God Save The King [Kauai: Hawaiian Takeover]

He'd seen Saiko rush and could tell the female was beyond just rattled. She was making choices that an intelligent woman like her wouldn't. Rushing him head long without thinking of the dangers that held. She knew well enough who he was. As she came close her movement while fairly impressive. It wasn't enough to really make his eyes see less, she required contact for it to begin. It was in this moment a discharge of massive amounts went out. Crackling along the air lightning went through the place as he gripped his zanpakuto. His speed with something at always amazed those who saw it. But since their last encounter, he'd grown even faster. Tightening his grip on that blade a shockwave of a blast was unleashed. If it struck Saiko she'd be sent flying back several meters. Sensing the disruption of energy and tactically remembering the effects of Saiko's powers. He'd gotten most of his information from his daughter's memories. She was running from things still it seemed as he releases an enormous blast of his energy to discharge the foul stuff coming out.

"You can't run from the choices you made sweetheart, in this life we can only embrace and do with what we have. All of us have blood on our hands. The reasons differ from person to person but consuming that darkness. To numb the pain, it doesn't free you of it..No..you must." It was like at that moment he chose to pause as he did something. Giving a full turn he slashed the entire area her power as at. Sending a massive shockwave at it destroying everything in that direction as a concussive force went out. Tsubasa left no moment of opening as he could feel each fiber. Everything felt alive in this place around him. His slash parted the Ocean and went on still as he created a massive force. "If this is the path you want to follow, don't feel guilt or anguish on our behalf. This is merely where your heart guided you, sadly my blade cannot turn this day. For..we all have a mission to uphold..So in that..Let me introduce you..to Despair."

Tsubasa said not leaving much an opening as he began to move now. Izanagi running numbers in his head and his special devices still holding up. Tsubasa didn't often times require it but his Focus was trained on this area. Slowing things down mentally so he could react and do things at beyond the regular speeds. But now it was time for his daughter to meet the blade. Tsubasa's digits went outwards on his free hand. Slowly the darkness and shadows swelled to that area. As an evil looking weapon appeared. Black bandages hung from the blade as an aura of death filled the area. Slowly a black fog shot outwards filling the air with something. It smelled as though this thing had bathed in flesh and blood. Tsubasa's digits slowly pulled the blade from its sheath. Sending a shriek outwards as his own shadow began to come to life. Tsubasa's shadow seemed to move around screaming occasionally. This was the beginning of his daughter tribulations against him.

It showed after a moment that the tendrils she'd summoned had been sliced and cut thousands of times. From his previous motion, he'd cut both everything that was a tentacle up. Destruction wasn't his goal it was a warning to those around them. Why had he spun like that and used for in the end? It was a method to the madness, Tsubasa's blade work was far too fine quality. He'd sliced and butchered the enemies attacks. This was his place and where he belonged indeed. He'd only begun as the dark reiatsu began to come from his body. He exhaled softly as his intent to fight and resolve to beat her back. This was what would become of things here. He couldn't play here forever with her. Regardless of the situation. He and Saiko did have to settle the score here. But this twilight reality of theirs wasn't fit for others to be in. This was a dance between father and daughter. People who didn't belong in either world truly. They were outcasts, children of the chaos and dark. They were orphans of shadow and hell itself.

"I'm running, but I'm running forward to where I want to be."

That was the one thing which the woman would say with the utmost of certainty. There was a difference between running away from your fate and running toward it. Saiko was doing the latter because she already accepted the consequences of her actions long ago. And while guilt, terror and doubt filled her being on all matter of task throughout her days; the woman worked through them because it empowered herself and fueled the prowess of melancholy which bled within her soul.

From that place of glum within her spirit is where she would then refocus her efforts as the potency of her spiritual energy only enhanced in reflection of what she felt she was fighting for on this day. It is why the woman's abilities went into overdrive in order to reduce the blazing hot temperatures, hellish pressures and thick density of Tsubasa's shockwave to confine it to an area of effect no larger than a house. Instead of overpowering it, Saiko saw fit to use the elements of this world to otherwise null it.

In making that effort the overflowing miasma of the woman's power would be allowed to spread out further. Which meant that by this point Tsubasa was going to be feeling some type of sickness. The reason for this is because the ability that she utilized did not need direct physical contact; that only served to augment its effects. Instead, she just needed to make sure the opponent stayed within the region of effect long enough for it to take influence on their body. Which meant that he may feel portions of his energy leaving him and his speed beginning to lower to a noticeable degree. While, at the same time, The Unabara will feel as if even Izanagi's estimates are thrown off due to it effecting non-living creations to a much higher intensity than organic beings. So errors may subtly begin to present themselves and the machine may feel strain as it starts to tap into it's computational power.

