[quote=Kurisa]
Shou watched as Rio jumped back, she then gave him the order to attack her and instantly Shou's mind began to work, attacking was never as simple as it could sound and if you wanted to make every attack count you'd have to be smart about it, Shou then crouched down quickly and put his left palm down, pointing it to the ground as it glew red then suddenly and explosion of red smoke erupted from Shou's location, a second after a tumble weed then flew out of the smoke, flying above Rio, then Another flew out the smoke, this time flying to her right, Shou then used Shunpo to get to her left side, hoping the tumble weeds would confuse her, this would create an opening to which he would take advantage of, however it lay heavy on the fact that she were to get distracted by the Tumble weed. Shou now behind Rio, just off to her left was moving his Zanpakuto in for a single slash to her left side and back, Shou did have to accept that if this didn't work he could be stuffed
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[u]Rio Okotaru Darishimo[/u]

A cloud of red smoke surrounded Shou, causing Rio to take a breath before she focused. [i]'Very tactical I see. So, he likes to disguise his movements... Good idea, but against someone with sharp senses, it wouldn't work as well if their focus was pinpointed on him no matter what move disguise he pulled out of his sleeves. I wonder if he has any back-up plans for when his opponent forces him out of these cover-ups...'[/i] Rio pondered as a tumbleweed shot out of the smoke, hovering above her. Bending slightly, Rio held Hana firmly, her left hand behind her as she twisted her body towards the right. She didn't take her eye off of the smoke, even as another tumbleweed left it. [i]'Hmm'[/i] She could see what he was tying to do... Maybe he was just using this as a distraction? Or maybe that'd be too obvious... Was this a set up of some sort?... Rio kept herself focused, narrowing her eye a little as the obvious third tumbleweed didn't burst out which must of meant that Shou wasn't inside the smoke anymore. [b]"Shō"[/b] Rio had her left index finger pointed opposite to the direction she was looking. Shou would of been thrust backwards if hit, which then Rio would whip her body towards him, clashing her Katana against his blade if he tried to block, or facing the cutting edge of her Zanpakuto horizontal to his neck. [i]'I think I've gathered enough information for today.'[/i]