An Empty Street After the Parade Has Gone [Vicente/Sabriel] [Open to 2]

Not the worst place for her to be. If she was behind him then it made it easier for him to work without having to make himself vulnerable by jumping between her. He felt the ugly freak's cero push him closer to Mika and leave craters where his feet dug into the ground, he endured the brunt of it so that he could prioritise trying to catch the whip that struck him rather than counter. It made him feel funny but his blood was boiling so much right now that he was a raging bull. If he was successful in getting a hold of her whip, it would turn into a tug of war so that he could try to twist and flail her into her six-armed friend.

"Kid, this is a terrible place for you to be. It's going to get really hot and I dunno if you're going to hold out much better than these two."

He shot back with a pained grimace. It would make him feel really shit if he scorched her as well, which alleviated the rising temperature for a brief moment. It wasn't entirely up to him though and the vain zanpakuto spirit that called his sword home didn't care as much about friends or comradery. She cared about showing off how cool she was.

The prospect of just abandoning this man and saving herself was an enticing one. The heavy heat weighed upon her shoulders, causing sweat to drip from her brow and her head to feel light, focused thoughts being harder and harder to come by. It wasn't just a matter of dealing with their enemies, her own ally was putting her in danger just by being near him. Not that she blamed him, the strong shouldn't feel bad about the inferiority of those around them.

Try as she might, Mika couldn't justify leaving. What would she tell her parents? Or Mizu? Her entire life she had been lauded as the future of her family name, but the moment things got tough she ran? No. She would fight!

"I am Morikawa Mika, and I will win! O lords of the deep, deliver unto thus your ocean might: Gekiryū Kanketsusen!" Using a spell her older sister had taught her, Mika conjured a two foot-wide porthole above her head which promptly spat out a geyser of water that, by the time it made it to Sabriel and Vicente, would be boiling hot from Alastor's heat. She turned it from Vicente to Sabriel, then back again, operating it like a scalding fireman's hose.

His Cero hit...a mark. Not the one he was intending, but, it was rather amusing to see ants scurrying together to protect one another. His eyes narrowed as he caught what the one with hair like fire said, something that caused his attention to turn toward the smaller, comparatively weaker creature with puzzlement. Was it truly so frail? Yet, it still had the courage to stand among the strong. How peculiar. He didn't know exactly how to feel about that.

However, before he had a chance to ponder it further, he noticed the smaller creature reciting something, before a wave crashed into him, earning a mixture of gurgling and furious screeching as he fought to keep his head out of the way. Leaving two of his swords impaled in the ground, his free hands each unleashed another silver-colored Hierro Cero as the water was briefly released from him.

Both of them coiled around the torrent, aimed for either infuriating wretch, and Vicente was quick to tear his swords from the ground.

Bzzt.

A simple, quick use of Sonido carried him forward, all six primed to crash down onto Alastor. Were he perceptive, there was a chance he would notice that five of his swords were not like the other. The trophies he had plucked from the corpses of his brethren had proven helpful to his overall fighting style and powers.

The redheaded Shinigami had a decent amount of physical strength and Sabriel soon learned that first hand, finding herself losing the tug of war rather quickly and launched towards Vicente. Fortunately, she was savvy enough to not hit her ally but the Arrancar had learned enough just from that single attack. The effects of her whip did not seem to affect the grumpy sword wielder that much and Sabriel mused that she would have to try something rather more potent if she was to do anything substantial.

Her musings were interrupted by the spell of the other Shinigami, the boiling water striking her a couple of times, resulting in a hiss escaping the dark haired woman. She had a fair amount of talent with regeneration and Sabriel would start to heal but she was annoyed beyond belief by the state of her outfit. The little munchkin was going to pay for that and with a wave of her hands, the Arrancar would summon a pair of purple coloured chains that she would hurl towards the weaker of the two Shinigami, hoping to teach her a lesson, not to mention keep her in place for a bit.

He swung against the oncoming cero, this time with more focused force but not enough to keep his footing and get pushed back closer towards Mika. Pieces of shit, two at the same time was rough but he had to do something about the little girl behind him.

The bimbo was targeting her, no doubt picking on the weak and so he grabbed Mika and threw her with enough strength to toss her onto a nearby rooftop. Kid wanted to have some distance. He'd give it to her.

"Shōkyakutenri, Chōchinbi!"

The flames roared before the haze of heat showed small balls of fire float around Mika that he would normally use as a trap but would make sure to provide some fortification of her position if the arrancar tried to fuck with her but he had given up his defence for her, and the ugly one was missing, so he focused on the chains that he had stole their prey from.

"Shit."

Mika felt herself unexpectedly grabbed by her ally, confusion warping her mind but only for an instant. Soon she was upon a nearby roof, tossed there inconsequentially, as if she were simply in his way. She had thought their strategy had been working, at least based on how both Arrancar seemed to be so utterly repulsed by the boiling water sprayed on their faces, but the ensuing chaos of multiple Cero and chains striking Alastor painted a different picture.