Overall, the woman wasn't a fool. Engaging him close quarter combat was dangerous, but it was also risky to clash against this target from a mid or long range distance. It really made no difference when dealing with opponents of this magnitude in the experience Saiko had against these enemies of great power. Therefore, when the male reached outward, The Mistress Of Glum already understood he was going to use some type of ability with his sword to slash her to pieces. And, instead of letting him do that, she beat the swordsman to the punch by dispersing the tendrils into particles of light that scattered all around them to avoid getting destroyed. The woman never said anything about how she could use this power; which meant that the tendrils were just a preferred form for her to contain her prowess.

"You cannot introduce me to something that I am a living embodiment of."

Tsubasa's lesson in despair had been cut off by Saiko who's powers only grown to greater extents the more anguished the circumstance was. It was hurting her conscious as she felt dagger being repetitively stabbed within the essence of her rotting heart, but it is that same pain which allowed her to keep up in this dash of blades, fury and carnage. So, fueled by her own despondency, Saiko formed a bow and error with her energy. After leaping upward by about one hundred feet or so, she began firing off round after round of arrows. In a matter of a few seconds there were already around one hundred of these arrows shot. Drenched in a plum and black aura, these projectiles were shot at Tsubasa in order to pierce his body to force more of his energy to leave him.

While, at the same time, any arrows that missed him merged into the reality around them in order to decay the construct of "momentum" around him in order to create a restraining technique which was designed to cut the speed of Tsubasa and his attacks by half within a three hundred meter area of effect. While, at the same time, this much unsteady energy was going to collapse and create a black explosion meant to reflect these effects on his physical body to make his bones ache, muscle deteriorate and eventually lower both his durability and stamina stats to making it harder to combat Saiko as she kept firing these arrows down at him.

So, with her having the edge in this round, the woman increased the volume of demonic energy bleeding from her essence to form a dense layer of protection around her body. As the power which manifiested around her was potent enough to tank entire nuclear blast thanks to the heightened reserves of energy lurking within her soul from her zanpukto spirit easing the strain of the demon blood within her. There was no telling what might happen next, so this was a safety measure that was taken as her sullen eyes observed the male from above.

Saiko really only had one thing to say at him at this point after all of that was said and done:

"You should leave to another battlefield. I do not want to do this...."

So she'd thought up strategy and decided to fight him in his own place. He couldn't afford to treat her like a child that much was plain. Slowly lines began appearing on his skin glowing with energy. Electricity was being surged through his nerves and body as he decided Izanagi would be useless on this occasion. He couldn't treat Saiko like she'd not grown or changed. She was running towards her goal and him towards him. His speed had taken a hit along with his energy, by his calculations he was losing quite a bit. Fighting her at this distance was risky. He could no longer afford to merely hang back. Saiko and he did need this confrontation to grow. But he needed to do it for something else. Otherwise, it would all be for nothing. So the question now was how to deal with her power of energy manipulation. He'd lost speed but could make up the difference by using his electricity to enhance his movements. Also, he could activate his Shunko, that would aid in giving him back a large portion of his speed.

He didn't have much time left to think about the subject of it. He couldn't run from or hide what he was any longer. Using everything he had at his disposal was required now. Utsusemi was the choice in the matter, in terms of speed it did allow for some interesting techniques. As the arrows struck Tsubasa it didn't just end the illusion. This was a bit more realistic than the regular Utsusemi most had witnessed. He tried to avoid but noticed the speed cut rather quickly. Tsubasa's form had vanished as did his spiritual pressure. Everything was gone once he'd disappeared. Using this as a chance to perform some up-close fighting with his daughter. He didn't leave a sign or smell of himself as his coat fell in the wind. Kido wires had been set up somewhat hastily though as his floating coat had been impaled. Flew at his daughter's figure going towards her at top speeds. As though it had become taken over by some force. The reason for this was a bit strange, but he needed it to move.

