Diana Etzel vs Ace Marx

Ace stood tall and erect looking at the smaller vizard. He still wondered how this had gotten to a point of conflict. He shook his head trying to remove the thoughts from his head. "What's done is done. I need to focus on the objective at hand. Then I'll have time to think once this is over." He thought as he observed the other vizard. Seeing her put on her mask and release her shikai so quickly, he assumed that the other vizard was cautious of him. He ran a hand through his hair and then grasped his zanpakutō tightly. "Hmm I wish we didn't have to fight but it looks like it's already too late." He thought. He had a determined look on his face now and upon unsheathing the blade, he yelled out,"Hisame!" Right as he shouted the word aloud the blade gave a hissing sound and mist started to produce from it. The blade then started to turn to ice from the hilt to the top. At the same time he covered his face with his free hand and then yanked it quickly from his face to produce his mask.

The combination of his shikai and his mask always made him feel full of power and more alive. He gripped his zanpakutō with both hands and quickly created a strategy. He knew that he was much faster than her, with or without the mask. Dodging her attacks would be easy so getting hit wasn't the problem. If he struck her with his blade at the feet, that would make her movements slower and give her a burning sensation. But something was telling him to try out his new ability that he was practicing. He was snapped out of his thought process when he saw his opponent display her power and he knew she would make a move soon. He waited till she moved first before he would make his.

Her right foot lifted off the ground and she sprung. He quickly flash stepped to where she just was as she got half way to where he was just standing and yelled out, "Sunōsurasshu!" and with that word, light covered his zanpakutō. With a single slash, sent a crescent moon full of spiritual energy straight for her. He knew that if this hit, it would badly damage his opponent and send them flying backwards.

Watching as the wave came closer to his opponent, he gave a slight frown at the thought that this attack would surely end the battle. He was hoping that the battle would have been much more lengthier. Just then he saw his opponent move and, to his surprise, attempt to block the attack. He gave a slight smirk, not because he saw how much struggle it took for that one attack to be blocked, but by the thought that his fight would last longer than he had predicted. He observed as she was able to block the attack using what seems to him large amounts of energy. As she spun around, he knew this was going to be a fun fight.

As she turned to face him, he still had a slight smirk on him. He knew that she would probably be prepared for melee or a ranged attack so he started to formulate a new plan. Just then, he saw it. There was something different about his opponent now. Her eyes were now that of an angered animal bent on destruction. Then he sensed the spike in her spiritual power. Right then and there it hit him. His opponent was a member of the Yuudeshi clan. He made a mental note of that for later on in the battle. Then it hit him what technique to use.

"This should cool you off." and with that he lowered the temperature below freezing and it started to snow. He knew at this temperature his opponent would most likely not be able to keep themselves warm for much longer and would probably freeze. Also he knew that he moves much quicker and he attacks much stronger due to his affinity to cold weather. He observed his opponent ready to counter their attacks.

Ace stood there both hand gripping his zanpakutō tightly. He knew that the curse of a Yuudeshi clan gave them immense power, but in this instance, he saw nothing but pure rage and destruction. "Outsmarting her would be easy at this point." Ace thought. He was sorting through several different plans and that's when his concentration was broken with the piercing howl. He knew she would move soon so he was prepared. He stood there, muscles taut with expectation, a look of pure concentration. "If she got the upper hand," Ace said, "then I have a little surprise for her."

Right as he said that he saw her take off with immense speed and power. He had almost lost her because he had been caught off guard that she would be able to move that fast. He started to gather the spiritual energy required for his move. He took one deep breath breathing in the cold air making him stronger and gather even more spiritual energy. He knew that this one attack had so much energy gathered that it was starting to get close to his bankai version of attack. He pushed himself far beyond the limits in order to concentrate the attack and sustain it. Right as she leaped for him, she disappeared. This took him by surprise but then refocused and waited. She reappeared very close to him. Her attack would most likely be strong but with the amount of energy he was able to obtain, this should counter most of the force if not all. He yelled out, "Sunōsurasshu!" and an amazing burst of energy shot from his blade Right as his blade collided with his opponents. A massive explosion happened sending them both flying back tumbling. He stopped himself from tumbling and stood up, unable to see with her with the dust flying around. He still sensed her energy and prepared once again for another attack still sore from his last one. He stood, his coat waving in the air as the dust settled and the breeze died down, muscles taut again, and both hands gripping his zanpakutō tightly. He was sure not to underestimate her abilities and the power she has.

