Just can't get away from her ~Closed~

Hadō # 3, Piercing Shot. She hadn't even finished her last sentence as she uttered these words. From an outstretched finger shot a small bullet of pink Reiatsu straight at Kanna. He always found this kind of thing funny. The color of his aura and Reiatsu was pink. As such, many attacks took on the color. When he fought some foes, they'd laugh at his Reiatsu when they see pink, but it just made them an easier target. Kanna was obviously not one of those people, but there was still some humor in it none the less.

As the bullet hurled at Kanna, Snopy put his hand on his Zanpakutō, drawing it before choosing to Shunpo over to Kanna. Though he wasn't an expert on Zanjutsu itself, he was generally somewhat skilled at adapting to whatever weapon he was using, and a blade was no different. He brought his sword down where Kanna stood though he expected to fail at striking her. As he swung, he aimed in her direction with his right hand. Hadō #4, Byakurai. Firing in whatever direction Kanna was at the time, he hoped to see how she would react in such close quarters. At this point, he was simply judging his foe's tactics.

Snopy observed as Kanna moved back away from him after successfully stopping his attack. He could tell she preferred to fight at a distance by how she kept back. He laughed a little in his head, in most cases distance would give him the advantage. However, at this point in time distance didn't really matter. He felt a small jump in her Reiatsu as he saw her charge a fireball in her hand. Lets not. He quickly Shunpo'd to the left as the fireball hurled by him. It was fast, but luckily he was able to sense the spell in time to start moving before it had been released. Considering the distance, he would've been fried if he had moved even a moment later.

Rather than trying his hand at another close range encounter at this point in time, he chose to continue fighting at a distance and see where it goes. Hadō #17, Pulse Blase. A large orb of Reiatsu formed in his right hand. Once it reached optimal size, he threw it with quite a bit of force. Knowing Kanna, it wouldn't hit if he aimed it directly at her. So rather, he aimed for her feet. Even if she dodged it would collide with the ground and explode, and hopefully she would be caught in the blast, which would still be a few feet in radius. Still, he didn't expect it to hit. He wasn't putting much energy into the spells he was casting. Nor was he putting force into any attacks really. He was consuming only small bits of energy at a time, allowing him to fight for an extended period. Hopefully if he could consistently use less energy than Kanna he could tire her and have a better shot at striking.

Snopy saw Kanna flying at him and immediately knew what the best choice was. His sword had never left his right hand, so he raised it up as he saw her blade coming. He blocked the blade only barely from leaving a giant gash on his chest. He had no time to rest as he saw her jump into the air. He moved his head to the side, causing the knee to miss its mark. However, it did clip the side of his head and, though not a serious hit, there was a slight burning sensation. It was light enough that Snopy could ignore it. She appeared to be really trying, which Snopy found amusing. Weak or not, it would take a bit more than that to force him to put everything hes got into his offense.

He simply pointed his finger back where Kanna was inevitably landing. Snopy had not yet even turned his body around, so his hand was pointed behind him. Hadō #4, Byakurai. Had only just turned around as the attack fired off at her. As soon as the spell was done, he did a light Shunpo away and built up an extra 6 feet between them. He was ready as he turned around to see what she planned on doing to him. She had gotten serious, but she was using small-time movements. Snopy knew a little something about fighting foes stronger than him, so he had some skill in not being hit. He wanted to know what she would do to finally push him to the edge and cause him to seriously fight.

Snopy saw her dodge and sensed the spike in her energy. Better, definitely better. He knew the power of the spell was going to be quite strong. As he witnessed her release the spell, he Shunpo'd to the side, allowing the spell to harmlessly pass. But then he noticed something. He heard someones feel landing on the ground behind him. Had the spell been any louder it might have gone unnoticed, but Snopy's senses were keen indeed. He preferred not to be blown his own hollow hole so he moved and ran to the right before even sensing the spell go off. It was immensely fast, so it clipped his arm, despite his attempt to dodge.