As the coat flew past the girl a blade of darkness flew out of it aiming to plunge into the female's chest cavity. Tsubasa couldn't treat her like a child any longer. It was time to fight her as an assassin would. The blade was made of shadow, something he'd never displayed his use of. Despair's voice echoed in his mind as he began calculation of his next move. The little girl wrapped in bandages sat in the realm of darkness with him. His eyes of crimson looking out into the regular world. He knew what was to come next of his attack. He'd prepared for it as he readied himself for what must be done. Saiko had immense healing skills, the string he prepared between buildings of kido wire could easily be cut by her. But the breeze would still lead and the shadow attack. Would be useful in a couple ways as he could emerge from that. Tsubasa's form emerged from where one wouldn't expect. He didn't leave a trail to follow. No breeze to give away a scent or any such trace. As he brought both blades on a horizontal swipe at the girl's midsection.

Tsubasa's blades would be hard to avoid as he sent a signal of static through them. That created an area of effect attack that was smaller. It would cling to hair, skin, clothing and such things. Tsubasa could then use it to create a friction based explosion on the girl. But he wasn't done just yet as he had a plan still. He didn't speak or say anything as he mentally said Hadō 90 and a black box formed around him and Saiko swiftly. He'd done it while coming out, as the box closed and darkness consumed them both hopefully. His appearance faded yet again leaving no trace of the Pale Rider. Tsubasa's strategy was far from concluded as he continued a tactic of hit and run. He could come from anywhere and do pretty much anything. From the power of his Despair, the world of darkness that lingered in hearts of men. Tsubasa didn't speak anymore for the time for words had passed. His beloved Saiko was his weak point and it was acceptable. But within that box, Saiko was in if it had landed successfully was something dangerous. The entire box attacked her at once. Hidden shadow attacks came from all angles including the spears that came with the box originally.

From within the shadows, he used Kyokko on a couple shadows in the area. Making them appear as though they weren't there. But didn't give away his position at this time yet either. Instead of relying on overwhelming force. Saiko would face not Tsubasa Unabara, but the Pale Rider. The assassin who was a legend in some minds. He needed to strategize and think of what to do. This fight required everything he had at the moment, he'd not taken damage but had lost energy. Restoring it would take time and effort he didn't have. Her aura was the problem here and he needed something. A way to prevent her from continuing this way. Saiko was indeed a tough enemy to fight. Her power of absorbing energy was difficult. Most foes would think of a mid-long range tactic to fight her. But that was playing a game with time and energy they didn't have. Tsubasa could internalize his reiatsu and instead of using it outside. He could use it to increase his speed and prowess a bit further.

He wondered if she'd noticed the slight difference in his decoy. That it drew in the arrows and effect she'd used previously. Like it was absorbing them, he'd left a tiger mirror within it. To absorb energy among other things. So everything seemed in place for a come back on his end. Using a speed clone within the shadow world of Despair's making. He sent it out now as it emerged from a place she'd expect him to come from. Tsubasa made plans to continue as he'd set up several ideas. The speed clone came at her quickly using extremely high paced speeds with something in mind. The blade work was good yet again as he prepared. Prepared for a fight of which the Pale Rider could fight unrestrained and use his full prowess, not as a Captain. But as an assassin of old against his daughter.

Fading, fading, fading QUICK!

That word repeated over and over in the mind of Saiko as she observed the presence of The Unabara disappearing from the battlefield. Not being one who was dim-witted, The Mistress of Glum picked up real quick that some type of feint or attack was quick to come. So her guard was more than up as she was ready to release an attack within a two hundred meter radius of her body at any second should she be provoked.

And provoked she was!

Coming at her quick was the coat of Tsubasa as she knew some type of assault was going to be launched from it. There was no way that this wasn't a distraction or the launch pad for some combo series of attack. Which is why before things got out of end, Saiko decided to utilize the ample amounts of DE Force in the air to vaporize and eradicate the coat from existence.

Then, by the time Tsubasa's blade came swinging from out of the abyss, Saiko could utilize her demonic blood and magic in order to constrain the element of darkness to create a makeshift seal which reduced the speed and space in which the blades could encroach upon The Mistress of Glum. AND THIS WAS NO EASY FEAT! The blows contained IMMENSE power behind that The Half-Breed was surprised to see. So, each of her eyes and the veins in her arms were seen bulging and almost bleeding because of the mass impact that the velocity and volume of energy his swings remained.

So, rather than stand there like a frightened idiot, Saiko took this as her queue to use her mixture of Shadow Movement and Shunpo to bolt out of there before the succession of swings finished and started annihilating everything in its path when her seal gave way and broke under the pressure. Panting a bit, the woman was surprised he was using such force, but it was a war. There was no room to restraint and she was going to have to be on her feet in order to make it out of this in one piece.

