Re: Transference

Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:40 pm

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The Strength Within

Artist: Cash Cash - Song: Surrender - Word Count: 1,471

Early to rise, Sophia casually watched the sunrise. She sat in front the mirror and casually brushed the long curls of her golden-blonde hair straight. A knock on her door, caused Sophia catch word of a young man's demonstration to the combat division. She casually poured her morning tea and shared it with her subordinates. Sophia looked around the room, "I think I'm going to go to the combat compounds today." Her subordinates were murmuring in frustration and suprise, "Asamiya-Taichou! You know that's bad news... No one there takes us very seriously and often we get the brunt of their insults..." Sophia's eyebrows twitched in irritation. For a moment the room sat in silence, after the pause she gently put down her cup and smiled brightly at her division. She said sternly but with a sense of grace, "I will be attending an event. I'm NOT asking you to come with." Sophia stood and bowed at her subordinates, "I'm going to provide any aid that they potentially need. What did I say is our motto?" They responded with such vigor and passion it shook the room,

"To help EVERYONE any means possible and To eliminate any threat that could be brought to our patients!"

Sophia smiled and fixed her kimono, "Very good... We don't know what could potentially happen during this demonstration, so it's better to have hands on deck than no one."

Little did her division know, that she ached for battle. She did her best to keep her sadistic side hidden from her allies and those around her. She wanted to see and observe the fighting styles that would be displayed at this event. In a moment, she went to her room prepared her things. She tied her long-golden hair into a high chignon and wore a tighter fitting pink kimono, underneath her Director of the Healing Operations Coat. Sophia stopped to look in the mirror. She gazed at herself and her body, curvaceous and smooth. She thought to herself, "Maybe I'll get to have some action today... I haven't had fun in a while..." Sophia eye'd her Zanpakutō resting near her bedside. She tied a sash around her waist, cinching her body even more, revealing more of her curves. Sophia then slowly slid her katana through the sash on her waist through the back and then bit her lip slowly. She paced slowly throughout the Kido Corps and enjoyed the warm weather. Stopping quickly by the labs to attain bandages, numbing agents, and other healing supplies that could potentially be useful.

Sophia's intrigue brought her immediately to the training grounds. The Director of Healing Operations had been spectating since the start of the event. Her legs crossed as she sat down on a chair, a parasol guarding her from the rays of sun. She sat there observing every movement and finite skill displayed. Sophia's ability allowed her to feel the reishi and the spiritual particles in the air, to an extreme degree. The young man seemed to use a mix of Hakuda and spiritual particles to fuel his strikes. She'd never been a fan of Hakuda but realized that it better fit certain situations. She'd never seen this form of Hakuda or hand-to-hand fighting. Sophia brought her hand up, closed her eyes and breathed in. Slowly particles of spirit energy danced around her hand. She thought to herself, "It's like using healing kido. But instead of rejuvenating energies, you she bend the energy around your hand." She marveled at each of their movements, being a doctor she noticed their muscles tightening and shifting. Noticing especially the smaller shinigami who said her name was Yuki. She admired that this small shinigami shared a wolf-like spiritual energy, much similar to hers. Sophia smiled and nodded her head in approval. Suddenly, the smaller shinigami appeared in front of the young man and swung her blade across her body. She was impressed with the speed and precision of the young girl. She was even more impressed with the reaction of the young man. One motion. It seemed as if the young boy moved in one singular motion. Hitting her wrist, it was as if he took a knee to reach her eye-level. Sophia gasped. Both of their spiritual energies fluctuated, she saw their energies dancing together. Her legs began to quiver with excitement, their energies rushing together and slowing within and throughout the area. Slowly her pink-tails of glittering energy began to sprout behind her. But it was in that instant, the young fox-girl was caught off guard. Sophia subtly clapped to herself. As much as she didn't like anyone being hurt or dying, the excitement of battle made her heart flutter with excitement.

As each of the shinigami that trained finished, Sophia noticed were strong but were very stiff and seemed one dimensional. After each person's training session was finished, she handed them a water bottle and smiled, "Hi I'm Sophia with the Healing Division! Make sure to stay hydrated, we wouldn't want any heat exhaustion strokes or over-exertion!" Following handing them a water bottle, she'd gently place her hand on their body and a surge of reishi would fill their body, rejuvenating them and recovering any minor injuries. She continued to watch the event. The small fox-like female was quick and agile, much more dexterous than her comrades. As the leader of the exercises grabbed her hands and practiced the "Sticky Hands" exercise she marveled at how smooth they moved. It wasn't about speed it was about the feel. They slowly began to settle in with each other, the fox-girl and the young man worked together. Soon got closer and sat together, the young man drawing something Sophia couldn't make out so far away. In frustration she clopped up and began to walk closer to see the drawing. As she neared she assessed that the young fox girl had received minor injuries. Without acknowledging either of them, Sophia fell to her knees besides Yuki. After, gently placing her hands near Yuki's stomach and on her back and her hands begin to glow with a soft pink light. The pink tails of reishi that danced behind her slowly faded away as the energies surged to Sophia's hands. The energies Yuki would feel coursing through her body, could only be described as utter pleasure. Bathing in a warm bath and feeling her muscles loosen under the calm of the soapy water or soaked in rays of warm sunlight as you hear the waves crashing by near your feet. Whichever was more pleasurable for her, is what she would feel.

