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 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:13 am
It wouldn't take too long for the two of them to get to the village's front line against the beast. The old man's description was pretty accurate...that demon was one ugly son-of-a-b***h. He didn't remember anything about tentacle eyes though. That was even creepier than what Ichigo had invisioned. At first he though they'd be fighting a giant evil octopus, but this?
This was Little Shop of Horrors on crack.
Ichigo had no idea what was shining in the air nearby the demon, but he took note of it. If he was able to get closer and maintain his defense, he'd make sure to find out just what the hell that was.
"So, which one of us is gonna make the first move, Urameshi?" he said to Yusuke, keeping his voice down as to not simply shout it out for the demon to hear. "I don't mind starting this off unless you got a plan. We need to get this thing's attention off of the guards."
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:45 am
Big mouth, lots of eyes: yep, this was a demon alright. Big, ugly, and looking for trouble. And moreso, it looked like it could talk as something shone from it. From Yusuke's perspective, it just looked like the shine came from the beast itself, having no clue how near or far it was. Something that Ichigo and he differed in, which was perception.
Yusuke raises his right hand up, extending his right index finger toward the air while having the rest bend in against the palm, looking to Ichigo as a sign to what he already had in mind. He had his right arm casually settled, as if he was holding onto a gun but not making use of it for the time being.
"How fast can you go?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:34 pm
Meanwhile, while they talked amongst themselves, the demon raised some tentacles in the air and slackened its jaw. Surely one of them had the ability to sense energies; there was a great deal building up near the demon.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:38 am
Ichigo was about to answer Yusuke when he was cut off by the continuing increase in energy. Whatever that glow was by the demon, it wasn't looking good. Actually, it was kindof familiar...
s**t!
He remembered in the past when he had to deal with fighting Menos-class Hollows. That energy build up reminded him of when they prepared cero blasts. If this demon was preparing some sort of energy blast...
"EVERYONE RUN! GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
Ichigo knew these guys had to hold a line, but if this demon was that dangerous then they had to clear out of the way as soon as they could. If the demon was really preparing some sort of blast, Ichigo and Yusuke had to draw its aggression quickly.
"Urameshi, forget what I said! Go ahead and piss this thing off right away! We gotta draw its attention now!"
If Yusuke was going to fire that "gun" of his, he should fire it now. And fast.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:31 pm
Damn, so it was actually charging something? Yusuke wasn't pleased with that, but he didn't expect anything less from a demon who popped out of somewhere. He didn't pick up on its smell yet, either, but he didn't know whether that was a good thing or bad thing.
"Right," he says to his orange-haired buddy, bending his knees, and taking a run toward the demon, yet moving more to the right. "Ichigo, you attack him from the front. I need time to prepare."
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:31 pm
"Just hurry and shoot it!"
Ichigo needed Yusuke to fire his Spirit Gun fast. It didn't need to be charged at all...just a weaker, lower-level Spirit Gun. Yusuke's spirit energy was good enough to make a single shot hurt. The important thing was that he pissed this guy off quickly while Ichigo desperately tried to get others out of the way.
"GET DOWN!"
Ichigo would have used his own attack to distract the beast, but he knew something was coming. He was focusing his spiritual pressure in wait for that attack. All they needed to make sure of now was to get the others out of the way.
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:46 pm
"E-heh."K-THOOM The area immediately around them darkened enough to let them know that something was happening, right before that thing did happen-- two arcs of lightning screamed from somewhere in the sky, of course seeking to smite the two would-be heroes.
Regardless of whether it hit or missed, the demon was already racing forward, moving on those tentacles in a swaying formation at a surprising rate of speed. It'd be upon them in eight seconds' time, and that's not counting its physical reach. Each "step" shook the ground, and it parted its jaws hungrily, sights set on Yusuke, since he was so adamant about trying to charge an attack.
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:05 pm
"Ah, damn!" Yusuke was running, so with his reflexes, he would be capable of taking a dive forward just enough to cause the lightning attack to miss him, having the teen go into a rough tumble across the ground. The movement would have him whirling and twirling, but with both hands hitting the ground, he sets himself up into a front flip recovery. In a stumble of sorts, he is capable of regaining his balance back into a stance, and returns to his running stance.
But then he was also seeing that large tentacle monster rushing toward him with its mouth opened. And that smell...oh man, that smell suddenly entered into his nostrils, causing Yusuke to put on an expression of disgust. The smell was disorientating his sense, too, having underestimated how powerful it was. Add his demon senses, and this was overpowering.
With a little of redness clouding his cheeks, Yusuke slows down in his run, coming to a stop as he covers his nose with his left hand, trying barely to keep focused. Was he suffocating? Whatever he was doing, he moves his right index finger toward the approaching demon, having his own little orb of light appear itself at the tip of it. He wasn't going to fire it yet, but instead wait for the right time to initiate it.
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:59 pm
Ichigo could feel the spiritual pressure coming from the sky before it struck, which was probably the only thing saving him now. The two arcs of lightning were too fast to dodge by sight alone in Ichigo's current state, and even after sensing them all he could do was hold up Zangetsu...
K-KSSHH!!!
"GYAAAGGGHH!!"
Ichigo was sent back by the blast as it collided with the broad side of Zangetsu. His spiritual pressure weathered the blast, but the impact still send him stumbling back. He quickly got back onto his feet, only to see that the demon was charging right towards Yusuke. No doubt he was prepared to fire that Spirit Gun at the beast right when it tried to eat him, but they had no idea what capabilities it had against spiritual pressure.
