Seaside Fight Night: Hisana vs. Alex

It was rare that such a situation would arise that she had the chance to take part in combat since she'd become a part of the Shino academy. It seemed like only yesterday that fighting was just about the only thing that she could do. But now, it was ....special. She had offered to participate in this little event really not expecting much of anything. And yet as she walked out into the arena, and glanced around to the crowds lining the stadium, she couldn't help but feel a bit of energy course through her. She'd never really experienced something like this before, but memories that weren't hers stirred inside of her. And she felt a slow, building thrill start to saturate her nerves as she heard her name being announced. She still wasn't used to being called a professor. And it was interesting that it seemed she would be facing off against another educator.

Approaching the center of the arena, Hisana stepped up onto the pavilion and offered a warm smile and a bow at the waist to the large red-haired fellow opposite of her.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Alex. I look forward to seeing what you can do." She noted, that calm, warm voice she'd gotten so used to using in clear evidence. Though a small edge of energy laced her words. Some small part of her was amped up. Wondering if, perhaps, her sister was watching her. Her students? Ah....

Somehow, knowing that people were watching, hoping for her victory. It brought a gentle smile to her features, and a bit more vigor into her limbs. She would not disappoint them.

Hisana smiled, pleased with the introduction. Though her eyes widened for a moment as she found herself a vaught a bit off guard. Before a hppy smile broke out across her face. "You have children! Oh congratulations! I'll absolutely be sure to show something cool!" She promptly assured him, the very thought of little ones cheering on their father was enough to brighten Hisana's smile, swamped, briefly, in thousands of memories of parenthood. Pride. Joy. Love. It was something she hoped to enjoy one day. But for the time being, there was a match to be had!

"Thank you, Alex. Please brace yourself." She noted warmly, as she promptly unleashed her spiritual pressure. Her own guise promptly dissolved. That sleek dark hair slowly turning violet. Her eyes going from a warm brown to a sudden slitted purple. And all at once, her throat opened up, showing off her hollow hole as her mask, a choker of thorns wound around her neck, no longer hidden as her spiritual energy exploded outward, cratering the ground beneath her before twisting back inward. The yawning roar of a cero forming at her fingertips. Making it seem as if Alex was about to have a full force cero shot his way. Only for the air to peel open and swallow it up. A flicker that was quick enough that it might be missed if he wasn't paying attention, as the energy simply vanished, spilling into the garganta. A Feint.

As in the very next moment, Hisana launched herself at the man and a vine crept up from her sleeve up to her wrist, a scythe springing into hand as she executed a deft vertical slash. Hisana's small frame twisting gracefully in a sudden blinding strike. It was a fairly shallow one, after all she had no idea how strong her opponent actually WAS. If the man was caught off guard and well...not particularly curable, he would receive a shallow cut straight up his left shoulder. A graze to gauge the capabilities of her opponent.

She noticed the difference in speed quickly enough. Her pesquisa picking up the timing of his motions well enough, though even for his lacking speed he certainly wasn't lacking in awareness. Even despite that blinding attack, she perked up as that weapon of hers simply glanced up his frame and that kick fired out toward her side. In the very same flowing motion of the slash, the Scythe continued to spin, and the pointed handle of that weapon swept upward, intent on knocking the kick off course. But he was rather strong! She felt her OWN frame shifting rather than his own, and she twisted her body enough to avoid the full frontal force of that kick. But even a glancing blow from the man had her skidding back and away from him! Her hierro took the brunt of the blow, but even so, she couldn't help but pause as she finished skidding back, rather than going right back into it.

"You have excellent reflexes! And not even a scratch." She eyed the spot her scythe had cleaved through, but noted that really only his clothing had taken any sort of damage. Well, seems it would be sooner rather than later when it came to pulling out all the stops. It had been meant as a shallow hit, but she'd still put a fair bit of force into the strike. This man was VERY durable. She brought back her scythe, holding the blade behind her as she narrowed her eyes slightly. Should she kick it up? Not too much, she didn't want to overshoot. Besides, his was a display, not a contest. A show for all present, it wasn't about winning.

Hisana smiled, before darting forward as a sudden burst of black smoke enveloped her, and she seemed to have simply vanished. Alex had noted her speed before, but now, she was intending to lose him completely as she used her own special Soniodo. La Tragano Saliva. A snarl of black reiryoku as she disappeared, and then in a similar burst of black reiryoku, appeared directly in front of and above Alex with a sudden vicious SWING of her weapon, seemingly having teleported the distance as the air glowed along the edge of her scythe.

"Lluvia de Ceros Espina."