Realizing what she had just done, Sophia opened her eyes in embarrassment and gently bowed her head blushing slightly. She immediately shot up, her body bouncing up in surprise, she bowed to the two warriors and managed, "I am Sophia Asamiya, Director of Healing Operations of the Kido Corps. I went here to oversee this event and make sure any injuries were taken care of... personally." She looked up at the both of them, coyly smiling. There was a sense of sweetness in her voice, with just a hint of excitement. She looked in her bag and handed each other them a glass bottle of ice-cold water. Sophia licked her lips as she handed the waters to them, "I hope this could be of use to the both of you!" She placed her hands behind her head and admired the drawing, "That kind of looks like me!" Sophia giggled quietly, "But... I think something's just a bit off.." She bent down in front of them and dragged her finger gently in the dirt. Sophia casually increased the cup size of the stick to better match hers. Blinking in excitement, her golden eyes twinkled as she looked at both of them and realized it wasn't her at all. That it was actually a representation of Yuki, Sophia's face fell flush and her mouth slowly opened, "I... I'm sorry, I think I've extended my welcome." She bowed again politely and escorted herself out. Turning back quickly, she exclaimed, "I really hope I wasn't a bother!"

Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:00 am

Artist: Mogeko Castle - Song: MaouDamashii Town 10 - Word Count:

Yuki continued to be an interesting case. He noticed, as he drew the bust on his expertly drawn piece of modern dirt art, the crestfallen expression and the drooping ears when she realized that Kamui's drawing was not especially to scale. Curious, she seemed to not comprehend the intimacy present in the previous touch, but was aware enough that her bust size was not especially impressive. To be entirely fair, it was such a silly thing for women to be self-conscious about. Size was rarely of any paramount importance to most men, being proportional was infinitely more important than size and as long as there was something to grab, men were happy. The woman's contradictory and somewhat complicated variable understanding and ignorance was highly amusing to Kamui. He was a chess player, he thought ten moves ahead, but those moves typically required a set of rules to follow. Pinning down what exactly the conditions of Yuki's behavior was had proven both interesting and complicated...and it was a highly amusing puzzle.

"You also do not need to be near it, not yet. This technique is very much a marathon, not a sprint. You have already progressed remarkably in the small time we have spent together, but there is not a short cut to this. Every motion, every scent, every signal needs to be committed to subconscious memory, to be programmed in to your very instinct. This will take time, but it will be worth it. Like every exercise, you need to be constantly finding new way to push yourself in order to improve as well. You aren't strong enough today to do the next step but in time I recomme..."

Then Kamui was interrupted. He had noticed the woman earlier, even if Kamui wasn't motivated by sex in about eight percent of his endeavors he would have noticed this woman, but he vaguely knew that she was here to keep people alive in case they hurt each other or, in the more likely scenario, Kamui needed to make an example known. What he was not expecting was her to interrupt their session. Kamui's head shifted slightly up to look at Sophia while keeping his attention on the spot where she was touching Yuki. He didn't really feel any kinship toward any of them, but at the same time he did need to make sure no one actually died while he was here. Having a couple Shinigami casualties on his record was not especially conducive to his job. Instead he stayed quiet for a moment, observing for a moment just how aware the woman apparently was about her features and her personality rather blatantly sought to capitalize on it. This brought a small smile to his face that only grew as she spread divided the bottles of water to them. She introduced herself as a member of the Kido Corp, while Kamui had next to no respect for the Shinigami and their "magic," she would at least be able to fulfill the role that Kamui couldn't. As Sophia turned to walk away, Kamui's hand snapped out and grabbed her wrist. It wasn't painful or aggressive, but it was rather forceful. Kamui was making it very clear to her that she was not free to go just yet.

"Sorry, Miss Sophia Asamiya, but actually it's exactly the opposite. A beautiful woman like yourself is actually exactly what we need right now. If you don't mind walking this way with me. Yuki, get up and get ready, I have another exercise for you."

Kamui pushed himself to his feet and pulled out a long piece of cloth from his pocket, handing it to Yuki before rather insistently, but gently pulled the woman along behind him, giving his fingers a moment to weave in between the woman's as they walked. Kamui could most likely be able to control his magical output enough to keep from killing Yuki, but at the same time, if Yuki kept getting manhandled by him it was most likely not the best way to affirm her abilities. No, it was best to give her a trial that was both challenging, but was one she could actually win. As he walked, he addressed his newest captive as they made their way across the yard.

