Where to go now?

Exercise...me...fat? the thoughts kept circling her head. Aiko was an incredibly fit woman. Aside from kido, hand to hand combat was likely among her best grounds for expertise. It had been one of the areas that had received the most attention and training as she grew up. Both from the time with Yoruichi and her time with her mother and the rest of the Vizards. It was blatantly obvious, at least for most who had their head on straight, that Aiko was far from being fat. Thus, the comment could only be taken as an insult. It was clear now. Aiko had made it clear already what would happen if she continued. In fact, she had told her specifically. Nevertheless, she had chosen to proceed. Whether the woman was purposely trying to die or not was difficult to discern, but as of that moment, she had sealed her fate.

With a grin, she looked on. In part, she was slightly happy that she would get to end the life of such a disrespectful individual. Part of her however disliked having to do so, but she would follow through nonetheless. In an instant, still standing in place, Aiko's hair had extended at unbelievably fast speeds. Having her body be unaffected by her own abilities, her hair traveled at the peak speeds it could, easily rivaling that of a bala shot. The speed of her bala-speed traveling hair would likely be seen many light years faster to Natalia than to someone of Aiko's own power however. Thus, outrunning it and dodging would be a difficult and arduous feat all on its own. "Bakudō #61. Rikujōkōrō. Bakudō #63. Sajō Sabaku" Under her breath, she spoke something that was barely inaudible as it was likely softer-spoken than a whisper. What's more, whatever had been spoken was done so at an extremely fast speed. The speed at which she spoke was such that it was likely that, even if she had yelled it out, it would be extremely difficult for most individuals to make out the full meaning of it. It had been, partly in thanks to Hachigen, Tessai, and her own development throughout the years. She had just learned how to speak the incantations at an extremely fast speeds. Then, with a louder tone, she spoke nearly yelling, "Hadō #63. Raikōhō."

Even if Natalia had perfect sight and hearing, there were a lot of factors in the field that would have made her attempts at defense, escape, or a counter-attack quite troublesome. The temperature around them kept increasing at a drastically increasing rate by the second. By now, the full effects of heat exhaustion were a definite possibility. The epidermis would find itself to be extremely rough and dry, nearly blistering and extremely easily wounded, damaged, and thus hurt at the slightest bit of force added on to it. Likewise, the extreme temperatures and lack of sufficient water in her system would have pushed her to feel some of the effects of heat exhaustion. Her thirst by now would have been nearly unthinkable. Aside from the power she might have displayed, the debilitating effects of such exposure to extreme heat had very weakening effects on the body. Strong headaches and mild hallucinations and even the possibility of passing out as the individual tried to get a grip to maintain consciousness were some of of the dangerous signs she would be afflicted with.

Even then, not a single word had been spoken by Aiko. She just had nothing to say. She had made clear her thoughts and her potential actions earlier when she explained what would happen if Natalia pursued her illogical altercation. Now, it was too late. There was just no time or place for words. Assuming Natalia tried to dodge or run away, it would be fair to assume that the dizziness, fatigue, and confusion associated with heat exhaustion on top of its other effects would have had some profound effect on the actions she would attempt to try to avoid imminent death. It was a sad moment really, that it had to end that way, but Aiko had given her the chance to walk from it freely and safely. Natalia had refused it. The hair that had been extended at extremely fast speeds would fire off the Raikoho itself, delivering the massive concentration of built-up energy as a ridiculously powerful and devastating blast. For centuries, Aiko was renowned for her use of kido which rivaled that of the many of her level. Against someone like Natalia, the effects would have been seen that much more enhanced...like a mortal taking a glimpse at the face of god.

By the time the Raikoho would hit however, the two bakudo would have already likely met their purpose. The Rikujokoro would see the six beams of light slammed into Natalia's midsection with unnerving power holding her in place. In unison, Sajō Sabaku would have seen the very thick rope rise up and bind her upper body with extreme power. Both of the bakudo were such were even someone of Aiko's own power would have to think and do something of fair power to rid themselves of it or demonstrate great abilities to move past and away from them. However, judging from her opponent's power and the effects placed on the field, there was not many possibilities of escape from this...at least not alive. Even after the bakudos and the Hadō had hit her hair would continue onto Natalia's direction however. It was not the first, and certainly not the last time Aiko's hair got damaged. Growing it to larger or shorter lengths was not difficult and thus she did not care much. Through the course of its travel, Aiko had purposely made her hair as tough and strong as she could and extremely sharp as well. Once the bala-speed hair would reach hair, strands would separate into numerous of the latter. With fish-hook like sharp ends they would coil and wrap around Natalia's lower body while Rikujokoro was affixed to the midsection and Sajo Sabaku to the upper body. At the slightest force or movement at an attempt to flee, the fish-hook like ends were meant to rip, tear and remove flesh, part of the epidermis and even some muscle tissue from her foe, thus further wounding her. Now, though the Raikoho would surely be enough to finish her life in the flash created by the latter and the devastating explosion, Aiko stood still, attentively watching, ready to deliver the necessary further punishment in the extremely rare case that, somehow, Natalia would have miraculously survived. However, for all intents and purposes, Aiko saw no likely or possible way to come out, at the power of her opponent, alive from that series of attacks and effects.