Oceanic Training

Colin watched in awe as the spectacle of elements occured. He smiled, glad that his technique was growing. He was glad his cero had hit his enemy, and finished his plan as the desert formed around him. Dang him! He thought as he scanned the area, his new cybernetic sight indicating life force leaving the fish below. All this waste! All this death! He felt enraged, as Stefan had finally managed to kill something innocent. Colin knew about waste. In the mountains that were his inner world, you had to keep wasteful actions to a minimum, to maximize the usage of the thin oxygen there. All this wastefulness disgusted him, made him feel sick, like when he finished using eagle soul.

However, if he was going to match with Stefan's bankai, or even survive, he would have to go all out. He reached up to his hollow mask and removed 2 feather's from the mask. He felt as the energy flowed through him, increasing his strength. then he removed a feather on his right shoulder, sharpening his claws with reiatsu. Then he bent down, placing all his wait in his front foot. Then he burst out at full speed, directly at Stefan. He stopped directly in front of him, yelling at his full voice, using the hollow to let out a deafening screech. Then he smiled and tapped his chest, activating his invisibility cloak. He stepped behind Stefan, making an X-pattern with his claws on Stefan's chest. He then pivoted on his right foot and slashed with his right claw. Then he performed an uppercut with his right claw, and slashed down. All this was done with his advanced strength, and sharpened claws.

Before he had started he had begun charging reiatsu into his left claw. He tapped his invisibilty cloak again with his right hand, disengaging it for further use. Then he spoke:

"Stefan, I cannot match your bankai. However, I will still fight to the best of my ability! I will fight you until I black out! This I promise!"

Stefan watched as the Visored Colin surveyed his surroundings. He seemed upset. maybe it was the fact that everything had been destroyed? Whatever it was, it just seemed to add to the fire that burned in his heart. The man removed two feather-like objects from his mask, and another from his right shoulder. Stefan continued to watch as Colin prepared to assault him, as if he actually could. Stefan breathed in and out, in and out, waiting for Colin to get close.

When the man reached Stefan, the man activated an odd mechanism on his chest, which contracted the light around him, turning him invisible. Stefan flash-stepped away, dodging the attack Colin sent his way from behind him. He dodged the other attacks as well, even though he did not know he was gonna be slashed again. Then Colin appeared again, as he deactivated his invisibility cloaking device.

Stefan flash-stepped to right next to Colin, going faster than he had before he activated his Bankai. Stefan quickly stabbed his Zanpakuto into the ground right next to them and activated his Bala ability through his right and left hands. He grabbed the hilt of his sword and channeled the Balas through his sword. In less than a second they went through the blade, and reached the ground. The moment they reached the ground, the entire area exploded into a mass of fire and Reitsu, completely obliterating everything there. The explosion reached a height of 45 feet, and had a diameter of almost 100 feet.

As the smoke cleared and revealed the desolate land, which had been damaged beyond recognition, Stefan came into view with his Bankai still in affect. He had survived the attack easily, as his Bala had been channeled away from his actual body. He was unscratched, except his feet were slightly burnt from the blast. Stefan flew into the air and began to charge up a Cero in his left hand, while his right hand held his Zanpakuto.

Darn it! Thought Colin. He had hoped to at least scratch Stefan, but apparently he had been wrong. He scowled, worried that he had wasted a part of his boost up. He stared at his enemy, using his cybernetic eye to study his enemy. He analyzed his enemy, watching the reaiatsu gather in Stefan's hand. When he saw him begin placing it into his zanpakto, his eyes opened wide and he used eagle flight to shoot up in the air as fast as he could. He had seen the color of the zanpakto change and knew he couldn't dodge completely. He thrust his arms in front of his face as the explosion surroned him. His clothes were burned off on the front of his shirt, making his sleeves disintergrate and cauterizing the wounds in the front of his body. Holes were burned in his jeans, forcing his knees to stick out.



He grit his teeth, his whole body felt like it was on fire. He's even destroyed the land itself? What the heck?? He makes no sense! He could just as easily leaped in the air and did it, and left the area around it alone. This burned Colin almost more than the attack itself.



Still in the air, he drew back, reiatsu finished collecting in his left claw. He placed his arms up in the air again. He took a deep breath, and exhaled. He closed his eyes. He was ready. This was it. He would finally do it. He focused completely on is attack, erasing all else from his mind. His hollow stood inside him, in awe of his focus. He opened his eyes, acquiring his target. He lunged forward, attacking with his full strength.



"I must thank you, Stefan! I would not have been able to make this if you had not helped me in a way only you could! Now, be the first to test out the true power of the Green Swordfish, Slash!!!"



He forced the reiatsu from his body, his eyes never leaving his target. Out from his claws leapt an emerald swordfish, made of true reiatsu. It was following Stefan, and wouldn't stop until it hit it's target, or was destroyed. He then flash-stepped behind Stefan, and began open slashing, putting his all into it. Then he leapt back, and unstrapped the rifle on his back. He aimed the rifle at Stefan, using the scope and his cybernetic eye to aim. He fired three shots, each with the strength of a bala. It also had the explosive quality of a bala as well. Then Colin leapt to the ground, holding his ground.