Breathing heavily, Ace watched as the leftover reiatsu formed a ball of energy. He studied the unusual phenomenon only to reel back as he saw Diana starting to absorb the excess reiatsu. A bead of sweat dripped down and he had a worried look on his face as he saw it wrap around her blade. He knew that the absorption of reiatsu would make her reiryoku increase. How much it would increase was out of his grasp in knowledge. Once emerging, he saw Diana transform back to her child-like appearance and her shikai has worn off. Ace also saw that the once uncompleted mask, was not fully complete. Ace took off his mask, remembering that there was a time limit to his mask. He looked back at her and saw something wrong. He studied Diana quickly and realized that the hollowfication process had gone wrong and that the hollow was now fully controlling Diana. How she was able to do something so reckless was out of his grasp but he knew if he didn't end this soon, things would possible escalate terribly. He tried to think of a plan but it was too late. Ceros and other hollow attacks had begun to barrage him. All he could do was flash step around the attacks. The attacks started to lighten up and he had a cloud of smoke to make a quick plan. He thought out options or ways but none seemed to play out in a way where he would emerge the victor. He sighed as he knew that had to do this since there was no other way. The smoke started to clear and with that he yelled out, "Sorera o subete tōketsu!" Upon saying those words, a huge puff of smoke was produced from his blade. He began developing large ice wings and a second zanpakutō blade appeared in his hands with an ice chain on it's hilt. His blood grew icy cold and he felt tougher. Not only that, but his energy to fight seemed limitless. He knew that he had to make his move quickly. He put his two blades together and yelled, "Sunōsurasshu!" and a tremendous amount of reiatsu coursed through his blade. With one giant slash, he sent out the massive wave right at Diana. This attack was much stronger than his shikai version. "No one could have expected that coming from all this smoke that is clouding me." Ace thought. He shattered his ice chain into 10 pieces. The pieces began to form shards. The 10 shards turned into clones that looked exactly like Ace. He knew that their strength was the same as his and that they had the same spiritual pressure, making it incredibly difficult to tell which one is the real one. A slight frown was put across his face as he remembered that they weren't as tough so killing them would be easy. Finally, all 10 clones jumped out of the mist along with Ace and proceeded to initiate quick hard hitting attacks with their blades, each one having a blade in both hands. He made a mental note to not get too carried away and leave himself defenseless.

A slight smirk appeared on Ace's face after seeing how successful the results were from the onslaught of attacks from him and his clones. Watching her break free of their onslaught, his slight smirk turned to a small frown as he heard what Diana had said. "Well this should be a sight." he thought as he waited for her to finish what she had she had begun.

As the winds began to pick up, Ace ran a hand through his hair out of force of habit. He looked around as he saw the snow and dirt move and the winds became faster and faster. He saw the swirls at Diana's feet become faster and faster. He smiled as the swirls developed into a tornado. He watch with excitement as the spiritual power increased high and higher. As a body came out of the tornado, Ace had a curious look on his face. "The amount of spiritual power being held in that body must be immense." he thought. He kept on observing, trying to figure out what form she was in. The energy he felt was...different. It felt strangely...pure. There have been only a handful of times he had felt this type of spiritual pressure before though not vividly remembering when or where he had. What also stood out was that there was no presence of her hollow anymore.

After she had spoken, he saw her eyes scan over his clones. He knew that someone with that amount of power would probably find him sooner or later using some kind of technique. It was only a matter of time.

"I don't know what form you are in, but your spiritual presence is very...unique." Ace responded to what she had said.

As her stare stopped right at him, he knew she had found him. "Crap! This is bad." he thought as she began to speak.

As she finished, Ace asked, "You speak of peace and yet you draw weapons? Is it peace you ask for or is it my submission to you?" Ace never surrendered to his opponent and he wouldn't start now. Peace, on the other hand, was much different in his mind.