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"You are so naive, my boy." Letting out another of his mocking laughs, the stranger took on a fighting position. Stretching out his left arm, he pulled the fingers of the hand half in, pointing the palm of the hand at the red warrior, while his right foot slided back over the ground, letting you hear the sound of metal scratching over dust and stone, also turning it a bit, so that the foot was standing slightly sideways, while pulling back his right hand and turning the upper body also, having the weapon in that hand, holding it upside-down, the blade along his lower arm, with his knees slightly bend. This was the fighting pose of this Hollow warrior, and most of the time the last thing his enemies could see. Increasing his Reiatsu-output, the Arrancar under the mask removed his personal limiter - he would give this kid a good spanking.
"I will teach you the hard way, then. How sacrificing yourself for others will only lead to your death... I should know. I died once. Though... death is easy, really. It doesn't even hurt that much. And after you embrace the sweet death... you too, shall be reborn as a true hero. A hero of those who deserve it..." Some of the dirt under the armor boots gave off a small sound as he lowered his stance a bit more. "Remember my name, young boy, so that you will never forget. I am Dark Kabuto the Primera Espada, true holder of the Dark Zecter, and last of my clan." What clan he meant should not be revealed this day, as Dark Kabuto mumbled two other words in order to heighten this fight onto new levels... and to show this red warrior how easily his justice and helping everyone could lead to his doom. Once, he himself, the man behind the mask, wasn't any different from his enemy - a hero who helped everyone. But in the end, he saw what really gave a hero power - only darkness of the heart, or lack of one. As an Arrancar, he didn't have any heart to feel remorse with.
"Clock Up."
From one second to the next, Dark Kabuto was gone. Judging from how fast simple walking was in this heightened time level, one could only imagine what kinds of speed he reached when running. But he didn't speed towards Kuuga, no. He was aiming at the owner of this stupid greenhouse he pretty much trashed with entering through the back - and through the glass - and shooting a Cero that burned nearly the entire glass roof into nothingness. The powers of this Arrancar were not something you could joke about. Hitting three switches on his Zecter while running towards Hoshi, it gave off sounds that should be hard to register for those not as fast as Dark Kabuto, since they too had a heightened time to them. Three-Two-One - Rider Slash!
Turning the dagger in his hand, now holding it like an actual sword, Dark Kabuto very literally jumped at Hoshi from the front. "Rider Slash!" A perfect, downwards cut was the result, exactly where Hoshi had been standing. If something blocked it, or if he did get away, was now concealed by the explosion rising from the literal cut in the air and kinetic energy it left free. This dagger was vibrating at double the speed of a Seele Schneider at the moment, since Dark Kabuto was using his form of Clock Up - still, he couldn't use it permanently, like the other Zecter users. Normally blocking this dagger, though, was impossible - it would go through solid matter like a warm knife through butter.

Hoshi Got up from the floor as he looked at the two Kamen ridders talking about what a hero was and started thinking about his mom and how acording to what Yuusuke said she was a hero too. Sure she did things that put people in danger when she joined Aizen so long ago but she made things so that Hoshi would be safe.

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Suddenly this was interupted as he saw a dark flash and Dark Kabuto infront of him. He imediately set up his shield and stepped back and to the right a bit to try and avoid a killing blow. The sword still cut his chest in a diagonal line instead of a vertical line and it had an angle that missed his heart. The wound was bleeding profusely but Hoshi put his hands on it and cast cure on it not healing it completely and just stopping the blood from coming out of it.
He looked at Dark Kabuto and said "You are a hero in your on way. I dont agree with the methods you might use but thats no reason for me to fight you. You might have a dark heart but i see no reason for hurting me in it but if a fight is what you want i wont give it to you I am far to weak compared to you but i value my life and i have to do something to protect myself and the ones i care about in this world."
With that he faded away as he cast Vanish on himself and silently walked infront of Yuusuke and cast Vamish on him to and Promptly ran out of the partially destroyed greenhouse so that less damage could be done to it.

When he got outside he saw how much of it was actually gone and said to himself "Well i guess its better to build a new one then to fix all of this broken mess"

With that vanish wore of when he said "Tremor!" The ground started shaking violently underneath the greenhouse as what remained on the glass structure started to come crashing down.

