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Bleach - Resonant Souls

Bakuto Hokori

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Sagamiyama Park
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Once he asked before Bakuto took advantage of picking up a few of the 'healing' candies. First took one right away to try and replenish some of his energy from the previous fight, then took extras and hid them away in his shinigami garb finding a pocket of sorts to stick some in so he has something for later. While it isn't a cure all bean, it did recover some power and something is better then nothing. Bakuto was torn as he ran to the park whether or not he should call upon his zanpakuto's name before arriving at the park or not but figured he shouldn't. Considering how worn out he was after he was done with it before.

Entering the park and seeing the sight forward that is seen. First blast waves of Ouga's shikai, something Bakuto remembered from the first night hunting down some hollows. Next though the sight when along with the others Bakuto saw not only a massive group of hollows, not only was Regalhorn the seemingly big boss hollow there but he was eating the lesser smaller hollows.

Unnerved by the sight of cannibalism demonstrated by Regalhorn sped up Bakuto's fight or flight instincts and decision thinking. This was a big fight and the enemy was either just having a snack or from what it looks like powering up by snacking on his own kind. While Bakuto had tons of questions right now his mind of survival and in an instant he grabbed his zanpakuto and got into his stance he did the first time putting the end of his sword's guard against the sheath of his sword. Then let his voice call out, "Bare your Fangs....Ame no Habakiri!"

In a flash of light like a lightning bolt his sword turned once again into his kudayari battle spear, his zampakuto's shikai form, Ame no Habakiri. The lesser hollows that came forward Bakuto stabbed his spear forward over and over again. Feeling the abilities of his zanpakuto Bakuto from before and now each strike built up speed and stored energy Bakuto using the lesser hollows to build up speed, and energy. The spear throws sparks of electricity using the spear's maneuverable handle. Allowing the spear blade spin or rather move in a circular motion keeping the oncoming hollow's from reading the straightforward spear attack. As he builds up speed and as the edges of the blade sparks with electricity the circle motion creates the illusion of a ring of lightning.

Knowing he needs as much power, speed and cutting power as possible should Regalhorn come after him or the other Shinigami or the other substitutes. Bakuto was feeling something from the big tree in the park, it was glowing and giving off very weird energy. But what was Bakuto going to do? Go investigate a tree while a bunch of hollows chow down on him and his allies? "Please nobody get in front of my spear. Still new to me and can't quite control or stop myself when this gets up to full speed." He gave a slight warning to the others not wanting to accidently poke a few holes into the others. As he tried to keep his eyes on Regalhorn while fighting, "Hey, does anyone feel that strange feeling from the tree? Is that what keeps driving these hollows here? This strange light?" As he spoke to him, he thought he spoke normal, but he was speaking faster than normal as his body is trying to keep up with his shikai's abilities.

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Bleach - Resonant Souls

Bakuto Hokori

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Sagamiyama Residual Area
Interactions or nearby: @LadyAnnaLee@Sho Minazuki@Dane

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Getting healed up and patched up was Bakuto's one goal after that fight with the hollows. Bakuto had tons of questions about his sword and its changes thinking the more official Shinigami here could explain more of what his sword did or how it stopped his injuries from before or at least halt the damages he sustained from the fight with the serpent hollow. Before he could ask questions or catch his breath much after just getting somewhat healed up a message goes to Shoko's phone 'Come to Sakuhana Park, now!' The message to go to the park they were at the park for their first hollow hunt Bakuto thought the chances of the park getting hit again was a bit weird how they were being called to the park again.

Bakuto tested his arm by flexing it and moving it about a few times. The arm just got healed somewhat not too long ago Bakuto was seeing how maneuverable his arm was should this turn up to be another big fight. Hearing Rei speak about the situation Bakuto gives his arm another few checks, "I think my arm is healed enough. I wouldnt have mind some time to catch our breath but looks like we got work to do. Time for another field trip to the park."

Bakuto turns his attention to Shoko "We are going need some more of those healing candies, pills or whatever those things were during our training. If you got anything for energy that would be nice. Wore myself out doing that weird changing my sword into a spear thing. The shikai thing is what I think you all called it. We just fought a few hollows, and we are worn down so a bit of a pick me up might do us some good before we fully get to the park."

