Seaside Fight Night: Tatsuki vs. Lukas

There was a lot going on in her mind. Of course she'd volunteered to be a part of this little event. After hearing what had happened, there was a heavy weight settled in the center of her chest this whole damn time. And no doubt, she knew the name was in SEVERAL peoples minds who were around long enough to remember it. Kurosaki. She'd seen the damage that he'd purportedly caused, even though some small part of her didn't want to think he could have done it. But she had to shut all of that out for now, as she stepped out into the bright lights and the roaring crowds.

Man....how long was it.... a hundred years since her last competition on earth? A bit more than that if she thought about it. But somehow, it felt like it was just yesterday. That familiar feeling of so many eyes on her. The thrill of hearing her name blared out like that, a brief glance up to one of the display screens at both their names being lit up. Atherisch.... certainly an interesting last name. She made her way to the Pavillion in the center and stopped at the center, bringing her hands together. One an open palm, the other a closed fist as she gave a respectful bow to the man she'd be fighting.

"Arisawa Tatsuki. A pleasure to meet ya. Let's have a little fun, yea?" She grinned, her tone just as fierce and amped up as she was. A little excited to see what sort of abilities this guy had. She hadn't seen a quincy fight in ages. Now she'd get a front row seat.

Tatsuki smirked a little and narrowed her eyes as she watched the guy walk out into the arena and look around with ...disdain? Man, what a way to luck out with an opponent that was pissed eh? She couldn't help the way her smile widened as he gave that sharp retort to her attempt at sportsmanship. She wasn't unfamiliar with these types either to be honest. But hey, nothing like a little banter to get the crowds going eh?

"Hm, I dunno, you seem kinda strong." She mused.

She took a nice, slow breath and her spiritual pressure all but disappeared. Soothing her heart rate until she almost seemed to drop right out from existence. And had Lukas not been looking directly at her, he might have even believed that she had vanished entirely as she eliminated her presence. In the very next instant, her body didn't budge an inch, she simply seemed to appear at his side, a shunpo using the absolute minimum movement without even the sound that a shunpo usually made, the only change being a hand that was raised, her fingers primed for a flick which was executed on arrival. All of her body's energy flowed into her fingers just before they flicked.

Two things would happen at once. The sound from that silenced shunpo would suddenly slam into Lukas in a concentrated wave, Tatsuki's own Roaring Shunpo, confining the noise rather than cancelling it completely. She pulled it back, not wanting to pop the man's eardrums, but the sudden sound would be deafening. And immediately after, a shockwave would rip towards him and aim to launch him away and barreling into the dirt with terrifying force. Oni Dekopin. A Hakuda technique meant to send opponents flying with the flick of a finger. If Lukas was on the weaker side of things, it'd be more than enough to launch him skidding along the arena and throw him clean out of bounds and probably drive him into the Kido barrier surrounding the arena with enough force to shatter his ribs.

But hey, if he was talking that kinda smack, she trusted he'd be able to take it better than that.

She exhaled again. Smiling to herself as the man suddenly backed off, avoiding the shockwave of energy that had been sent toward him and perking up as he launched himself back towards her. That smile widening just a bit as she didn't even bother turning in his direction. Her Reikaku sensed him just fine, and even that semi invisible blade was something she was easily able to just pick up with her spiritual sensing. What di he think he was gonna sneak that past a Seated officer of the stealth force? She slid back, stepping one foot out of the path of the stab toward her ankles, and promptly stepping INTO the reach of his sword as it slid past. A twist, and in the exact same instant that his blade sank into the ground next to her ankles, she rammed her elbow up and into his chest with a speed and strength that VASTLY exceeded er normal output, A sharp, sudden blow intended to test his Blut. To see if he was being bold with Arterie, or if he was being careful with vene. The force of the hit was enough to easily shatter the ribs of a normal human, and probably crack the ribs of some stronger hollow.

As his second strike shifted, she moved with him. Staying close enough that he wouldn't be able to swing or stab properly. Especially trying to aim to stab at her chest, she shifted. Her hand suddenly blurring as it sped up, almost matching the speed of her shunpo as that palm RAMMED into the hilt of the man's sword, , te base of her wrist used like the point of a hammer, boosted by her hakuda to aim and shatter the weapon completely and send the pieces through the man's hand. Followed by a SHARP forward buck of her shoulder,s intent on ramming her forehead squarely into the man's face. It was a risking venture, but Tatsuki frankly wasn't worried. She could see the force he was putting behind those strikes. It was a potent weapon, but, she was very durable, If he managed to stab in at her chest or slip in an attack in the midst of her own assault, that was fine so far as she was concerned. She was focused on drawing blood. And if she DID manage to break his skin. He'd perhaps be surprised to find that it would bleed ... a LOT more than normal.

