Sara was upset that her spell had hit the other woman and was relieved to see that it didn’t appear to do much damage. Not that there was much time to think about that as the Hollow suddenly appeared next to her. Sara’s eyes went wide as she stumbled back and lashed out with her Zanpakutō. She was just lucky enough to avoid the other woman’s blast. For once she thanked the fact that she didn’t have much in the way in proper sword skilled yet. However, as she narrowly avoided both her partner and the Hollow with an almost elegant backflip, Sara realized that a narrow alleyway was not the best place for this fight. There wasn’t actually much room to move.

During her backflip she saw something from the corner of her eye, and snice it seemed the current Hollow was occupied she looked at where she had seen just a flick of movement. It could have been a trick. She was on high alert and adrenaline did funny things to the brain. Her eyes flashed over the alley and then landed on Bakuto. Why was he just sulking on a rooftop? She resisted the urge to yell at him. She didn’t want to draw even more attention to this cramped fight. What they really needed was space. Abandoning her ally for a moment she rushed to the main street.

Turning back to face the threat she fired off again, [color=e4a683]“ Hado Byakurai!”[/color]

She didn’t put as much power into this blast, and she took the time to aim properly. If she was lucky the Hollow would come after her and the open street, giving her more room to move. Yes, the Hollow would have more room to move, but it was two against one. Maybe three against one. Unless … Bakuto had seen the slither too. If there was more than one Hollow, that would make Bakuto’s sulking make sense. No matter, she needed to finish this fight quickly and get to the twins. That was her only real priority. Sara had to focus on the here and now.

She took the stance Tatsuha spent far too long trying to drill into her head. Feet shoulder width apart, one slightly in front of the other, shoulders square, Zanpakutō in both hands pointed out and slightly across her body. She couldn’t afford to waste all her Reiatsu at the start of the fight. That had been her mistake last night. She was going to rely on her swordsmanship and gymnastics for now. She may prefer staying back and taking a long-range approach, that was what she was good at. But she had just set herself up as bait to get her and her allies more room to move. She had to be ready for the consequences of those actions.