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Bleach - Resonant Souls

Bakuto Hokori

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Sagamiyama Residual Area
Interactions or nearby: @LadyAnnaLee@Sho Minazuki@Dane

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Keeping his eye out on the situation noticing Sara's quick panic as she looked around before reminding Bakuto of his injuries that he sustained before he released his sword. Before he could answer Shoko arrived with the others. Bakuto didn't really think of his injuries right away but he did let himself get attended to.

"Thanks for helping my arm. Not sure how I managed to fight after getting nearly bitten off by a hollow. Maybe it was my sword changing forms that did something. That was sure a rush I got when my sword transformed. Of which I can't describe how I felt when my sword turned into a spear thingy..." Pausing as if hearing the sword correct him in announcing it. "my zanpakuto Ame no Habakiri. A bit bossy this sword is, anyhow how are the rest of us doing? Seems a few of the others got into fights with hollows as well. The hollows we faced were tricky ones. The first one wasn't very strong but it hid and seemed to play with Rei and Sara. If I wasn't watching from the roof tops when I first arrived I might as well have been stuck trying to track it down. Then there was the big snake thing. Two mouths, one fake one and one real one hidden under its massive body. That's how I messed my darn arm up. But with a bit of help from Rei and Sara, and a lot of luck we took that big one down." Bakuto was talkative as he was quite healed as he was being healed.

Bakuto sat there waiting for further orders from the other shinigami, "Thank you Sara, and Rei. If it wasn't for those kido spells I might have been hollow food." Bakuto figured he should thank the girls for what they did during the battle against the hollows. While he did come to help them, they did help. If it wasn't for the hollow being slowing down and the key moment of Bakuto releasing his shikai for the first time then he is sure he would have died against that snake hollow.

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Bleach - Resonant Souls

Bakuto Hokori

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Sagamiyama Residual Area
Interactions or nearby: @LadyAnnaLee@Sho Minazuki@Dane

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Drilling or slicing through in a very fast circular motion Bakuto's zampakuto Ame no Habakiri the long battle spear carved its way through in lightning fast succession. The spear crackled and sparked with lightning as each impact it made still charged up the spear. Bakuto felt as he slayed the hollow. Bakuto blinked a few times trying to register what he just did. Moving faster than he ever had before, Bakuto's thoughts were all over the place. Trying to think of what just happened when he remembered everyone else around him. Ever since his sword was released Bakuto was tunnel visioned into slaying the hollow. He barely registered anything else around him now that it dawns on him, he quickly looks around for his comrades.

"Hey! Is everyone else alright?!", Talking fast, full of energy Bakuto spoke while trying to get his bearings after going all out against the serpent-like hollow he just fought. Looking around trying to get a grip on the aftermath of the situation. Two hollows in this area and Bakuto was trying to see if another snuck in while he was focused on that last big one. At the same time trying to see how the two girls are doing that fought alongside him against this hollow.

Bakuto didn't know these girls all too well but it did not matter this night as he fought alongside them. While he was extremely reckless he could see these girls kept their composers very well trying during the fighting. "Do you two see or feel any more of these things around?" Bakuto leapt off the roof tops gently to land on the ground near the girls so they didn't have to yell. As he tried to keep his own self alert not wanting to fall for another ambush but for the most part Bakuto believed the fighting was over for now.

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Bleach - Resonant Souls

Bakuto Hokori

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Sagamiyama Residual Area
Interactions or nearby: @LadyAnnaLee@Sho Minazuki@Dane

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Leaping around trying to find the weakness on this serpent line Hollow, Bakuto trying to fight back the pain within his shoulder from his previous mistake. When his sword finally made an impact towards the hollow's body it stopped as it hit some sort of barrier. The girls bound this monster so he could get this strike Bakuto did not want to mess this up again. He already screwed up trying to foolishly stab the monster in the mouth. Now again his blade wont even come close to even touching the beast.

When the beast broke free of the kido chains then sent Bakuto flying backwards. His pain in his shoulder was at least to Bakuto's first thoughts; he was blacking out from the pain as he was pushed back. The beast's mask that all hollows wear wasn't on its head, it was lower down on the underside of the massive serpent-like body that first it had some sort of ability to prevent him from cutting its body now which was serpent like skin in appearance. Bakuto didn't want to guess how tough it would be to even cut through it, but the mask or face of this hollow was covered by the rest of the body.