She Shunpo'd again, however it had appeared she had touched down on some soft ground. The muffled sound due to that combined with the loudness of the Byakurai made it hard to detect, in fact, he didn't detect it. As he sensed the spike in Reiatsu behind him it became clear. He was unable to avoid being wrapped in the spell. If Kanna had looked at his face, she would see nothing more than a smile on it. No matter what happened, nothing could seem to get to him. He simply watched as she did a 180 and shot him at the lake. He could have tried to break the spell with his own, which was not impossible, however it would be far too much wasted energy considering the difference in their powers. So he just rolled with it.

As she flung him into the air the spell was released, freeing up his arms. As he hurdled at the lake he simply thought about his fight with James. Snopy had gotten some nice practice using Hoho to keep himself from falling in the water, so it was time he used it again. Snopy flipped himself into an upright position as he grew ever closer to the lake. When he did, he immediately focused his energy into creating an invisible flooring to land on. It was rather impressive looking, as he had made it on the same level as the water in the lake. It looked as if he was skidding across the surface of the water, as his movement sent water splashing out in both directions (think of a car and a puddle). He slowed to a stop, and had barely gotten his feet wet.

As he stood on the surface of the water, he cracked his neck a bit. He was partially tempted to release his footing and dunk into the water on his own. It was a rather hot day and Snopy never liked the heat. However, he just took it for now. He had a fight to deal with. He walked back off of the lake and stopped with the artificial footing. Pointing at Kanna he spoke. Hadō#3, Piercing Shot. Snopy did grow tired of his limited selection of spells, and hoped soon he would have the necessary power to maintain stronger ones. He actually fired off 4 piercing shots in total, at slightly varying angles. He wanted to get Kanna moving because, lets face it, he had no intention of going to her.

Snopy simply observed smiling as the Vice Captain unleashed her Shikai. He had actually pushed her as far as to release her blade to stop his attacks. Snopy thought for a moment about how that didn't seem right. He was simply trying to get her moving, so the attacks weren't at full strength. Did he just do something to push Kanna unintentionally? He didn't have time to keep pondering it however as she ran up and swung at his left side. Perhaps it was a sound tactic in most cases, however Snopy was left-handed, not that Kanna couldn't see that clearly. He moved his sword into place to block her attack, not much motion was required. Too simple. He knew something wasn't right about it. He heard her speak the name of the spell before vanishing and reappearing behind him. Snopy jumped to the right, but his left side was unable to be brought outside of the attack. The attack went through his left side, causing blood to start dripping from his torso.

The damage wasn't too bad. It was certainly reduced from what it could have been. It wasn't small, but it was less severe than the cut that her sword almost made would've been. Considering Byakurai's size and where it entered, it was like there was half a large bullet hole in his side. It hurt, but he was still able to fight. In fact, he was actually a little happy. He was finally pushed to actually trying for a change. He turned towards Kanna in an instant. Hadō #4, Byakurai. He shot of the spell at Kanna and this one was faster, stronger, and larger than the ones he had been using earlier. At the same time he charged up once again. Bakudo #4, Hainawa.

Should that fail to hold her he would rush up Kanna and brought his sword down on her. His strikes were more powerful than his half-assed ones he had attempted previously. Snopy was aware that these increases didn't make him some super strong fighter. But seeing as Kanna was holding back, it may have been enough to actually deal some damage on her. Should she block or his attack go through, he would have his finger directly aimed at her chest. Should she have evaded, he would still have his finger locked onto her chest. Either way, his words were the same. Hadō#4, Byakurai. Should she have been entangled by the Bakudo, he would've skipped the sword attack and went straight for the Byakurai to the chest.

Would Kanna be hit by the barrage he released? Only time would tell.

Note: That last paragraph has a lot of ifs. So basically, should the Hainawa work, Byakurai point blank to the chest. Should it fail, he runs up and slashes. Whether that works or not, he aims a Byakurai to the chest.