"As you've seen so far, we're working on Yuki's ability to fight with optical deprivation. Normally, I'd be the one opposite her, but my magic is probably a bit too...potent. It's better if she work with someone who isn't at risk for killing her. I know you said you specialize in healing, but the Kido Corp mandates some flexibility at least so I imagine a Director has some aggressive tricks up her sleeve. Think of it as a little light sparring, I'll make sure I protect you if it gets out of hand and find some way to compensate you for helping, etcetera etcetera."

Kamui turned back to Yuki, turning his back to Sophia for a brief moment and giving a good shout to his momentary protege. He was interested in how quickly she'd be able to pick this up. He doubted it'd be as easy as it was for the motions, and she still hadn't really gotten that down, but it would be an interesting trial by fire all the same.

"Put the blindfold on, Yuki. Land a hit on Sophia here and you win, you have five minutes.............and go!"

Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:39 am

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ENTER THE DEPTHS

Artist: Pendulum - Song: Crush - Word Count: 1,003

Simple nods were created by the petite Shinigami, a confirmation of her understanding with every point that Kamui made to her. It would take time, that was most certainly the case, but she had plenty of that. Still, it was nice that he complimented her progress this far, an honor in fact considering his expertise. She had a very long journey ahead of her, one filled with plenty of memorization and plenty of training, but that was not new to her. It would just be yet another thing for her to work on.

Suddenly there was a woman sitting beside her, and even more shockingly a hand set itself upon her belly! Both ears perked up and her crimson eye widened as she very slowly turned her gaze towards the woman, staring now unflinchingly and unblinking at her face. A pink hue befell her face, but it soon shifted to something much darker as the strange energy surged throughout her body. It would heal her wounds and revitalize any lost energy that she’d suffered, but it did not stop there. Warm comforting heat surrounded her body suddenly, her nose filling with the scent of strawberry bubbles. For a moment her mind went blank with pure unadulterated bliss! The wolf’s ears completely relaxed against each side of her head, the large bushy tail flicked around with lazy excitement, and her eye was closed, mouth left agape due to the incredibly pleasant experience.

W-what? What is happening? Oh goodness this feels incredible! How did she know I liked baths so much? Can she read my mind?! Can she hear me right now?!?

And then it was all gone. The woman’s hand moved away and the energy stopped coursing throughout her body, dropping Yuki into the icy bath of reality. Instantly her ears perked back up and her tail went still, although the redness upon her cheeks failed to subside, eye now cast towards the ground with sheer embarrassment. The woman introduced herself, which prompted Yuki to lower her head slightly forward out of respect. “I am Yuki Kameko” she stated quietly, timidly now as heat continued to fill her cheeks. A chilled glass bottle of water was thrust into view, causing the young pup to jump ever so slightly, however she quickly reached up and took hold of the gift, lowering her head further still with gratitude, before she opened it up in order to chug down the refreshing liquid within.

How embarrassing. I hope it feels the same way for everyone. What if it doesn’t? What if I am just weird? Will he think any less of me for it?

A comment was directed towards the drawing. Yuki had to admit that it did resemble the woman more, at least with regards to the chest, but that was made even more evident when she crouched down and adjusted the drawing. Up to this point Yuki hadn’t actually gotten a good look at her, and so now she took a moment to glance over, her crimson gaze slowly crawling up the Shinigami’s body with curious study.

She is like me?! I mean, she is different. If we were to come from some animal then we would be different species, I think. But she is still like me! Except, well, prettier. And taller. And more womanly. And dressed nicer. And not so broken. And smarter. And more useful. But besides that, she is like me! I didn’t think there was anyone else with this sort of curse.

Now Yuki’s tail was thrashing from one side to the other, kicking up a slight cloud of dirt with growing excitement! Her flustered state hadn’t completely passed but it was well on its way, her mind no longer embarrassed. With eager delight she wished to speak with this Shinigami, to get to know her, and to maybe even befriend her! But suddenly the woman was planning on leaving. Her tail nearly stopped, but then Kamui decided to stop the woman. Thus her excitement remained.

I still have a chance to make friends with her! After training, I mean! Maybe? Or some other day. She is probably too busy. But maybe someday!

With haste Yuki hopped to her feet, hands shifting down to quickly pat away any dirt that had collected upon her robes. A long piece of cloth was handed to her, and instantly Yuki understood what was about to happen. She wasn’t told to follow, and so she instead worked on securing the covering around both of her eyes, even the one already covered by an eyepatch.

Double eyepatch. Now I’ve seen everything! Get it? Because of the eye. And seeing. And wait what am I doing this is all in my mind. Nobody can hear me.

As Sophia and Kamui moved away Yuki sniffed at the air, intending upon capturing the woman’s scent. Her breathing was slowed, heart rate smoothed out, body made quieted and ready for the training session ahead. Yuki’s senses were opened up, focusing upon listening for the woman and attempting to lock onto her position through scent. Her knees bent, allowing her to crouch down lower, tail flattening out behind her for extra balance support, and to act as an additional appendage for catching any shifts within the air around her. She was no master of her senses yet, but she’d already had many years to hone them, especially before she entered the academy.