As his vision blurred, time seemed to stand still around him as he began to see something else. Was this an illusion brought on by his own pain he thought? When he heard someone speak to him as he found himself upon a different landscape from where he last was. The sea of clouds of a place centered in the middle is calm as a storm rages around. The ancient looking temples, something brought peace to Bakuto as he looked around at the landscape. He hears the voice from the middle temple as he sees first Not sure what is speaking to him as he sees what looks like the serpent except the body looks bigger and stronger. This was a long serpent-like body with pure white scales; it was a dragon. He hears that voice, the words it spoke in familiarity. Speaking the words he has told himself, while he is determined to get the job done, it hasn't been enough to bridge the gap between how strong he is compared to the hollow he battled.

The white dragon lands nearby as he sees the other building of a statue of a black dragon. As the words he heard, 'he hasn't woken up yet' Bakuto felt in that moment as those words were said he wasn't ready yet for that one. The voice of the unseen one keeps speaking to Bakuto. It speaks to him 'Remember that desire that will, your determination was not insufficient. Focus, and anything can be yours'

As he spoke he felt something change as he felt something come to his mind. Something he should have known as the unseen one speaks about this white dragon. "Then remember this name..."

The name came to Bakuto as if he had always known it. His vision comes back to normal, his body moved on its one as he stabilizes himself mid air. Gripping his sword and sheath together he moved on his own, lining the sheath up to the guard the words flowed from his mouth almost automatically with instinct.

"Bare your Fangs....Ame no Habakiri!"

Surging energy clashed throughout the air as winds started to gust away from Bakuto as his power grew. The sword changed, within a flash of light the sheath and sword both changed as they formed the new weapon Bakuto's Zanpakuto releasing its shikai power for the first time. His shoulder mending itself from the power he suddenly got as Bakuto stands there now holding a long spear like blade. The long black staff, with a short sword like blade at the tip of the spear. Bakuto holds a special grip in the middle of the spear as he stares down the serpent hollow as he lands on a roof overlooking the alleyway.

All the pain that he felt before was completely gone, with a rush of power filling him up, Bakuto jumps down moving ever so faster then he moved before. Striking the spear at the hollow, but not going for the area of the mask just yet. Bakuto’s body moves on its own as he stabs and moves at great speeds. Stabbing with the spear over and over again, each stab faster, quicker and sharper than the last shot before it. The spear builds up power as he keeps striking with it. Whether it hits the serpent, the barrier or anything around the serpent the bladed spear starts to pick up power. The edge of the blade and the tip begin to throw sparks as his energy becomes slightly visible it glows

As Bakuto keeps the onslaught going he grabs the spear using the handle as a grip the spear tip spins a circle this bladed spear is a kudayari as the spear tip begins to glow with and spark with electricity the blade spins faster and faster with each strike creating almost an optical illusion of a ring like drill at the end of the spear. Once it is up to a speed Bakuto is happy with and he moves quickly and strikes on the segment of the serpent that hides the mask of the hollow. Using the full speed spinning rotations of the blade to try and ‘drill’ its way through.

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Bleach - Resonant Souls

Bakuto Hokori

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Sagamiyama Residual Area
Interactions or nearby: @LadyAnnaLee@Sho Minazuki@Dane

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Mistake, big mistake. These words going through Bakuto's mind after he not only managed to out speed this serpent but also managed try and lodge his sword arm into the mouth of the giant monster. Yet it was for nothing as it nearly bite off his shoulder. Feeling muscles pop, bones possibly broken by the powerful jaws of this hollow. Bakuto bellowed out a yell as he felt the blinding white pain in his shoulder after and arm but thankfully he wasn't alone and the girls kido attacks managed to keep the snake from biting through his arm.

Standing there trying to grip his sword in his arm as it dangled there from this encounter. Bakuto was trying his hardest not to swear up a storm of words as he fought hard so far to sneak in here and try and capitalize on his advantages sneaking into a fight Bakuto was focusing so much on his easy defeat of the other hollow he made a mistake battling this serpent. Now his arm is useless and he won't be able to fight with it. With a bit of work he moved his sword to his other hand

"Had to make it even with you hollow! Killed your buddy, might as well give myself a handicap. I beat you friend and you take my arm out seems like a fare deal to me. But if you think I am finished, you are dead wrong." mustering some of his bravado to speak as he fights to put on a fake smile trying to fight off the pain he was feeling.