Ichigo had to buy Yusuke more time for his Spirit Gun while determining what this monster could take.
Facing the demon, Ichigo brought Zangetsu around and above his head as he focused the concentration of his spiritual pressure along the blade, and brought the blade down, cutting through the air.
"GETSUGA TENSHOU!"
A highly-concentrated blast of of spiritual pressure released from Zangetsu's tip ad he brought the blade down, sending a blue crescent wave of energy soaring towards the demon's main body. The blade was designed to cut, but if the demon was resilient enough it would only make a strong impact.
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:26 pm
Yusuke wasn't even getting a direct blast of the odor, and the guy was slowing down. Ichigo had been felled for a few seconds, which removed him from the equation enough for it to matter.
He was still some ways away, and it didn't seem like it should be able to reach, but this wasn't a troublesome demon for no reason. It seemed to grow, pushing up on its running tentacles to show that it was much taller than it usually allowed itself to be seen. And thusly, when it extended dual tentacles at Yuusuke's body, they would reach with a few feet to spare and strike like bats rather than tree trunks.
Of course, it was still still running and attacking when Ichigo's attack came. The energy wave crashed down in the demon's direction, and that flash would be seen again and with much more detail. The light was made of many hexagonal panels, depth starting at about two feet away. Each small layer was illuminated as the attack came in, and eventually touched the demon which turned its "head." It stopped its advance, the mouth straight in an expression of curiosity, before it smiled wide and toothily again.
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:28 pm
Damn it, not enough! Yusuke was believing that the current charge wasn't going to be enough to take down the demon, having him stand there and hesitate. And coming too quick for him to react, he is struck into the front of his body, causing him to lose breath from his lungs as his body bends with the attack.
"Shi...!" And then like a ragdoll, he is thrown through the air, having him slide across the ground on his back into a rough stop. Keeping partially sat up, he would see the demon had stopped upon a flash of energy that impacted into it. From the looks of it, it didn't seem to hurt it at all, realizing that Ichigo must have attacked it like that.
Kicking himself to his feet, he throws off his jacket, and then next removes his white t-shirt, exposing his muscled body. He wraps the shirt to where it resembles a scarf, then ties it around the lower part of his mouth, placing his nose within it while the rest of the short extended down past his neck and against his chest. With a little improvising, he had just created himself a face mask. It helped enough to where it lessened the impact of the smell for him to concentrate.
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:21 am
What? What the hell was that? It was a direct hit, but it didn't have any effect!
These thoughts ran through Ichigo's head as he saw the result of his Getsuga Tenshou against the monster. It looked like the attack had just collided with some sort of barrier. Could that be it? Did this thing have some sort of barrier around it that could block spiritual pressure?
Ichigo would have to see how Yusuke's Spirit Gun worked on the beast before he could say anything for sure. Other than that, Ichigo had no clue.
He also hadn't recieved full blast of that monster's breath, so he didn't know how bad it was. But that wasn't going to stop him now. With the monster's advance halting, Ichigo took this as the opportunity to close the distance. Pushing off of his right foot, he charged towards the demon, hoping to see its reaction.
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:52 pm
"Expression of sorrow and surprise."
The panels flashed once more, just to remind the world they were there, before going invisible once more. Meanwhile, the demon slowly made its way to Ichigo, lowering itself again to its normal height.
"Reaction of malice. Stronger men taste better. They make better statues, too."
After this foreboding statement, its lips pursed and the mouth began to bulge. There was still a healthy distance between itself and the two fighters, to be sure, but its stride was long and if it wanted to, could close the distance in under ten seconds. And believe you me, it wanted to.
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:07 am
"Hey, don't forget I'm here," Yusuke shouts toward the demon, running toward him once more. His feet struck the ground in a fast pace to where they looked almost to never touch the ground, closing the distance faster than the tentacle demon was doing. The shirt would offer minor snuffing out of the smell, but not much, so Yusuke would do the next thing he could do: hold his breath. This was considered stupid for the normal person to do, but being a demon and all, he really didn't have much use for oxygen. But because he had no idea behind that, to him it just seemed like he had a better endurance in holding his air, yet no light-headedness would come from it other than by continued psyche that he was expecting to be feeling it soon.
"Yaaa!"
Closing in fast, he performs a short hop off the ground to sail the rest of the way at the demon monster, punching forward his right fist which had a tail of spirit energy flowing behind it just to show that he was going to give this demon a big one should he hit. The funny thing was that he was punching at that large mouth of its, as if he wanted to strike at its tongue.
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:48 pm
Just as Yusuke went in head-on towards the demon, Ichigo was coming in from the side as well, trying to close the distance. However, Ichigo also heard the words the demon had said before its mouth began to bulge... Quote: "Reaction of malice. Stronger men taste better. They make better statues, too." As Ichigo continued to close the distance, it dawned on him that Yusuke was headed straight into a trap. Rather than continuing towards the side of the demon, Ichigo's image blurred with the speed of his flash steps as he charged straight into Yusuke. " GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Since Yusuke was in mid air, charging into him at that speed would mean Yusuke had little weight resistance, allowing him to push him off course and out of the way of the demon. Ichigo didn't care if he ended up taking that fist Yusuke was preparing to slam right into the beast. Something was definately not right about this demon. With its forboding message and suspicious behavior with its mouth led Ichigo to believe whatever it was planning had something to do with its mouth, and Yusuke was going to run right into it with his last attack. If Ichigo's charge succeeded, both of them would be knocked clear out of the way before anything happened.
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