces the other to fall into the pits of despair. I'm not here to be the hero, shithead; I don't care about that! I'm...I'm here to restore the balance between the two of you! As fucked up as it is coming from someone like myself, I refuse to let the equilibrium among you two become so skewed that you drag my brother into hell! I have no qualms if we both are destined for the depths of hades itself, but STOP TRYING TO BRING HIM DOWN WITH US!"

And with that final yell into the air, Shadin cocked back his right arm, gritted his teeth and gave commands from his cyberbrain to redirect the energy, vibration and kinetic force from the Heaven's Walker to be centered towards the base of this device. Synchronizing in motion, the clones all directed themselves for a critical blow from all of the momentum they gathered in this assault; aiming for two to elbow the male in his knees, a couple of more of them directing their hits at his sides, another pair aiming for his throat and rest simply getting out of harm's way and flying upwards into the air. From there? Shadin himself went on to aim Heaven's Walker towards the direction of The Hollow's head so that he may very well bash that cane so far into Dark Kakine's face that the resulting impact could very well obliterate the next ten city blocks in one massive plume of debris, smoke and explosions that could be seen for miles away; intending to inflict significant damage across his body, into the depths of his soul and hopefully -- put an end to this.

"If nothing else, the only thing I can do now is accompany you to hell with me if that's what it takes, bastard..."