It was on him picking him as the weaker link, so Bakuto thought of a quick plan on his feet. "Come on ugly let's see if you can't keep up with me!" He is seeing if he can goad the monster into chasing him. Using Youho to jump up quickly, Bakuto is hoping it will follow him. Bakuto kept an eye on the rest of the monster's body as he made his ascent. Jumping upwards quickly Bakuto fights the urge yet again to yell in pain as the speed force of his jump pushes down on his arm as he jumps up. Bakuto goes up heading for the rooftops again trying to lure the snake to give chase and climb up the walls to come after him. Getting this beast off the ground was his main goal and give the girls a chance to get a good aim with their kido. Maybe they can find the weak point once it is off the ground. Bakuto was doing his best to come up with this plan without speaking it out with Sara and Rei. As he plays a game of cat and mouse with the serpent hollow.

"Up here can't catch a guy with a busted arm? What can't beat a one-armed shinigami need a bigger hollow to help you?" Using his jump techniques in tandem to help climb up the walls without having to grab onto them. Keeping his Zanpakuto in his only good arm left. If he had to, he could try and parry an attack should the hollow do anything tricky. This is all he could do, try and be a decoy and hope these can find its weak spot while it is busy chasing him if it falls for his taunts.

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Bleach - Resonant Souls

Bakuto Hokori

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Sagamiyama Residual Area
Interactions or nearby: @LadyAnnaLee@Sho Minazuki@Yu Narukami

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His full plan on dropping down and killing the hollow with one attack backfired as he missed his attack, but it was enough to slow the fleeing and hiding tiny hollow for Rei's kido to hit it and pin him down. Bakuto didn't need a bigger sign to tell him what to do within this very moment. A clean swing of his blade and it was it for the hollow. Getting this one out of the way as the one he was waiting on still was hiding and slithering about. Bakuto trying to keep his focus on trying to find this last one.

"Be on your guard there is another hollow in the around here!" Bakuto called out to try and warn the girls. His time was all but terrible as he didn't have to wait long it seemed though as it made itself known, a big snake like hollow. The beast came out to attack one of the two girls and didn't come after him even if he looked to let his guard down. Bakuto didn't think as he acted. Bakuto put his power in his legs again, first jumping up with 'Youho', then quickly jumping towards the snake- like a hollow with 'Jiho'. Bakuto uses his speed hoping to make it in time to help Sara against this hollow. It was attacking her, and Bakuto was trying to use the speed of his jumps to get him there faster than he could normally move.

Bakuto moves in to intercept the one coming attack and try and deliver one of his own to the serpent like hollow. Trying his techniques and skills to the test as he battled against the hollows speed with his own. All to try and keep one of his comrades from getting bit by this monster. Bakuto looks to run and stab his sword into the beast's mouth to keep it from chomping down onto Sara.

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Bleach - Resonant Souls

Bakuto Hokori

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Sagamiyama Residual Area
Interactions or nearby: @LadyAnnaLee@Sho Minazuki@Yu Narukami

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Watching the scene down below Bakuto stayed quiet as his fellow shinigami substitutes battled against the hollow. This thing was quick; they attacked with Rei and Sara attacked with Kido spells. Yet the one being that slithered about in the shadows was what was taking part of Bakuto's attention. Trying to keep track of the hollow that evades the other two attacks while he was still hidden on the roof tops.

What was this other hollow doing? Was using the weaker hollow as bait for stronger prey? Was it even a different hollow? Either way they both needed to be taken care of. Ouga seemed to be on his way based on the messages so Bakuto didn't have to worry about backup, but if the other hollow was waiting for someone stronger would it get a jump on someone like Ouga? Many questions were in Bakuto's mind?

The fast running rat-like hollow that ran away from the others attacks did get hit but not a finishing blow. The question is would the other one act if they caught the other? Bakuto had a choice here to go for a gamble here, potentially knowingly springing a potential trap knowing full well it might be one? He had an advantage, or at least he thinks he does. Bakuto followed the little one's movements and with a decision made in his mind he was going to attack.