Ergo, as soon as the Hadō 90 was used against her, The Archduchess knew she was dropped and decided to hunker down in this moment to bring out all the energy she could muster to make a master level shield with her energy. Since, when all of those arrows and swords started crashing down on the woman, her body would not be so gravely wounded. Was she injured by all of the shock waves associated with the attack? Of course. The pressure had been enough to make the woman cough up a small pile of blood because of how destructive the attack was, but it avoided her being impaled or having to use up higher volumes of energy to shield herself as this assault ended.

More importantly, something was sucking up her energy within this vortex and the woman figured there had to be a limit to how much it could consume. So, instead of running away from it, Saiko used her heightened sense of adrenaline from the blood-curdling anxiety pumping through her veins to act at the blink of an eye. In a matter of milliseconds, dozens of black tendrils assaulted the mirror in order to shatter it and overload it with energy until it could no longer sustain itself and self-destruct.

Regardless of whether or not overloading it with attacks worked, Saiko knew she couldn't be a sitting duck forever and tracked down the body heat of Tsubasa by the fact that her reishi were surrounding this entire area like a blanket. So, instead of looking for his spiritual presence, they locked on to the heat radiating from his body and sought to siphon more energy from him by draining him dry of power. As he would begin to notice clouds of black miasma swirling around him like a tornado. While not a bit of his skin would be cut, he may notice streams of light leaving his body as this twister of Death Energy was designed to devour his reserves of energy to further make him fatigued, lose stamina and become slower and less durable.

At this point, her aim was to tire him out quicker than he could seek to assault her. And while she couldn't exactly move from her position at the moment, she knew she her barrier could hold up and she could still attack remotely. Which is why even though her heart was thumping at a million miles per second, The Mistress of Glum had a plan and assumed it could work. If not, there were other simulations to run and she was NOT going to let herself die here. Anxiety OR NO ANXIETY.

So the situation was bad, he had to acknowledge in terms of a long term skirmish she won. She was doing so wonderfully, he couldn't help be proud of her. She was certainly the most capable of his children he'd adopted. She walked her own path and had done so effectively. The barrier she set up sort of set his attack at a stand still. The mirror of tigers being broken entirely was a problem. He glanced down at his palm noticing the energy being removed. He was tiring out entirely too quickly, so in truth fighting her would take a bunch of energy. He couldn't afford to draw this out any longer or take a slow approach. She was too skilled in terms of these long lasting battles. Time was up for him and trying to do it peacefully, he looked upwards now. He had no choice in the matter and would have to unleash something tremendous here. It would remove him from the conflict here. The rest would be up to those present to win here at the moment. He wasn't sure it was a good idea to use his trump card here.

"I wish..I wish it didn't come to this..Saiko..But..you've left me no choice..I am very proud of you." He said smiling as he spoke softly. "Feast, Byakko." Releasing his Shikai his body surged with power as he contained it for now. But he wasn't planning something simple any longer. He couldn't afford to do something small or meager to break through her fields. He had to remember what it felt like. Breaking the meteor he'd fought against previously. His daughter had done well and had removed him from play. This would be her victory in the long run. Since he'd need time to recover from using such an intensive move. Tsubasa was planning to use something expensive. The fact was he couldn't defeat her in terms of just tirelessly attacking her. Inami's barrier was in effect and doing a good job of things. He couldn't simply allow her to continue here. Neither party could let the other advance as Ruin remained in his grip as he held his zanpakuto as well.


Now, this wasn't something he could do frequently as he remembered the power that Devata hit him with. Calculations were beginning as Tsubasa's energy sparked and he continued watching above. He wasn't disregarding the girl before him in the slightest. He could bring the damage down by several percentages by acting as the lightning rod. But the next issue was the kinetic force. It would shatter Inami's barrier and likely even Saikos. But the force alone wouldn't damage the area too badly. This attack was a one time use and it wasn't going to be simple to defeat her. He wanted to warn her, he wanted to tell her to run away from here. This place was about to get struck by a Lightning bolt. But not just any kind of lightning bolt. It was a shot fired from the Earth's Magnetic Field. This blast was going to be massive and require a tremendous amount of force. Tsubasa wasn't going to be able to continue, the situation was simple a calculation. Most the innocents were gone and those further away. Would most likely feel a bit of static electricity.