As soon as Kamui had announced the start of their training session Yuki took off into a sprint, keeping low to the ground, her path gently curving as she honed in on Sophia’s scent. Closing the distance between them only made her sense of smell better, or rather it made Sophia stick out more, and when she felt that she’d neared the woman the petite Shinigami leaped forward, hands out and groping at the air in an attempt to snag her!

Wait. Am I fighting her, or just trying to touch her? Well, I suppose I will find out!

Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:41 pm

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The Strength Within

Artist: Cash Cash - Song: Surrender - Word Count: 912

Sophia noticed the excitement and nervousness all surrounding the petite Shinigami's face. She did her best to hide her excitement as well. She shuffled the heels into the ground shifting the dirt below her heels. She managed to say, "We're like sisters!" she continued to follow with a soft giggle. She saw Yuki drink with excitement, "I'm glad you enjoyed it, I'm using Kido to keep them cold, I was hoping it worked." As she walked away, her hand was held with firmness and force. It wasn't necessarily painful, but it was definitely demanding. Sophia looked back with a cold stare, but realized it the tutor so her eyes had settled in to the golden warmth it usually was. She gently let him tug her towards him and got as close as she could to him. She shyly exclaimed, "Me? You need me?" She slipped her fingers intertwined this his, she wanted to feel his spiritual pressure and energy. She wanted to read him as best as she could. Using her abilities of acute spiritual sensitivity she was trying to feel his emotions and his intentions. Looking deeply into his eyes, she couldn't help but smile at him, suddenly

"Sorry, Miss Sophia Asamiya, but actually it's exactly the opposite. A beautiful woman like yourself is actually exactly what we need right now. If you don't mind walking this way with me. Yuki, get up and get ready, I have another exercise for you."

The moment was broken when Kamui handed Yuki a long piece of soft cloth. Sophia's face went flush. Her heart began to race and the rays of sunshine cause her eyes to glow with a golden radiance. She walked with them to the center of the circle. Although she loved battle, Sophia hadn't fought in a while, he heart began to pound in excitement. Her hands shook with excitement as she looked onward at Yuki. She licked her lips casually and looked back to Kamui. As she looked over to him she saw his serious look and Kamui sternly expressed,

"I know you said you specialize in healing, but the Kido Corp mandates some flexibility at least so I imagine a Director has some aggressive tricks up her sleeve."

Sophia smiled coyly and licked her lips, "I have experienced battle before... Just a little bit." She gently placed her hand on the handle of katana and pat it gently. A faint of memory of her dueling someone crossed her mind, as she cut them, she would instantly heal the injuries. The muscles throughout her body tensed for a moment. She gently took a deep breath to settle everything down. Sophia bit her lip and closed her eyes, breathing in deeply and calming herself.

Before the battle started, One would notice Sophia definitely cared about her hair more than most individuals. Slowly, she unraveled the pink silk ribbon that held the tight high chignon in her hair. She pulled her hair back and loosened tousles of her hair. Tying her hair tightly into a high ponytail, "Ahh.... Much better." As they neared opposite sides of the fields she stood confidently. Sophia's rosewater and strawberry perfume filled the air as she walked, the scent dispersing through out the air. Yuki's animal-like senses led her to sniff the air, obviously she would sense Sophia rather quickly. Sophia stepped back a bit, her kimono folding under her position. She assumed a tall stance and whispered to herself, "Hadō #31. Shakkahō."

A flash of pink light danced around her and culminated into a small crimson ball of energy within her hand. She guided the ball gracefully up her arms and positioned them at Yuki aiming steadily. Sophia paused for a moment in confusion and thought to herself, "Was she supposed to be on the offensive?" Suddenly, Yuki quickly dashed forwards. She started in a curved path. Although she was blinded, it was still unpredictable what she was going to do. Was she going to shunpo? Was she going to draw her sword? After a moment, Yuki jumped in the air and soared towards Sophia. Sophia quickly spun gracefully and launched the ball of energy on the ground, the blast should have had enough force to knock Yuki back and help Sophia launch herself back. Using the blast Sophia managed to somersault and handspring backwards. Looking up as quickly as she could, the smoke caused her to blinded as well. Sophia sighed and rubbed the back of her head, "Maybe that wasn't the best strategy!" She giggled blowing a kiss at Kamui.

