[quote=AbigailTenshi]
Rio's face immediately hardened as a stern, focused serious look over took her smile. Raising her spiritual energy a little bit more as Kaizo unsheathed his Zanpakuto, Rio made sure that all of her senses were extra sharp. She had felt his energy before, the first time she entered this very bamboo forest, so she had a small idea of how strong he could actually get, keeping in mind that he had been exhausted from training when she met him. Despite expressing that she had a chance to win,Rio knew that it would be an extremely small chance that she could win. However, Rio wasn't one to back down and she could accept loosing to Kaizo, it would be great practice fighting someone stronger than herself after all. If she wanted to fair against the other Shinigami then she had to fight them to see where she'd stand and where her mistakes would lay. With the utmost calmness, Rio watch Kaizo activate his Shikai, paying close attention to his movements. The sheer force of Kaizo's activation sent her hair blowing backwards, however, her stance didn't shake as she fought against the wind. On the inside, she was actually rather excited. Fighting the Captain taught her a few things and now that her Shikai meant that her Zanpakuto's were attached to her, she felt that she would be able to fight more effectively.The very second Kaizo shunpo'ed, Rio went completely on guard, paying close attention to the mass of spiritual energy he exuded that over-powered her own as she wasn't releasing her full potential, not just yet. He then appeared in front of her so she forced her right Shikai forward and clashed with his, which he then used Bakudo one on her left arm, causing it to fly back. Looking down, she noticed the blue orb that was heading for her gut. She would let him hit her a third time so she swung both of her legs back to move her gut away and shunpo'd, completing a back-flip over his body while swerving her left blade around so that it pointed backwards while she landed. Intertwining her hands for more force into her next attack, she thrusted her left elbow back, aiming to elbow-stab him by his left shoulder while paying close attention to his left elbow. The whole time, Rio's face stayed straight and focused.
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Kaizo watched as Rio shunpoed away from him then watched her flip over him, he then saw her Shikai on her left wrist rotate then he saw her attempt an elbow with her Shikai, Kaizo twisted around to face her or more her back. At this point Kaizo's eyes had narrowed, the small blue orb on his left elbow faded as one appeared on the back of his left hand, he moved this toward her weapon so as soon as they came into contact it would throw her at the bare minimum off balance, Kaizo's right Shikai then became coated in fire which then seemed to extend the blade on his right Shikai with fire making it's range a little longer, Kaizo then slashed up in a direction that would cut up her torso at Rio aiming to cut her with the fire which would leave a rather bad burn

(Be aware he is holding his Shikai's so their blades are facing back...or outwards if you will...just so you know xD)