Stefan watched as Colin just barely dodged and survived the explosion. While it wasnt completely successful, Stefan had managed to do some serious damage to Colin. He knew it wouldnt be enough to end the fight, especially since Colin seemed to focus on speed. Surprised, Stefan noticed a few body modifications done to Colins body. Why would he do this? Why would he rely on mechanical objects, and not his own power?

Stefan was still charging up his Cero to max levels as Colin prepared his Green Swordfish attack. Stefans eyes widened as he saw the burst of green Reistu fly towards him faster than it had before. When Colin appeared behind him, Stefan grabbed him and chucked him away. Right as the blast of green Reitsu was about to hit Stefan, he launched his Cero at the attack, causing a huge explosion in close proximity to Stefan. The green and black Reitsus mixed, swirling around each other.

Colin had shot 3 times from his odd gun, each one increasing the size of the explosion. After a few minutes, it settled down and the smoke from it began to clear. As the smog dispersed, one could see Stefan still standing, breathing heavily, and with his clothes torn and burned to tatters. He had been hit by the explosion, but he had weakened his damage by launching his Cero.

"Whew. Not bad, for one such as yourself. You should consider quitting the Visored Corps and joining me at the Monsuta. I could use your power there.....but not you must face my Paragon Blade, Shade, and Shockwave."

A sword similar to Stefans Zanpakuto appeared near him, floating in the air. A wave of black went over Stefans skin, hardening it to the point where it resembled the Hierro of an Espada. Lifting his left hand, Stefan launched a wave of gold Reitsu, just like he had before, except this time it was much stronger and faster. Stefan took out his Elemental blade, set it to lightning, and gripped it with his left hand. He then made his Steel Sword appear, and gripped the hilt with his teeth. He now held 3 swords, with another floating in the air.

Stefan disappeared, melting into darkness, as the floating sword flew at Colin. Stefan reappeared next to Colin, appearing to form from his shadow, as that was Shades affect. With all 3 swords, Stefan launched a series of attacks on Colin, while his floating sword attacked from Colins other side.

Colin was glad that he had been able to use his strength to it's fullest. However, he knew he had to hold his ground. He took yet another deep breath. However, finishing the Swordfish Slash had taken quite a bit out of him, and Colin knew it. Either way, this fight would likely end sooner rather than later. Colin then gave a small smirk. He knew that didn't mean he would slow down, just that he couldn't go for much more. He placed his gun away as he saw Stefan begin his move.



What the? A floating sword? Thought Colin as the sword appeared out of thin air. Ok, things are about to get bad. Very, very bad. Hey, are you in there? Can you hear me? Now he was actually talking to his inner hollow. Do you really want to lose? Because either you help me, or we get our butts handed to us on a silver platter earlier than expected. He actually wasn't expecting a response, at least not a civil one. So he was quite shocked when he heard:



Huh. Well, I hate losing worse than you, actually. If you really want to fight that hard, go ahead. Go wild, take AS MUCH AS YOU WANT!! HAHAHAHAHA!



Colin's breath caught from what happened next. His hollow mask suddenly pressed down harder than usual on him, and power exuded from it, pressing Colin against the ground. He fought it and was able to stand, breathing heavily. What the? And then he felt it. He suddenly felt it. His muscles, which had been aching from the strength enhancement he had made, suddenly felt rejuvenated. His fight spirit was back. He was still in a good bit of pain, as his wounds persisted, but he had more energy to fight with before he was done.



He took his fighting stance as Stefan finished procuring his three swords. His left foot was back behind him, and all his weight was pressed down on the toes of his right foot, his right leg slightly bent. His right fist was out, and his claws almost felt like they had fused to his arms and simply become an extension of himself.As the shockwave reached him, he pressed down and sprang above it, his toes tingling a bit. However, this tingling increased the pain ever so slightly on all his wounds, forcing him to mash his teeth together. He landed on the ground on the balls of his feet, and chared at where Stefan was. When Stefan used shade, Colin was ready, meeting him in the center of the crater.



He met Stefan's three sword's head on, hacking and slashing at the Vizard's body. He wasn't caring much for defense, dodging the most dangerous attacks and getting several small scrathes all over the suraface of his body. He mostly dodged the floating sword, as it was the most dangerous, as it could reach much further than Stefan. He met Stefan's swords a few times, preventing serious injury. Then he flash-stepped, 5 feet behind Stefan to the left. He performed a mid air flip, his palms pressed together, charging a combined cero aimed Stefan's head. At the height of his leap and his palms level with Stefan's skull, he fired.



When his feet hit the ground, he flash-stepped again, this time right past Stefan. However, he performed a maximum speed cut as he passed, not very powerful but extremely quick. He stopped, 15 feet in front of Stefan now. He fell to his right knee, and coughed up a mass of blood. Ah crap, that's not good! He knew he would only have enough strength for one more charge, as he had used most of his borrowed hollow strength in that attack.