Looking back at the smoke clearing, she re-positioned herself to the eastern side of the circle. Sophia dashed as quickly as possible. While running along the perimeter she was gauging the distance between her and her opponent, she needed to calculate the speed at which her spell would need to be released to be the most effective. Bringing her arms up and doing the appropriate hand movements she exclaimed in a sweet sing-song voice,"Jikai seyo rondanīni no kokken! ! Ichidoku shi yakiharai mizukara nodo o kaki kiru ga ī!" In the middle of her hands swirling pink and white energies formed, after a moment the swirling energies formed a golden ball of glistening energy, "Bakudō #9. Hōrin!" After she said the spell, a tendril of spiraling golden energy shot out soaring towards Yuki. It danced through the air with speed and power, aiming to hold down Yuki for the remainder of their time left their battle.

Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:26 pm

Artist: Mogeko Castle - Song: MaouDamashii Town 10 - Word Count:

Perhaps there wasn't only one interesting person in the clearing. She was subtle, more subtle than Kamui had honestly given her credit for. It probably wasn't entirely an act, the bubbling jumping and happy personality she was toting around, but Kamui could feel her searching as their hands touched, trying to poke around for more information from reading his energy. That wasn't the thought process of one who typically held her personality, typically they wouldn't care and tended to be a smidge too single minded to really put much attention toward observing her surroundings in that fashion. Perhaps there was more to her than met the eye. A reality that only seemed more and more real as time went on. As he finished walking her over to the other side of the clearing and she licked her lips once more, a sly smile formed on the man's face. He had the exact thing for her if she continued to tantalizingly show off that tongue for him. Though, she probably would enjoy that more than anyone should enjoy retaliation...which was all the more reason for him to do it. He could probably use a place to sleep tonight and actually spending the night away from that crummy little room they left for him was probably for the best, draw less attention to it and the seal he had placed there.

As soon as he signaled the start of their sparing match, Kamui would jump back and get right the hell out of the way, choosing to watch from a decently far off distance. He had spent a lot of time near Yuki thus far and the last thing he wanted was for his scent to interrupt her focus as she was learning to zero in on her opponent. Of course, Yuki's first choice of action would naturally cause Kamui's palm to firmly press against his entire damn face in agitation. Thankfully, the saving grace for the entire exchange came from how artfully Sophia avoided the dreaded hug attack and still managed to blow him a kiss. She was being a little more impressive than Kamui thought she'd be and he definitely had more ideas for what she could do with that tongue. Of course, it did add some added risks. She chose to generate smoke, something that inherently limits vision against an opponent who was already blind. She was cancelling out the advantages she presently had. Still, Yuki was going to need to be able to feel through dust as well now and the loose particles were definitely not going to help her smell Sophia better.

"I said land a hit, Yuki, not a hug."

There was not a whole lot for Kamui to contribute past that short of fantasizing about what he was going to do to Sophia later once he had managed to get invited back to her residence and watching how Yuki managed to handle the new challenges that kept being presented to her. It was fun to actually watch for the first time since he was training the Northern Squads, even if the exchange was somewhat pedestrian. Thankfully they were both cuter than the people he was used to watching.

Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:07 pm

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ENTER THE DEPTHS

Artist: Pendulum - Song: Crush - Word Count: 950

Sisters? I suppose we look sort of similar. I never had siblings. I wonder what that would feel like. Also, kido can do this sort of thing too?! I really wish I was smart enough to learn it. It seems really, really useful.

A pressure was felt within the air as Yuki started to move. The woman had prepared an attack, one whose name was apparently ‘Shakkaho’, although she didn’t remember which kido that was. Her whispered voice was detected with ease as Yuki was focused entirely upon the foxy lady, but it unfortunately would not help her much. Yuki could smell the woman, her scent grew heavier within the air as the wolf neared her prey, but then that energy was unleashed with an explosive blast! Already held in the air, there was no way for Yuki to avoid it.

Unfortunately Yuki’s initial attack failed, horribly so in fact. She could almost hear the disappointing slap that Kamui’s hand made against his face along with the giggling and something else, although she didn’t know quite what it was. Heat rose up, filling her cheeks with a pink hue, but there was something else too. Her aggression was starting to wake up. Now she had one of two choices to make: either she ignore her worse self and finish this as soon as possible, or she fights both it and the woman while focusing on doing so without the use of her eye.

I’ll just have to be careful. He can subdue me if need be. But if this goes bad I might not make any friends tonight.

Yuki landed hard against her side, but she very quickly pushed off with her hands, rolling herself up to her hands and feet, and from here she pushed off with both sets of limbs. The woman was making noises, which meant Yuki didn’t need to go off scent alone. Her path this time was more direct, putting her forward and through the cloud of dirt and debris that had lifted between them. As soon as Yuki felt the particles hitting against her skin she stopped, if only for a brief moment, while she gauged where exactly the woman was. Perked ears flicked and made minuscule shifts from side to side, picking out the faintest noises from her surroundings.

As Sophia ran around the perimeter of the dusty dirty cloud she’d find Yuki absent, at least for a brief moment. But her cover did not last forever, and as it started to fade Yuki’s silhouette could be clearly seen within the tiny crater that had been created. While she focused on Sophia the petite Shinigami also picked up another voice.