Shadin would likely have a plan in place to handle these sort of things. He'd rely on that brainy boy to do the rest. It was too late to run or change plans now as the entire area was struck by the massive bolt of electricity. It's kinetic force hit hard into the field Inami set up. Shattering it with tremendous force. The next barrier to catch the rather of the kinetic force was Tsubasa's Susanoo taking it in. Tsubasa was going to do a risky move as he began taking the damage to his own body instead. Not letting it leak outwards as he overcharged his body with energy. But the area around him was hit with an electric shock that couldn't be defined. A million tasers going off didn't quite equal out to what just happened. His body was smoking from the blow he'd taken on his frame. Doing this required tremendous control as he kept the electricity inside of him. His body was unstable with the amount he absorbed here.

He could feel his nerves being lit up. At best he could do one more move, but he hoped he'd not have to do so. "....If you can....move..go..now before I unleash it.." He said wincing a bit as he held on to the energy. The initial blast of electricity would have hit and hurt anyone in the area. Absorbing this amount would be close to impossible for those who weren't immune to it. Tsubasa's body was rather used to the sting and feeling. He was smoking due to the sheer force and power flowing in him. Byakko's voice rang out as he scolded him for being reckless. "You old fool what were you thinking, this removes you from the fight.." Tsubasa's crimson eyes stared at the figure of Saiko. He could perform one more move and it would be devastating truly. The next electricity attack would take everything he had. But the damage it would put out would be insane compared to what just happened. This was bonding for these two, wasn't it? Father and daughter unable to bond normally with other people.

She made this challenging beyond reason for him, he desired so much not to fight her. Tsubasa didn't want to swing his sword at his precious daughter. She and he both had a strange way of showing it. "You've eliminated me from..this fight..that should protect you.." He said raising a shaking hand up into the air about to release a final attack. His body was smoking due to containing the raw electricity within him. It was an amount even he struggled with entirely as his control wasn't mastered yet. This was a single move to either sink or swim and he knew these didn't play well. He brought his hand down and aimed it at her shaking it slowly. Byakurai was the plan, but this thing would be far more powerful. Luckily the direction was out to sea and it wouldn't harm the others. He could release the massive bolt at her and dodge would be hard at this point. She'd find herself likely magnetized to the ground. They both weren't exactly free from that massive blast of energy.

The force of the blast damaged his arm as he released the massive blast at her. The overload of energy shot it out without recourse or release. Tsubasa's body and stamina were at their limit with this. He'd rushed head long in and tried to end both of them in a single moment. The discharge of energy had been taking care of as his Shadow Force had gotten the signal and removed those in range to safety. Setting up some barriers among other things. The kinetic force hadn't left this place. Though it looked like a war had been waged here between the two forces. Tsubasa's body sparked dangerously with electricity as he felt his chest rise and fall. His right arm was burned and began slowly rebuilding and regenerating. The nanobots were working on rebuilding his burnt skin and healing the damages done. But Tsubasa's time here was finished. What came next was entirely up to the female who stood before him. Did she with a draw as he begged her too before the blast came out of his arm.

Ruin vanished from his hand as black bandages wrapped his appendage that was burnt and damaged. This was as far as he could take things at the moment. He was foolish to rush here to greet his daughter and think things could change. He'd not even gotten used to that power yet or using it. Why did he use himself instead of her as a lighting rod? Because he didn't want to kill her, he loved her too much. He was a fool for letting his emotions get the better of him. Tsubasa's body still smoked as he felt like collapsing at the moment. Dropping his swords and simply falling over. It sounded like a plan at the moment as he stood up. Something kept him up, he wanted to be sure she was alright. She had to know he could have directed all that force on her. She had to know this wasn't needed for him. He didn't have to absorb that absurd amount of lightning. He could of let her entire being be struck by it. He'd come to prove his motives to the Vanguard.

But his duty as a Father always came first. It always came before anything else for his precious daughters. No matter how wayward they were. "Proud...of you...love you." His eyes went closed as he passed out on his feet. Black masked figures appeared from surrounding area wearing rubber outfits entirely. They grabbed him glancing to see what Saiko's move would be. As they held on to Tsubasa and sheathed his sword now. Would she strike her former father who was passed out? What condition was she in, what was this situation that ended with such a drastic change of events? Tsubasa Unabara was down for now. Not by Saiko's hand but by his own. Refusal to fight her truly like that. He saw that little girl he'd taken in and given a chance too. No matter what happened the Pale Rider was a softie. When it came to his daughters especially. Tsubasa couldn't argue it as the Shadow Force leaders began to carry him off. They were withdrawing from this area now.

It was up to Saiko what came next.

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