"Well, seems like I have mostly completed my goals. However, as for your joining the Monsuta... I'll have to respectfully decline. It just goes against my nature to waste or to harm uncontrollably, if I can help it. I truly am grateful. By the way, that floating sword really is a neat trick..."



Colin barely found the energy to stand, not having the strength to lift his arms, they felt so heavy to him. He forced his arms out of sheer will power to move in front of his chest, to provide a mediocre defense. His vision was beginning to blur, and he knew this fight didn't have much time left to end...

Surprised, Stefan watched, and felt, as Colins Reitsu increased. it seems as though he is letting his Hollow give him more power.........though Stefan knew it wouldnt last long, a few minutes at most. Stefan prepared himself, getting ready to release his own Hollow. He stabbed his Zanpakuto into the ground, and took the Steel Sword from his hand. After making the Steel Sword disappear, he brought his right hand to his face and attached his Hollow Mask to his face.

His new, much stronger, Reitsu burst out in every direction, putting pressure one everything around him. His Bankai and Mask combo was very dangerous, especially to someone as tired as Colin. Stefan simply moved to the side to dodge the first Cero sent his way. When Colin rushed him, he was ready. Even though now he was only using his Zanpakuto, he was much stronger in every aspect of fighting than he had previously been. And with his Nihil ability in affect, his skin was as hard as an Espadas.

Stefans clothes got cut quite a bit, but he only received light damage from the attacks. His speed was a major boon to him . After Colin gave his speech, Stefan prepared to end the fight. Stefan flash-stepped behind Colin, and punched his head with a large amount of power, not enough to kill, but to knock unconscious.

Ah... Darn it... Thought Colin as he tried to defend himself. I didn't so much as scratch him... His vision was blurring more as he tried to tell what had happened. His eye indicated that Stefan had greatly increased his power by using his hollow mask, and Colin knew there wasn't a whole lot he could do about it. He began to reach his hand to his face when Stefan disappeared. He tried to look around but was unable to do anything as a sharp pain went into the back of his skull. His spent hollow mask was pushed off of Colin's face from the impact, and he hit the ground, barely conscious. He grabbed at the desert sand, his arm shaking from the effort. He tried to speak, his voice racked by pain and exhaustion.



"Ach... Well, I guess that's... that, huh? ... Thank you, Stefan... it's always better... to fight someone stronger... and learn... and to help you... grow... stronge-"



Darn it... Not enough strength... to do eagle soul! A wave of pain washed through Colin's body once more, and his eyes shut, his hand let go of the sand, and he laid there, knocked out. Sensing no more...

The breeze blew through Stefans hair, making it sway slightly. He removed his Hollow mask, and sealed his Zanpakuto, his clothes returning to their normal state, and so did the rest of his body. As he was no loner using his strongest powers, his wounds began to hurt, particularly a moderately deep wound on Stefans side. He had no idea when he got hit there....then he remembered. One of Colins last attacks was a full-speed, weak attack that Stefan hadnt seemed to notice at the time...but it turns out he just barely felt it, as he was busy with the fight. Blood leaked from the wound, making his coat turn deep red.

Stefan wandered around the city, and eventually found a pharmacy nearby run by the humans living there. Because he could not be seen, it was easy for him to take bandages and other medical supplies from the store. He went back to the fight zone, finding Colins body. After patching himself up, he covered olins heavy wounds in bandages and such as well. He made sure no deep wounds were bleeding openly, and even applied gauze bandages to his puncture wounds.

Stefan found a small bench-sized rock to sit on, and rested from his battle. Stefan closed his eyes, smelling the smell of the ocean, the salt water, the fish, but now it wa mixed with the smell of burnt flesh and destruction. Stefan sat patiently, waiting for the Visored to wake up.

2 hours after Colin had been knocked out, he awoke. He tried to sit up, but moved too fast for his battered body. He blacked out again, just for a moment. After that, he slowly arose, noticing the bandages. Huh, so I guess even Monsuta have hearts. He arose carefully, trying to prevent his wounds from opening. He felt like a piece of crap that had been sent to a nuclear power plant and infused with uranium. Despite that, he was glad the Stefan had dressed his wounds. If he hadn't, infection most likely would have set in and Colin's life would have been threatened.



He turned to face Stefan on his rock, noticing the blood and tear in his clothes. Huh. Looks like I hit him there after all. He went and stood in front of Stefan, holding his hand out to shake, as a token of respect and honor.



"Thank you for the fight. Next time, let's just try not to blow up everything around us, eh? But really, thank you also for the bandages. I hope that the next time we meet, I will most likely have my bankai as well, and we'll be on more even footing."



Colin knew he was going to have to buy new clothes. These ones were covered in blood. However, despite all this, there was a small smile on his face and still a determined look in his eye as he waited for Stefan's reply.