Chapter 2
The Midnight Duel
The two warriors stood there motionless, waiting for the other to make the next move. Their eyes met as they gripped the handle of their swords, both wanting to finish this battle as soon as possible. Sweat dripped down Yamamoto's forehead while Ryougi remained calm and collective, like a snake preparing to pounce on its prey viciously. The silence was soon broken by Ryougis movement. His presence was
hard to detect as he raced around Yami creating a blurred image of himself. Yami swung at Ryougis sword but was soon stopped by a knee to the chest, followed by a punch to the face that sent him tumbling
backwards. Yami reacted by retaining his balance and sharpening his reiatsu. Ryougi soon spoke intimidating words, that failed to throw him off guard.
"Is this all you've got genryusai! the parties just getting
started." With that declaration, Ryougi turned his sword to the side and glared straight at Yami with an extreme intent to kill. "Awaken, Cerberus!" Yami stared at the shi kai of his opponent, realizing this
battle would inescapably lead to his death. Recognizing his immediate danger, Yami gripped his sword with no remorse for his actions and screamed "Reduce everything to ash!"
A tornado of flames engulfed
his body as he whirled them around at his opponent fiercely. Ryougi's sword was nothing more than a regular kitana surrounded by a slew of elements. Ice, Fire, Wind, Earth, and darkness merged together into a beam of unsurpassed power that ripped through Yamis flames. The two clashing swords creating a whirpool of lightning that surrounded Guillotine hill tearing apart everything within the vicinity. Both warriors
jumped back when the force of the clashing swords sent them both flying. "I cant let you get away with this!" screamed Yamamoto.
"Now, you dont want to hurt yourself. Your Shi kai may have matched
mine on an equal footing but your forgetting the gap, Genryusai. You have not yet discovered what sets apart certain shinigami and that will be your undoing.
I want you to pay close attention to this because you will never see the light of day after this is over."
"What are you talking about," Yamamoto retorted. "Our powers our equal, havent you realized that? You've already released your sword I know what it can
do!"
"Ah, Yami you fool. Ill let you in on a little secret. There are two releases to a soul slayer, its just that your too weak to unleash that second form. And now suffer to your hearts content!
Ryougi's spiritual powered suddenly
shot up immensely as he said those two fearful words that Yami had never heard before. "Ban Kai." The sky grew even darker into a ring of fire, enveloped in a tidal wave of reiatsu that shredded through
the atmosphere. out of Ryougi's sword a collosal beast emerged as its eyes grew as black as the night. Time itself stopped as the dimensions of soul society bent right before Yamamotos eyes. His body was torn to shreds by a power that could not be seen or comprehended, and was consumed by his own fear.
The sky cleared as one of Ryougis guards rushed over to identify what had happened.
"Take him away, this weakling is of no use to me. He could barely survive a direct hit from my ban kai, what a joke."
"Sir, where should I put him?"
"You know where fool! in the oldest prison known to soul society. The shrine of penitence.