I'm walking on feathers, woah...

Colin walked through the street, feeling a bit depressed as he looked around. There's nothing here but bad memories... What happened to this place to make it so deserted? He wondered as he looked through Area X, also known as the Abandoned District. Colin had come here to meditate, as he was pretty much bored out of his mind. He turned a corner, and stopped in front a small town house. It seemed odd, since their was no plant life here, that this house that had been abandoned for so long was still standing. He looked around it, noticing many things. He noticed how the door was normal, although the top right corner seemed to be rotting. The windows were broken in, and the frames around them were cracked. The plumbing was so rusted Colin was suprised it hadn't fallen over yet. He sighed, wondering how it had come to this. All the advancement and technology in the world, and it still comes back to this... Why. What a waste of resources... Back when I first became a wonderer, people were starving, and yet still there went wasted resources with no one doing anything about it. Makes my blood boil just thinking about it...



Colin turned away from the sight, his heart pounding from his frustration. He continued walking down the street, and looked around when he got to a cul-de-sac. It looked like it was a meeting place of some sort, as in the very center there was a great tree, old and dead. Colin could tell how great it must have been in the height of it's grandeur, but it had been reduced to this. Around the tree was a circle of square stones, with benches around them. The benches were rotted, and out of the 4 of the benches, three had broken legs. Colin sat on the distended road, tired. Why did I come here anyway? There's no reason... Maybe, just to reflect... He looked around at the houses, all looking like they needed demolishing. They had cracked windows, caved in roofs, and many other defects. This was once such a bustling place, and now, that's all gone... Why...



Suddenly he felt it. There was another power nearby. He looked around, his cybernetic eye trying to detect the source of it. He found it, and tried to home in. It was too far away, however, although Colin could tell it would be arriving at his location fairly quickly. There was no doubt to it's destination, as Colin was the only living thing for miles, plus he had his spiritual energy to boot. He waited for the being to arrive. Suddenly, it appeared before him, 5 feet from where he was standing. He asked a question.



"Who are you? And what business do you have here?"

Zensuke, eh? Well, I suppose he's right. What he's doing really is none of my business. But still... Colin thought as he heard the man's words. He took a defensive stance, his eye picking up aggresion from the man. He put his right foot back and his weight forward, his legs horizontal and at a diagonal. His right hand was on his hilt and his other arm was hanging at his side, the fist closed. As the fog formed, Colin saw something else. There's something... Wrong... With him. His reiatsu, isn't just shinigami. What's going on here? He raised his eyebrow as the man turned away, but nearly laughed at the question when he turned around again. So, he wanted to spar after all.

"Well, I see you are just about bored out of your mind as well. I certainly wouldn't mind a bit of a challenge, as I wonder about you, since I can tell you are definetly not normal. My name is Colin Washi, the Eagleman, as well as the lieutenant Colonel of Sector 4 of the Vizard Corps. So, does this answer your question??"

Colin disappeared, then reappeared behind Zensuke. He had used shunpo to go around the man's right side, drawing and slashing as he did so, with an attack strong enough to level a 5 foot wide tree. Then Colin spun counter-clockwise, slashing horizontally with his sword and also bringing his fist around into the man's stomach, making him feel queasy if nothing else. Then Colin shifted his weight forward, pushing off to catch up to Zensuke, who would most likely have tried to dodge. When he landed on his feet, he dropped down, and leaned back in one fluid motion, cutting out with his long legs. This he followed by slamming down his right hand on the ground, throwing his thin body up. It may look like he was vulnerable here, but he was ready. As he pushed down his hand, he was already acting.

He released his Shikai, his feather's forming on his arms and forehead. His claws developed as he pushed up, and with his left hand he cut up, trying to cut straight through Zensuke's skin. He held his claws in front of himself, defending his vulnerable position and protecting him as he made his next move. He fired from his wrist a feather, point-blank at Zensuke's chest. If it hit, Zensuke would have some problems with an energy beam that would come later. While he was distracted with that Colin hit the ground, and shunpo'ed around to Zensuke's side again, cutting him with both his claws in an X-pattern. Then he swung his weight forward, using the momentum from the X attack to gain speed. He lashed his right leg out, trying to hit Zensuke's right side. Finally Colin leapt back, saying an incantion.

"Well, you still ok over there? I'm not going to kill you, but if you cannot survive this next one it really isn't my fault. Hado number 58, TENRAN!"

From Colin's palm flew a tornado, 16 feet in diameter and flying directly at Zensuke. It moved fairly quickly, and if it hit it would give Zensuke something to remember from this spar. Colin ended with a defensive stance, his claws in a X patten in front of his thin body...