From his top side view of the fight he focused on how it moved and where it moved to, then in a flash of an instant Bakuto drew his sword as he jumped downward from the roof top. Using his normal jump step followed up with Jiho stepping again midair to quicken his movement downward his focused descent towards the hollow. Driving his sword down like a rather quickened guillotine. Without knowing he was coming down or making a sound Bakuto goes to aim to drive his sword through the hollow. Aiming to where the hollow would be next while at the same time pulling off a feint move that he puts his back to the other potential hollow. Making it look like he dropped his guard for it and that he fell into what might be a trap while keeping his attention focused on both hollows. First focused on killing the smaller one, then to use this to lure out the other.

Bleach - Resonant Souls

Bakuto Hokori

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Sagamiyama Residual Area
Interactions or nearby: @LadyAnnaLee@Sho Minazuki@Yu Narukami

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Fighting the urge that Bakuto normally would have to spring into the fight was something Bakuto did do. He watched and focused on the situation. What was this Hollow that was attacking Sara and Rei. Having what Bakuto believed the advantage of not getting spotted yet he stayed in waiting and listening for an opportunity to strike.

Hearing the slithering of something sneaking around the houses. Bakuto's stomach felt very unnerved by how these creatures were hunting. Unsure if they were dealing with one hollow or multiple that were hunting his fellow shinigami. The kido attack Bakuto witnessed seeing the attack something he would normally call magic, he just sat and watched and listened to how the hollow reacted and how the slithering sounds might shift.

Was it toying with them? was a thought that popped into Bakuto's head or was it playing with its hunted prey. While it currently didn't seem very strong it still left Bakuto very wary of the situation. The hollows before attacked like brutes but this thing seemed intelligent enough to take a hiding tactic. Almost like a snake coiling itself up to strike, Bakuto couldn't help but notice how similar he was to the situation. The hollow stalking the two girls of the shinigami substitutes, while he hunts the hollow down waiting for a moment to strike of his own.

Leaning into how he ended up here in the first play Bakuto started to focus his mind into trying to sense this hollow try to follow the moving sounds. From his perch seeing what is trying to hide, while gripping his sword's handle. Waiting for the moment the hollow to attack and come out of hiding to make his own attack. Keeping his zanpakuto sheathed as he focuses, using what he learned up until now to aid him against this threat.

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Bleach - Resonant Souls

Bakuto Hokori

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Sagamiyama Residual Area
Interactions or nearby: @LadyAnnaLee@Sho Minazuki@Yu Narukami

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Focusing on the sixth sense to sense others spiritual energies it almost amazing Bakuto how it was happening. He felt a glimpse of what felt like Regalhorn. So the monster he fought was around again this night, but he couldn't tell where, yet he could sense more. Feeling out some other hollows which from his previous fights these were weaker. Bakuto wasn't sure what to think about how Regalhorn had stronger hollows following him. It did raise a question within his mind is what were they looking for? Were they just attacking people at random like hollows or were they hunting for something?"

His thoughts soon found some different spiritual energies similar to his own. Bakuto is starting to kick himself for not noticing the differences between his fellow substitute Shinigami before now as he could not tell who was who just by what he felt. That didn't matter for long until he felt a pair of energies start to clash. Bakuto's eyes shot open as it was time to go, he called down to his body and the konpaku inside it, "Heading out, you better protect my body!"

Grabbing the soul pager thingy and Bakuto was off. Hopping from rooftop to rooftop using his momentum and skills he has to move throughout the residential area like a makeshift running course. He tapped away onto the soul pager, 'Hollows attacking residential areas, going towards one of the two groups, one group of clashing reiatsu. Heading to the location of where the first clash I felt.' Bakuto couldn't give exact locations but he did give a slight description of where he was headed.

Once in range he saw the two Sara and Rei landing nearby but not revealing himself he starts to punch in his location on the soul pager as he watches the battle waiting for an opportunity to come in and help. He doesn't think the hollow had spotted him as he is dealing with Sara and Rei, the former is firing off kido against the hollow. Using the element of surprise to wait to attack the hollow or to see if there were any other hollows waiting to do the same to these two.

One thing on Bakuto's mind though was that this hollow was stronger than the run of the mill hollows he was randomly sensing. Did this hollow attack this place at random? Or were the hollows targeting and hunting them specifically? Regardless of the answer to the questions in his head Bakuto was going to help against this threat the best he can.

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