[Dark Kabuto]

If there was one thing Dark Kabuto wanted to accomplish by attacking the little vegetable grower, it surely wasn't to get a decent fight. He knew that he could pulverize someone as weak as Hoshi any day - after all, HE was the strongest Arrancar! Only Lady Saya could even compete with him! Yes, his arrogance and confidence didn't know any bounds and limits. Still, he was a bit disappointed over not cutting the boy in two, since that would've been an amusing and bloody sight. Taking a picute of that would've pleased a very certain female for sure.
But now, he finally managed to do one thing - piss Kuuga off. Majorly. As the masked Warrior ascended into a new form, out of instinct, Dark Kabuto took one step back, still in Clock Up. This heavy Reiatsu... this was far greater than he initially thought! Still, there was no way he, Heroism, the Hero Without a Name, the masked Quincy warrior, could lose! After all, his enemy was just a mere human. A weakling!
"Once you throw away your own life for others, you just prove that you are a fool." Kabuto said in a mocking tone, waving his hand to provoke Amazing Mighty Kuuga to attack, which he promptly did. Dodging to the side, the first kick of Kuuga hit the ground where he had been standing, and as the ground began to shake and the greenhouse started to collapse. Together with the glass shards starting to fall, a small explosion began to errupt from the point the good spirited warrior hit - turning around at blinding speed, Dark Kabuto jumped backwards to dodge the second attack. For now, Kuuga had to find a way to slow Dark Kabuto down, since he still had more than half of his Clock Up time left - keeping up with him in this state in Amazing Mighty was nearly impossible. But if he found a way around it, the weak defense of the Espada wouldn't end well.
Charging up energy in both of his hands, Dark Kabuto stretched them out towards Kuuga. "Gran Rey Cero!" Shouting out his words, a huge, blue lightning-like arc was released from the arms of the Primera Espada. The destructive force of this arc would detonate once it made contact with anything, resulting in enough power to level small sized building instantly. Nothing compared to one of Kuugas kicks, but enough to hurt. After releasing his attack, the Espada hit the switch on his belt again.
Clock Over!
Returning his time back into normal, he used Sonido - a skill unuseable in Clock Up - to disappear and reappear above Kuuga, before even his first released attack hit, with the glass shards slowly - at least for the fighters - coming closer from above him. "Chrono Cero!" Releasing two regular Cero Blasts at once, this was basicially a weaker version of Cero Up, but didn't take quite as much power out of the Primera. How would the close-range fighter Kuuga react to these ranged attacks? Would he find a way to fight against the insane speed of Clock Up?

Hoshi Used his speedy love to get away from the battle scene and leave these 2 men to fight for themselves. He would come back once all of this was over since this fight was no longer his. He flashed away to see what his old friend Zen was up to and incase someone where to follow him Zen would protect him. So he went to Rukongai Music and stepped inside and started talking to Zen.

[Dark Kabuto]



The dark masked warrior quickly got his hands onto the dagger on his hip again as soon as he landed after his airbone attack at the 'hero' who was his enemy now. Behind the mask, the Hollow smirked - he always loved it to make those self-proclaimed humans, that actually believed to be strong, mad. And he clearly managed to do that. However, would he go easy on Kuuga now, then the other black armored man would crush the Primera Espada in a heartbeat. Being overconfident and being a moron was not the same.
As the legendary warrior bursted out of the soke, Dark Kabuto quickly got into position by sliding one of his legs back and crouching down a bit, reading himself to deflect the incoming punch. After all, getting such a bone-crushing attack delivered right at his chest could prove fatal. However, Kuuga actually succeeded in confusing his enemy, as he was not quickly enough to notice the faked movement and the kick executed at his leg. Cursing, Dark Kabuto stumbled sideways, seeing a punch incoming for him next. Slashing upwards with his blade, he managed to glance the blow to the side, making it scratch his shoulder only. Still, had he been in Clock Up where his armor loses protective abilities, this would've hurt like a bitch. And it still damaged the black suit of Reishi Armor, telling how much strength there was behind it.
The next move, however, was anticipated - the hero wanted to use his great body strength to overpower the Espada and corner him - if he managed to grab the ex-Quincy, this fight would end way too soon. So he had to either counter now, or get more distance going.

