[quote=AbigailTenshi]
Rio and Shou clashed blades. During this, Rio looked down at Shou to find a tumble-weed coming straight for her face. Using her left hand, Rio slammed the palm of it into the left side of the tumble-weed but soon grabbed her right Zanpakuto quickly with both hands as she didn't expect Shou to stab through the weed. Her blade clashed with the bottom of Shou's sword, the tip of his Zanpakuto pieced her right shoulder, but not by alot, enough to make it bleed a little. As Rio was testing Shou's skills, she didn't mind taking on a little damage to see how much power he was willing to use. Eventually he'd give up trying to be soft on Rio and understand that she'd be able to take everything he could possibly throw at her. If, however, he was going all out at the moment... Well... She smirked before pushing her right shoulder back a little and quickly ducking, moving closer to Shou while swinging her right blade, aiming at his left side... before she suddenly stopped, holding the cutting edge of her Zanpakuto against Shou's clothed body without any pressure as she didn't want to cut him. She stayed there, waiting to see how Shou would respond to this.
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Shou watched as his Zanpakuto pierced her shoulder however it was shallow, Shou then felt his Zanpakuto loosen up, this meant Rio clearly must have pulled his Zanpakuto out of the wound, Shou pulled his Zanpakuto back then noticed Rio's Zanpakuto coming to his left side, Shou quickly moved his left hand down to his side as a small blue orb formed on the back of it "Bakudo #8, Seki" by simply saying the name the Bakudo became stronger than if he hadn't, this meant that when Rio struck the Bakudo it would throw her Zanpakuto back violently and possibly even throw her back, off balance also. Shou could see Rio was a bit slower with her movements, if she wanted to cut him in two she very well could have...this meant she was trying to fight on his level...