Hit her. Got it. This is supposed to be a fight then. I don’t even know what I was thinking.

Sophia started to chant in preparation for yet another kido, but this would only help Yuki. In those few moments she focused entirely upon her opponent, judging distances and deciding upon a game plan. Kido was about to be utilized. Clearly the woman did not want to get in close. Yuki had one idea left. It would take a lot of her energy to pull off, but then she wanted to finish this quickly anyways, if only to preserve that faint possibility that remained for her to actually make not one but two friends in a single day!

Friendship is important! Here goes nothing!

As the energy was unleashed Yuki scooted her feet apart, ever so slightly, while her tail lifted behind her, leveling out to provide more balance. Knees were bent as she crouched just a little bit, preparing energy within her legs. Her sharpened teeth were grit together. She hated losing control, but if she was to pull this off then she would need more power.

Suddenly the air grew heavier as Yuki released the power of her Zanpakutō, unsealing the beast held within. Her entire body was heavier now, which would help to secure her footing. It would also provide greater momentum for her strikes, important for her as she gripped upon her sheathed weapon with her right hand. In a flash it was drawn from her sash, sheathe and all, and swung forth towards the pressure that fast approached her. She intended to strike right into the kido with her weapon, not only to stop the intended effects but also to momentarily obscure her opponent’s vision with the brief and sudden explosive expulsion of the spiritual attack. It would hurt, probably even fracture a few bones, but her body would be kept held together thanks to her Zanpakutō’s power.

Within that brief moment she disappeared from where she’d been standing, closing the distance between Sophia and herself with a single flash step. When she reappeared she was crouched low, blade pulled back in preparation for an upwards cleave. But then, she vanished again, appearing instead to the woman’s right. Kicking off Yuki disappeared, a third flash step used to place her directly behind her opponent. It was exhausting, and normally she’d only use a second flash step in order to place herself behind her opponent, however she was still fighting based only off her sense of height and smell, and so the extra step was required in order to keep her from slamming into her opponent. Still, it might at least make things more confusing, which would only help her case.

The young pup’s right foot slammed into the ground, forming cracks as she pushed her body into a slight twisting movement, driving forth the horizontal cleave of her sheathed weapon, aimed now to slam right into the left side of Sophia’s body.

Please don’t hate me for this!

Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:03 pm

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READY, FIGHT!

Artist: Cash Cash - Song: Surrender - Word Count: 904

The Angel of The Sun held her position loosely. She made notice of the surroundings, took a glance at Kamui. Something about his stare. He wanted something from her, she didn't know what. But the look in his eyes were filled with desire. She could feel the heat from his stare press against her body. There was definitely spiritual particles filling the air more densely. This allowed her to bend and shape spiritual particles a lot more easily. She did her best to twist her body into a position that would help her be in a defensive form. The skirt of her kimono rising up, at the bend of her knee. She felt Yuki's determination rise up and increase, Sophia knew to take the battle a little more seriously.

Sophia's eyes twinkled with excitement and thought to herself, "Maybe she could push a little more out of Yuki..." She wanted Yuki to fight to the best of her ability, she didn't want anyone to hold back if this was the point of this exercise. There was aggression welling up in the air and wanted to cultivate the heat and passion. Sophia managed before the fight continued, "Don't hold back! Give it to me, Yuki!" She giggled in excitement. After the smoke cleared, she saw Yuki quickly get up. The rays of sun hitting the nape of her neck, fueled to the heat of the battle. Yuki slowly surveyed the area and gauge the area around her. Sophia wasn't playing around anymore. She released her binding kido without hesitation. As the golden tendril of reishi soared through the sky it was about to entangle her opponent. Yuki had such an interesting movement pattern. She felt the strength and flow of energy move to her legs and re-position through her body. Sophia could sense that it wasn't going to be a full frontal attack. Yuki released her Zanpakutō and the air surged with spiritual energy and strength. Yuki's muscle tensed more severely and she noticed the bend of her knees at the weight.

Sophia noticed the change in energy signature, from when she originally healed Yuki. Now, she was more of a threat to Sophia. In that moment, Yuki made a full throttle dash towards her golden bindings. She knew that Yuki sensed the position of her kido. Then in a single moment Yuki swung her sheathed blade onto the kido, causing her glistening kido ropes to be destroyed. Sophia's eyes widened and mouth dropped, "Wow..." She was impressed with Yuki's forcefulness and her adaptability. After she struck the ropes there was a small explosion from the impact and damage that was released from the energy of the kido. She also heard a crack. Bone? She was a doctor after all. She could notice injuries instantly. As Yuki dashed to her she immediately saw the swelling of her wrist. She's still fighting? That is definitely fractured bone, how was she unable to keep going? Sophia's eyes curved in wanton excitement. Yuki's face filled with determination. Shunpo. Sophia anticipated the use of shunpo, since the redirection of her spiritual energies to her legs. Again. Sophia's eyes widened in worry, she wasn't expecting an attack from her side. But then suddenly, the small rambunctious shinigami reappeared behind her. Sophia smiled as this was much more advantageous to her. She just assumed that Yuki forgot about her very own tails. She giggled lightly, "Hey remember... were sisters.." Sophia turned over her shoulder quickly and saw Yuki swinging with a powerful wide arc, again sheathed.