Seeing an opening for the plan she had put into motion with her previous spell, Mika held her hands aloft and spoke the words "Bakudō #9: Hōrin!" Similar to before, energy gathered at her hands before extending in the form of a Reishi-made rope, only this one had a mixture of orange in it and didn't stop at attempting to ensnare only one of her foes; it split in twain with each tendril extending to wrap around one of Sabriel's and one of Vicente's ankles.

No matter if the spell was successful in grabbing them or merely touched the ground next to their ankles, Mika would say Hadō #11: Tsuzuri Raiden!" More yellow energy, this time electrical in nature, would run from her hands, through the Reishi rope, and to the two soaked Arrancar. Confident all the water directly around Alastor had evaporated already, Mika pumped as much punch as she could into her Hadō 11 to fry these invading scumbags.

With a single, simple motion, Vicente send the six pommels of his weapon crashing down, intent on forcing Alastor backward. As he was about to move forward again to attack, he could sense the inklings of energy gathering, causing his eyes to narrow as he turned toward the other insect. It had been thrown to a nearby rooftop, but, it cast another spell, throwing another attempt to ensnare the two of them. Despite the number being higher, it didn't seem to be that much stronger. Was there a prerequisite that they had skipped?

Nevertheless, Vicente's eyes turned their attention to the rope, before suddenly spitting out a mouthful of green, acidic venom. In the moment that it traveled, it burned and severed the binding, causing the spell to fizzle and flicker, before dispersing into mere particles of energy.

Turning his attention back to the stronger of the two, Vicente pointed a finger in the direction of the smaller creature, a bone-white Cero forming on his fingertip, before firing a web-like shape, forming from his threads, intent on ensnaring her. Whether it dodged or was ultimately ensnared was of little care to him. Instead, he continued to make his way toward the stronger of the two, finally speaking as he bore four words to Alastor.

"Get up, muerte dios."

It was a bold decision for the stronger Shinigami to save his ally rather than deal with her and her partner’s attacks, causing Sabriel to raise an eyebrow. Still, her chains would continue to travel towards him, attempting to wrap around his form and keep him precisely where he was. Again, her chains would have a similar effect to her whip, with the dark haired Arrancar hoping to interfere with the thinking of the red headed male, hoping to cause enough confusion to allow Vicente to follow up on. Support seemed to be her role at this point and she melded into it rather easily.

Her attention would be rather rudely stolen as she felt a yellow rope wrap around her leg, fired at her by the female little shrimp. She was such a sweetheart and Sabriel quipped in her direction, her expression turning devious. “Fond of ropework, huh? Always nice to come across another connoisseur of such things.”

Unfortunately, those thoughts would soon be swept from her mind as an electric charge shot through the rope and shocked the dark haired Arrancar. Due to her damp condition, the pain was rather more intense and whatever pleasant thoughts had been going through her mind swiftly turned to poison. The sneaky little runt was going to pay for that.

He grimaced as six strikes pushed him down, cocky son of a bitch, Alastor was going to make him regret not taking this seriously. He wasn't waiting for the trash talk and even chains binding his arms it didn't stop him from stomping his foot onto Vicente's with the intention of holding him there so that he couldn't launch his body and weight into the arrancar's chin.

That rope was the least of his problems and whether bound or not, he'd crawl his way through a way with the single-minded fury of making these freaks regret screwing with these people he called friends and bled with and any attempt to screw with Mika would need it to be strong enough to break through his Chōchinbi around her as the balls of fire rose in protection to burn whatever attacks they tried to make.

There was a worry about these chains. They weren't breaking easy and that left him more wary of what she could be doing if she stopped messing around.

"Girl, deal with the bitch first!"

She seemed more susceptible to Mika's attacks and he needed these chains to fuck off. The ugly one looked a lot easier if they could pinch his sidekick. More honest rather than all these stupid tricks like magic bullshit, he might like that in different circumstances but he was on the wrong side of the fence for a fun fight.

Mika wasn't sure what to make of the woman's comment. Luckily her attention was instead drawn to her ally, who didn't seem to be in agreement with acting as a meat shield for both Arrancar's attacks. In Mika's estimation they would be better off if he didn't stubbornly protect her and just focused on offense, but her inexperience in real battle coupled with currently being in the middle of one made her unlikely to argue the point.

Setting her sights solely on the woman Arrancar, Mika raised her Asauchi in front of her horizontally before mumbling a jumble of words that wouldn't make sense in any other context, then said aloud "Hadō #32: Ōkasen." in her typical emotionless voice. From her sword's edge a yellow orb of energy formed before firing in the form of a wide arc. The blast quickly closed the gap between Mika and Sabriel, and though it lacked the punch of a stronger Shinigami's spell, it's incantation enhancement still made it her most powerful attack yet.

By this point Mika was showing signs of exhaustion beyond the state she entered this fight in, sweat coated her skin and her limbs felt heavy like they were waterlogged. Using half a dozen spells in a short period of time wasn't usually so draining, but this time her all had been put into each one; for a student she was exemplary, but Mika was learning the grueling difference between school and real battle. It was getting to the point where she may have to set Kidō aside altogether and rely on the rest of the Zankensoki instead.

One thing at a time.