Diana Etzel vs Ace Marx

After hearing Diana speak, Ace ran a hand through his hair deciding what to do. He had disregarded the slight mock in her tone and use of words and thought about what she said. He started to put his swords down when Diana started to scream. He held them back up in a defensive position and readied himself. Seeing her crouch down and shutting her eyes, he hesitated wondering if he should take his opening or not. He heard her talk in her foreign language and saw the distress and the control over her power beginning to unravel. He knew something was definitely wrong.

As the landscaping around them began to crumble and crash around them along with the increase of wind speed, he knew that something or someone was unraveling her control. He began to worry. Not only for himself, but also his opponent in front of him.

After hearing what Diana had said, his assumptions were correct. "Not being able to control your hollow is the worst situation to be in...especially in your case." As he said that, he remembered from the time he was not able to control his hollow. Understanding her situation and having first hand experience, Ace did something bold. His clones began to fade and he re-sheathed his sword, dropping his bankai. His wings began to crack and fall apart, eventually crashing to the ground. As he saw Diana struggling to get up, he made another bold move. He flash stepped to her side and helped her up, knowing the dangers of his drastic move and taking his chances.

Upon hearing the piercing scream, Ace knew that coming to his opponents aid was the wrong choice. Soon, Ace felt the huge energy explode from Diana. Ace knew an attack would fall upon him, and acted quickly. He saw her stab him with immense speed and knew that he would not be able to flash step out. Ace knew that the wound would be healed by his hollow mask, but he played it out. He spun around after she pulled the blade and he summoned his hollow mask, making sure to cover his hollow mask so that she would not be able to see him. Then he fell face first into the snow, making sure that his mask was hidden with snow.

He felt her energy grow with the familiar feeling of her hollow. He knew that she would try to make more attacks at him to make sure he would be dead. Focusing greatly on his sense of sound, consider he was not able to see her with his head in the snow, he listened for the sound of her blade. That's when he heard and felt the energy coming at him. He flash stepped, dodging the attack, and appeared behind the smoke created from the explosion. He saw that his wounds were healed by the mask, just like he planned.

"That wasn't very nice," he said quietly," It's time for you to see what happens when you can't control your hollow." Ace utters a incantation quickly under his breath so quite that it was barley audible to himself, "Carriage of Thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six! Bakudo Number 61, Rikujōkōrō!" As the incantation was completed, the smoke finally cleared. Diana was surely not to expect him using kido.

Ace, assuming it had worked, knew that his opponent was not strong enough to break free. With this knowledge in mind, he said another incantation, "Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! On the wall of blue flame, inscribe a twin lotus. In the abyss of conflagration, wait at the far heavens. Hadō number 73, Sōren Sōkatsui!" After saying the incantation and the name of the spell, Ace fired two bursts of blue fire with large amounts of potent spiritual energy in a wide area. This would surely injure Diana greatly, and hopefully knock her out.

Ace saw her fall flat on the ground. He began walking to her body cautiously. He wasn't sure if she was dead, unconscious, or pretending. He unconsciously brushed his hair to the side as he came closer to her, caution in each step. He went to feel if she still had the slightest pulse even there. He had hoped he had not overdone it and ended up killing her. He bent down and felt a slight pulse which was very small. Sighing with relief, Ace sheathed his sword and kicked Diana's sword away from her. "This is gonna require a lot of explaining..." he thought as he said an quick incantation that bounded her hands and legs together. He took her sheath and placed her zanpakutō in it. He wrapped the strap around him and picked Diana up. "Time to go to the Vizard Corps and explain everything..." as Ace said with a sigh. He looked up as the clouds parted and the sun came out. The snow has slowly started to melt. He picked up Diana and looked around. The place looked like there had been a big fight. Sighing, he began walking, with Diana on his back having her hands and legs bound together, towards the place that would surely give some form of punishment...