"Lookit you. Not a bad fighter eh? Focused, Relentless. Not bad at all. But based on your style. I don't feel like you're used to long brawls eh?" She ventured a guess.

The delicious impact was something she'd missed. The impact of her elbow snapping into his chest and causing that satisfying crack. Not just a shatter and death, but someone durable enough to take it. properly. She smirked as she followed up and he dodged that second strike, and she smiled all the wider as he suddenly spat in her eyes, a flying glob of bloody spit, which hit her cheek and right eye, before promptly ....vanishing. Absorbing into her skin as she CRACKED him in he head with her own, and perked up as she spotted his hand snaking in. She flashed a playful smile and spun, and DIPPED! Leaning into him and dipping her head back, snagging his hand with her own and turning her back into him, as if letting him lead her into a dance. Before a foot suddenly snapped up and aimed straight for his face. A sharp sudden kick over her own shoulder, which would, suddenly clear his own vision. That wound, which would practically piss blood, suddenly cleared up, as the blood, similar to what he'd spit in her face, simply seemed to get soaked up when she made contact.

Of course, that meant that his blade was free to slide clean through her, sinking through her side. Not quite skewering her, but instead slicing more shallowly just below her ribs, avoiding any major organs, but still slicing into her before her spiritual pressure SPIKED and she TWISTED. Ripping the blade from her own body and then spinning to ram her elbow into him, the air letting out a loud, booming crack as once again she broke the sound barrier with that sudden burst of movement, This time, her elbow would have enough force to send him flying all the way into the barrier and out of bounds if he didn't find a means of stoping himself, the sheer force letting out a booming shockwave aimed to either wrack his body, or at the very least, thrust the both of them away from eachother. A hiss escaping Tatsuki's lips as, either way, the two of them would shove away from eachother, and she'd have a moment to let her eyes dart to the wound.

"Whew! Fuck... That's a nasty sword. Didn't think it'd be strong enough ... to go all the way through." She sighed, as the wound rapidly sealed shut. And she reached up, and wiped some of his spit from her eye. She'd only absorbed the blood after all. She flung it to the ground and tapped her side, now completely closed up, at least from the outside, but he'd really get no indication on how well that internal damage was regenerating. He, on the other hand. Would feel his ribs bruising. And that forehead wound would once again start pissing blood, enough to start running down his face and chest.

"That actually hurt a lot. Also. Bit of a critical blow you were going for there. You wouldn't be trying to kill me would you?" She ventured with a playful smile. Actually it STILL hurt, but she wasn't going to go saying that.

Tch. This man either had the best luck in the world, or was actually a lot more slick than she thought. She'd gotten all up in his business to eliminate the reach of that damn pesky blade, taken a sword through her side, and he'd dodged each and every attack she'd thrown at him. From that sudden snap he'd dipped to avoid, to the elbow he'd darted back to evade while his blade ripped from her side, a soft Tsk escaping her as she made note of his footwork. And he had the Audacity to try and thrust that blade of his into her elbow. In an instant her body blurred, a shunpo slipping her back into his personal space as he went for that stab, her body twisting to duck the lunge with his weapon, Her entire body suddenly buzzed with energy. A sudden surge of hakuda energy coursing through her body that burst of reiryoku causing a sudden blue glow to her eyes.

土壇場 Dotanba

In the span of an instant her body blurred seeming as if her body split into three as she executed three powerful punches aimed at the man's ribs in the span of an instant, a display of her own sheer martial prowess boosted in speed and strength by her Hakuda. Of course the terrifying strength was compounded by the execution, a swift hook into each side of the man's sides in conjunction with a punch straight to the man's sternum. Any one of these punches would have sent the man flying in a direction, but combined together, the force simply pressed in on all directions, not only applying the force of impact but also compressing his lungs with the combined internal force. Rather than all that energy being expelled by thrusting him through the air, he would be locked in place and eat all of the energy behind those punches.

Immediately following the move, Tatsuki spun and executed a whip kick intended to slam the instep of her foot into Lukas's head with every intent to knock him straight to the ground, as well as absorb some more of the blood from his head wound to help the wound in her side finish healing up. Though mainly, it was also to try and knock the man down and wipe that look off the guy's face. Tatsuki really couldn't quite place the emotion she got when looking at this guy's face, but something REALLY made her feel that it'd be awfully satisfying to see him writhing on the ground. It was a little more focus and exertion than she was HOPING she'd have to use in some tournament like this.

But the guy was getting a little too big for his britches, and Tatsuki wasn't gonna sit by and take those edgy little jabs lying down.