Sophia grimaced anticipating the strike, she bit her lip and moaned. Sophia fully prepared for an attack from the back, attempted to turn and mentally shifted her nine tails. For a moment they danced in the air, after the mental output from Sophia, they hardened and immediately stiffened. All nine tails of pure reishi hard, flew down to catch her sheathed weapon. The tails wrapped and danced around Yuki's hand in attempt to slow her down. Sophia as quickly as she could charged her hand with healing energies. Dropping to eye-level, struck Yuki's hand, much like she saw Kamui earlier. She looked at Kamui excitedly as she imitated his technique and quickly winked in his direction. Hopefully it was enough to repair the bones but not restructure the muscle tissue, and leave the pain of the injury. Yuki's hand would feel warm and her painful-injury would actually shift into pleasure.

Hopefully this surprised Yuki, granting enough time for Sophia to swing her arms around and re-cast another tendril of golden energy. She had already cast the incantation and spell, so this was going to of full strength. "Bakudō #9. HORIN!!!!" Sophia brought both of her hands around the subdued Yuki and instead of summoning the tendril to directly wrap around her she bent and shaped the golden ropes to come at her omni-directionally. Using her hands she directed the tendrils to come from north, south, east and west positions of Yuki's body. If the attack connected Sophia would use her leg strength to show backwards. Showing of her great flexibility, she completed a back-flip, back-handspring into a back tuck. Landing on her feet carefully she looked up to see whether or not her attack connected.

Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:10 pm

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ENTER THE DEPTHS

Artist: Pendulum - Song: Crush - Word Count: 531

I need to hold back. I’m not losing control. I’d rather lose. At least in this instance.

Only when Sophia spoke up did Yuki realize that she’d made a fatal error. Unfortunately that was also at a point where turning back would be impossible, for she was far too invested into the attack. It was comical, really. So many others that she fought would pay little mind to her tail, and now here she was, doing that exact same thing. Of course she wasn’t used to fighting someone else who also had a tail, but then the same could be said for those other people.

Huh. Well. So this is how it feels.

Of course Sophia’s tails were more dangerous because they were far more numerous than her own. But then Yuki also knew the faults that came with having a tail, and this woman had nine of them. However, if she was going to use that to her advantage then she’d need to pull herself through this very fatal mistake that she’d just made.

Strange noises were coming from Sophia, but that didn’t matter so much at the moment. Suddenly appendages slammed into her weapon, blunting the powerful strike that she’d made, wrapping around her right hand, effectively keeping her in place for the moment. She could feel the woman’s hand touching against her own, transferring an all too familiar energy. A pleasurable tingle shot down along her arm; however for the moment she was at least focused enough by the combat to mostly ignore it.

As soon as Sophia started to speak the name of a familiar kido Yuki released her grip upon her Zanpakutō, stepping inwards despite whatever attack was coming. Both hands shot forward, aiming to grab into the bundle of tails in front of her with the hopes of grabbing them near the base where they were most sensitive. If she’d managed this then she’d pull both of them outwards to either side with the hopes of stretching them apart! All she needed to do was force this woman to submit! And she was not about to use her Shikai to do that.

I really hope she forgives me for this. I know how much it can hurt. Also I really hope I am grabbing for her tails and not something else.

Still, this left her very vulnerable, especially in her blinded state, and at this close proximity she could not really avoid the tendrils of golden energy, which quickly grabbed upon her legs and wrists with the intention of holding her steady. Despite being captured she did not immediately yield, instead pulling as hard as she could against the binds in an attempt to break free. However she also needed to figure out where exactly Sophia was, and so for the moment this was actually somewhat useful, as she could stand around and search through her senses without looking too suspicious!

This is bad. Okay, focus. She is nearby. Her scent is still strong. Listen for her breathing. Listen for any movements. Open yourself to any shifts within the wind. I will find her. I just need to figure out a new plan of attack!

Sun Jul 31, 2016 12:54 am

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Lightweight BDSM?

Artist: RWBY - Song: Neon - Word Count: 504

Sophia marveled at the movements the fox-like shinigami could do. Although Sophia had gotten caught off guard by her movements, she knew well how to guard against Yuki's unexpected onslaught. She was able to grapple Yuki strong enough to hold her in place. She also noticed the petite shinigami's feelings of desperation as her tails entangled her. Sophia thought to herself, "Something's distracting her..."She broke focus for a moment then suddenly Yuki's hands shot forward and attempted to grab her flurry of tails. As Yuki grasped down and her tails tangible and stiff. Slowly her hands started to move a part with strength and force. In that moment, Sophia winced. Although they were just reishi formed together, she could still feel force and damage they received. Sophia exhaled gently, then right before Yuki her reishi tails started to fall apart. Sophia was sure this would cause her to fall forward.