As she swung, another cero collected, this time along the edge of her scythe before ROARING into a large violet wash of energy, kicking up the cutting power and slashing speed of her swing. Hisana's body blurring as in that split second, two more scythes suddenly bloomed into existence from her sleeve, each of them budding with a glowing cero along it's edge as the air suddenly ignited with a flurry of bright glowing slashes, no less than nine arcs of bright Cero Energy raining down on Alex as Hisana executed a flourishing downward spin. Bracing the two extra scythes with the positioning of her body alone before unleashing that torrent of slashes down on his body, the act giving the illusion of a bright violet downpour cascading down onto Alex and ripping outward along the ground, peeling open the arena as if thorns of cero energy were erupting from the ground beneath them. A full display of energy and high speed martial skill as Hisana seemingly wielded all three scythes with perfect coordination.

She was intrigued as he unleashed that sudden upsurge of hot energy. The flames were.....purple? Even as those Bladed ceros cleaved through them and lanced across the man's body, scoring scratched at the very least, she couldn't help but be intrigued as her pesquisa probed the strange flames. Curious as to just what they were. She had a moment of contemplation before Alex promptly unleashed a follow-up attack in an attempt to interrupt any of her own combinations. Launching himself at her, she narrowed her eyes. Briefly considering attempting to block. But no..... she could already feel the growing heat of those flames. Instinctively, she didn't want to go tanking the heat of them if they happened to just flood past an attempt to block them. Alex was indeed quite the tanky individual, but all she had to that effect was her hierro, and the energy coming off of this man felt strong enough to bore through it.

And so as Alex launched himself at Hisana, she promptly vanished in another black flicker, slipping into a garganta in that fraction of a second and reappearing beside him as he flew through the air, Three scythes cleaving through not him, but the air each in sequence, leaving a mark like claaws in the air as she tore open a garganta into that valley of screams she'd sent her cero into. And promptly the air exploded with the sudden violent surge of energy that came with the follow-up. That cero, plus a significant portion of energy from the valley of screams exploded in a violent black and purple blade of energy. Similar to aGran Rey Cero in sudden explosive power as she sought to send the man flying across the arena. Or at least skidding, given how durably and sturdy he had proven.All the same, the REST of that dark attack would blast out and wash against the inside of the barrier, ripping into the powerful wall before spreading out and washing like a wave along the inside of the arena, shredding the outter ring and turning the out of bounds into a trench. Certainly an attack she definitely wouldn't have used were it not for the expertise that she knew had gone into the barrier.

Even so, she'd shoot back and give a little distance between herself and Alex, those scythesstill at the ready as she let out a nervous 'Whew'. "I don't think I've seen flames like that before. Is it really flame?" She ventured, curiosity clear in her voice. It certainly had felt strange, she wouldn't have been surprised if it turned out to be not flames at all. Despite appearances. Hmm. She paused and her brows raised. Looking down at herself she was shocked when she noticed that a portion of her hakama had burned away. She'd gotten closer to him than she'd intended, and a bit of scuffing was clear along the bared leg, showing the slightest beginning of her thigh. She wasn't burned, but she could definitely feel where the heat had met her hierro. She'd been right to try and avoid those flames. Little did she know they would be getting much hotter.

Hisana blinked for a moment, startled for just an instant before she let out a soft chuckle, lowering her hands as those scythes slithered around her, suddenly moving of their own accord as they simply hovered in the air around her, connected by slim invisible tendrils of reiryoku as she considered such a thing. "I can understand the feeling. Ever since I came to Soul Society and started teaching, I feel as if I'm not quite the same. When I was just on my own, I guess I was a bit more vicious. But .... well. then again, I guess hollows aren't usually built for friendly matches. I don't really have much reason to go stealing the memories of the people I fight these days." She paused and then tilted her head at Alex as he seemed not to want to follow up.

She smiled. And then promptly raised her hands, taking up a martial stance that seemed to mirror his own. Countless memories from people she'd killed or eaten seeping in. Slowly filling in the blanks. Making it seem as if she were simply emulating his fighting style all on her own. "It seems like it's connected to your movements. Have you tried learning martial arts?" She ventured as she took a slow, steady breath and that sudden surging violet energy crackled along one of her fists, locking along her knuckles like flame before she promptly STOMPED, those scythes flourishing in the same instant, cleaving the ground so that she could flip a car-sized chunk of stone up between them, and then promptly execute a full-bodied uppercut to the material, firing a cero through it and causing a sudden wave of energy to barrel toward Alex. A freight train of cero energy, chunks of rock, and the sheer force afforded by her much lesser, but still decent strength honed by her own martial expertise.

Even so, following that forceful attack, she'd offer a gentle smile to the man. "I'd be happy to try and teach you sometime if you were interested."