"Don't take me lightly, boy." The black warrior sneered - nobody recovered from a punch thrown right away, so now was the time to strike. In the left palm of the Hollow, energy was gathering - this was one of his few moves that were not made to hurt directly.
"Clock Down!" As his left arm shot forward, it was aimed directly at Kuugas chest. If he managed to get a clean hit at any body part of his enemy, the time Reiatsu of the Zecter user would enter into the own Reiatsu of Kuuga, and disrupt his time - for someone of Kuugas level, it would only last a few moments, but in those moments, the whole world would look like it clocked up, at least for him. After executing the punch, Dark Kabuto spinned sideways, rotating the dagger around and aiming it at the left shoulder of Kuuga - he was aiming to get behind the other warrior with his speed and the Clock Down shot only seconds earlier, and wear down the endurance slowly. Still, he refrained from clocking up his own time - if he got hit right now, his armor would make survival possible, since it was not busy deflecting the negative effects of the enhanced time.

[Dark Kabuto]



Got him! Well, at least a bit. Sadly, the Clock Down move didn't hit with enough force to affect the black armored opponent of the Espada, but the wound from the black dagger was a nice start. Now, he had to further abuse his speed, maybe Clock Up his own speed again, and slice Kuuga to bits - at least in theory. Sadly, the dark warrior made a quick jump backwards, most likely planning something - the Zecter user was not stupid enough to rush blindly behind him, since for the strength of the legendary hero, slapping him to the side like a fly would be easy.
However, he clearly did not expect what happened next. The black armor changed to blue, and before he could really comprehend what was happening, the first jab of the staff was aimed at Dark Kabutos right shoulder. Dodging it without difficulty, he was nearly fatally hit on the head with the next one.
"Wha..." Backing away, Dark Kabuto was suddenly in a large pit of trouble. His opponent was weaker now, it seemed - but this speed was inhuman! Still, the analytical mind of the Primera calmy thought through the situation. His enemy changed part of the surroundings into a deadly weapon.
Spinning sideways, the Hollow deflected a jab at his right shoulder with his dagger, only to be forced to jump over a swipe at his legs.
Also, his speed had increased, and the more Kuuga now attacked, the faster it seemed to be. Stumbling backwards, first one, then three more of the jabs broke the defense of the Espada, one hitting him on the right shoulder, the other in the stomach, and the final one on the chest, pushing the air out of his lunghs and flinging him backwards like a dolll.
"Kuh...!" Sliding over the ground, the Warrior now had trouble catching his breath. This staff was not as deadly as the fists from before, but the speed was dangerous. And it didn't seem as if the blue enemy was going to stop chasing him, as the staff used like a spear aimed for his head. "Don't underestimate me...! Clock Up!" With his slightly numbed left hand, the warrior hit the switch on his belt again, speeding up his own flow of time. Still trying to catch his breath, Kuuga slowed down - at least for him.
Storming forward instead of defending now, the masked warrior switched over his dagger into the left hand - his entire right arm was not just a bit numb, it more felt like a lump of flesh and armor hanging from his side. The attack at his joint damaged some nerves, and until they recovered from the shock, he could only move this arm with willpower - that wouldn't allow for enough speed and strength. Ducking under one spear move, Dark Kabuto rolled to the right, in order to get to the side of Kuuga, before raising the half-dead right hand with that willpower - he could still lead Reishi through it.
"Cero!" Firing off an energy blast, this energy blast was not speeded up like the movements of the black warrior, but it was only meant as a distraction in the first place. A large amount of Reishi was now flowing through his left arm - for someone who had enough time to calmly watch this, it would seem sickening, unnatural, as his armor was containing most of the strength in this arm now. Jumping forward, using his faster time and leg strength, the masked warror aimed to land on what would be Kuugas left side, turning around in the air, and slashing downwards.
Dark Kabutos speed was so intense, that his Cero did not even cross half of the distance to the rather close target when the dagger aimed for the head of the enemy.
"Slash Up!" In a burst, the jet-black dagger turned into a dark, bloody red - it wasn't containing that explosive and vibrating energy from before, though, but a twisted and un-natural time manipulation. Instead of just slashing one time, those were actually five slashes, executed at the same time, at the same place, twisting time and space to it's liking.

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