Stepping back, she saw an opening. Using the spell she cast before, Sophia depressed her feet into the ground cast her binding spell at full force. Breaking air and the dust around the two, the golden tendrils entangled Yuki. Wrapping her body throughout, the golden ropes secured themselves tightly around Yuki's body. Sophia laughed, "I think this looks a little inappropriate... The gold chains and the blindfold... this is all naughty looking." Yuki then wriggled and writhed using her enhanced strength. Suddenly, Yuki stopped and began to sense her surroundings. This began to worry Sophia. Instantly, She dashed immediately forward to the bound shinigami's direction. Sophia in a moment of enlightment thought to herself, "This is my opening..." Sophia calmed herself and whispered to herself, "Bakudō #30. Shitotsu Sansen." Her hands gathered pink swirling energies into her hand, that began to rhythmically beat and pulsate. Soon the energies spiral and shifted into a bright yellow spike forming in her fingertips.

With fluid motions Sophia began a tumbling pass, her kimono gracefully dancing through the air. She wanted to drag her scent across the area in order to help As her hands hit the ground she pushed herself off the ground and launched herself into the air. Finding herself about 30 feet directly above Yuki, Sophia outlined an upside-down triangle in the air. Following her finger tips, the bright yellow energies danced a trail with her fingers. Allowing herself to gain sometime she used the energy in the air to stabilize herself. Finally gaining some leverage over her movement, she aimed at Yuki's ensnared body. Sophia groaned in release, "Hyuh!" The triangle formed three spikes at each tip and soared through the sky in attempt to strengthen the binds on the young shinigami.

Sun Jul 31, 2016 1:47 am

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ENTER THE DEPTHS

Artist: Pendulum - Song: Crush - Word Count: 671

Ahah! I got them! Victory is literally within my grasp! Just got to focus. Don’t tear them, just make her submit!

Struggling against the binds with all her strength, Yuki started to very slowly pull two tails away from each other, which she was certain might cause the woman to experience incredible pain! Not that she actually wanted to hurt this would-be friend of hers. She just wanted to force her to submit. But then suddenly she felt the two tails tear away from the woman’s body.

W-what?

Instantly her movements stopped and her breath caught within her chest. She waited for the wailing screams of pain, or for Kamui to stop her, or anything! But nothing came. Tails had been torn from the woman’s body, but there had been no reaction. In her great worry and confusion the binds managed to overpower her, snapping her arms straight downwards and against her sides. Knees shook as she tried to keep herself standing upright, sharpened teeth gritting while she exerted herself. But the sudden tearing had also caused her to fall forward slightly and off balanced, and so after a few moments she felt her knees hit the ground.

Is she okay?! Did I hurt her? I can’t hear her. Maybe she is just in so much pain that she can’t speak!

She was about to speak up when another salvo of binds were suddenly cast towards her, this time wrapping around her entire petite form, which bound her up quite neatly! Her opponent started to laugh, which slightly startled the young pup, causing her to jump slightly, but then words were spoken which caused a faint pink hue to cover her face. While Yuki didn’t understand why it appeared naughty, as she was quite ignorant in such ways, she did at least know what the word ‘naughty’ meant, especially given the context surrounding it and the woman’s tone of voice.

“W-what?”

Again she tried to force the binds loose, even as she worked on sensing her surroundings. She could tell Sophia was moving around. All she needed to do was break free, but her opponent was not having any of that. The foxy lady had leaped into the air and whispered to herself, and although Yuki’s focused senses managed to pick out the words she did not actually understand which kido was being used. It was unfortunately, but then she was also bound up with two sets of binding kido, and so there would be no escape regardless.

Yuki could hear the stretching and tearing of the binds, which were miniscule, but then that is all they needed to be at first. Within a matter of moments she would have been freed, would have shattered the binds with her strength alone as she started to let the inner beast loose from its cage. But then a trio of spiritual energy spears crashed into her body at one time, smashing her roughly against the ground, pinning both her shoulders and her waist against the dirt floor. Cracks formed beneath her from the impact. Try as she might, she could not escape this.

I think I’ve just lost. I hope he is not disappointed. But at least this does point out one very big flaw of mine, and that is ranged attacks. Being blinded certainly doesn’t help either, but then this training was mostly about honing my senses. At least that I might have improved upon.

With a slight frown the young pup wiggled and struggled against her binds, but it was of little use, and soon the pressure within the air dissipated. It would start to eat up too energy before long, and at this point she knew that keeping up her unsealed Zanpakutō would just exhaust her. The only hope she had now was if Sophia grew too reckless and neared here. Then she might have a chance at victory. But then she also figured that the foxy woman was a bit too crafty to fall into that sort of trap.