Endless Sands make a pretty good training area.. [Private]

Ulquiorra Cifer

Ulquiorra looked around impatiently after he had escaped that sand prison. Where was the next attack coming from? The answer came as quickly as he had asked the question. A strand of sand wrapped around his ankle, dragging him down a bit. Ulquiorra felt it out by moving his ankle sharply to the left. The strand wasn't that strong at all, obviously a ploy for something, or maybe just an attempt to buy time? Ulquiorra didn't know, but he decided that whatever it was, he wouldn't be harmed by breaking himself free. Swiftly kicking to the right, he broke the rope, standing on air as the sand dissolved. Suddenly, he felt a burst of spiritual energy above him, sensing the Shunpo that was just used, quickly he spun and tilted his head up, facing the woman. He raised his right arm, blocking the kick. Pulling his left hand calmly out of his pocket, pointing his left index finger at the woman and charging the familiar ball of green energy. Speaking only one word before it fired off, a huge blast of spiritual energy, directly at her. "Cero."

Gryphon's face reamint as still as it was at the beginning, much like Ulquuira's, in a way they could be mirror images of each other, with their lack of emotion and their black near lifless green eyes, they could potentially pull it off.
Cero...
That was his next move? It would appear so....Gryphon used the arm he used to block her kick to 'kick' off of to get some...not a whole lot...but some distance between them as she pointed her pointed two fingers at him, two could play the cero game right?
"Cero.."
She mimiced. Gryphon was now contimplating weather or not she should use her sword, but pushed that thought to the back of her mind for a moment...right now, that wasnt going to be an option...unless he used it.

The force of their blasts would enevadably push her back, and seeing that she couldnt fly or have control of where she could move to very much she would use the blast to help her get a bit more distance and use the sand to cution her landing. He was honestly not even trying, she was rusty on combat and so was he.

Ulquiorra Cifer

Ulquiorra saw her next move before she preformed it, using his arm as leverage to back away from him, and then blasting at his cero with one of her own. Thus effectively countering the movement and separating the two of them. It was a smart move, Ulquiorra thought, but futile.

His body being pushed by the force of the cero, he slid back a few feet, still keeping his reiatsu stabilized to where he was able to stay airborne. He was not losing his ground over a simple counter.

Ulquiorra debated in his head, should he try and finish it? If he did try to finish this quickly.. it would most certainly mean he'd have to use his sword. There was no doubt in his mind, as he stared into the woman's eyes from a distance, that the real fight would begin once he drew his sword.

He closed his eyes for a moment, finalizing his decision before taking action, drawing his sword in one fluid motion. Holding the blade in his right hand, keeping his left casually slung in his pocket.

Ulquiorra stared at the woman, sword drawn, as she landed on the ground. If he was going to fight her, it would not be near the earth. She had too much advantage there.

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The match had only begun but already he was trying to end it? Gryphon made sand flutter upwards to cution her fall, the sand caught her and gently placed herself down onto the ground. She stood still, arms to her side, back straight, legs together with her left leg just slightly ahead of her right one. The wind blew a tad bit violently making her hair race to the side along with some strey sand that got caught by the wind, traveling with it.Her eyes never left Ulqurria, with an oppenent like him, taking her eyes off him would be a rather stupid thing to do. She saw him draw her sword...She remaind still and emotionless. A few moments passed in silance, in still as a stare off was happening. Finally, Gryphon reached her hand to her sword hild and slowly drew it.The wind slowed down a bit, almost as if holding off in suspence. Gryphon used shunpo so that she rather close to him, sword swinging...rather slashing towards his torso. In truth, she hardly used her sward, she usually used her Earth abilities, guess this was going to be a lesson on swordsmenship[/center]

Ulquiorra Cifer

Ulquiorra felt rather bored by the time the woman had decided to draw her sword. Was she hesitant? Ulquiorra figured by the movement of her hand on the blade that she was more accustom to her earthen abilities. He had chosen wisely by staying in his domain, the sky.

Ulquiorra sighed, he felt a little disappointed in this woman. Why use shunpo, an easily traceable soul reaper technique, right in front of a Pesquisa Master? He felt the burst of spiritual energy as soon as it emerged, easily maneuvering his sword hand to block the strike. His face an un-readable mask, he was already processing his next move. Quickly and surely, his slid his zanpakuto down the blade of his opponent's, tilting it to aim the tip for the woman's shoulder, he was going to attempt to stab her in the shoulder of her sword arm. If that worked, he would immediately follow up with a cero, point blank, down the length of his sword. If it didn't, he would sonido back and recalculate.