Duel The Swords in the Waterfall

Captain Khan · Feb 15, 2020

Oreki said:
"You... Take me seriously now?"

(Seriously , He wants approval . Guess he is a teenager at best . Yeah He is one . Brats !!)

Oreki said:
The two attacks meet in a violent clash creating flying sparks, the impact force was powerful enough to shake the entire ground. Cracks ran against the ground from the sheer impact force.

Jin smiled as the small temors caused the water splash around as he moved near the Nero,closing the distance between them . But then he was losing height .
He cursed and then he saw Strings and an opportunity .

Oreki said:
"Well, How sweet..." Nero smirked with the slightest hint of an unsatisfied expression. At that moment, two large masses of strings come out from the ground near him aiming directly at his opponent both sides.

"Ability user . Nice going . And a very Thanks for the lift , Punk ! " said Jin with his smile widening to what people would call a Devil's Smile .
The ability to make and control Strings did not surprise Jin even at the slightest . He had seen worse in his life .
The ronin then leaned to his left side and swung both his swords at the left hand side large collection of strings . The strings stopped and started to move away from Jin at a slow pace because of the limited force pushing it . Jin hurriedly landed there to make a jump as he saw the other swathe of strings miss him .

Smash(スマッシュ)
Required Mastery: ( Ittoryu/Nitoryu: 61, Strength: 61)
The user leans to either his right or left side and strikes towards his opponent with slashes from both his swords .
DPR: A

100: 6. City Block Level : Base Strength of Jin
101-119: 7. Town Level
120: 8. City Level
9. Mountain Level : Effective DPA
10. Island Level
Clash of Attack
Smash : 9. Mountain Level Attack
Off White : 8. City Level Attack
Leftover Attack : 1. Below Street Level

Using the strings as a shaky launching platform , the smiling ronin jumped into the air .
As he was almost within a sword's length of his opponent, Jin readies his wakizashi for a upward slash and his katana for a forward horizontal thrust . Meanwhile he also kicks the air repeatedly to rise up and very quickly move to his(Jin) right side .

Adding to that Jin rotates his arm ,elbow and wrist to change the earlier strikes' trajectory .
The upward slash with the wakizashi becomes a screwing thrust aiming for Nero's head .
The horizntal thrust with the long katana becomes a spinning slash across Nero's chest .

Akuma no Tsubame (悪魔のツバメ, The Devil Swallow)
(Soru + Tsubame Gaeshi )
Required Mastery: (Sea Sword Style: 100, Strength: 91, Rokushiki : 91)
The user starts with one sworded upward slash from below and a forward horizontal thrust by his other sword but stops them halfway, while kicking the air/ground repeatedly almost disappears out of sight . Then the user reappearing in the opponent's blindside ,abruptly flies his swords back at the opponent. Arm, elbow, and wrist rotation is applied so the strikes can change its trajectory from slash to screwing thrust and the thrust becomes a spinning slash.
DPR: S+ Movement bonus : Rokushiki Mastery/5 .

Strength
100: 6. City Block Level : Base Strength of Jin

11. Small Country Level : Effective DPA
Movement
100 Massively Hypersonic+ Speed : Base Speed of Jin
101-120 Sub-realistic Speed/Light Speed Speed of Jin after Soru .

@Oreki

I do not know what level should the Strings' durability but it is surely much higher than Below Street Level . So I just made it to move a little .
And since Strings are object , I am sorta controlling their reaction so not controlling Nero's actions .

Oreki · Feb 15, 2020

Captain Khan said:
Using the strings as a shaky launching platform , the smiling ronin jumped into the air .
As he was almost within a sword's length of his opponent, Jin readies his wakizashi for a upward slash and his katana for a forward horizontal thrust . Meanwhile he also kicks the air repeatedly to rise up and very quickly move to his(Jin) right side .

Adding to that Jin rotates his arm ,elbow and wrist to change the earlier strikes' trajectory .
The upward slash with the wakizashi becomes a screwing thrust aiming for Nero's head .
The horizntal thrust with the long katana becomes a spinning slash across Nero's chest .

"…Um, that looks kinda dangerous." Despite saying this Nero remained calm and observed the movements of this Ronin while slowly raising his hand. That was the contractual obligation he had to adhere to for this fight. He looked as if he'd seize any slight opening there was. Judging from his nimble movement, Jin Agility would also rival some of the highest-ranked fighters out there.

Jin closed the distance in the blink of an eye and was ready to strike down Nero. However, Nero had been ready as well, his own movement and reaction speed pushed to the extreme. "Spider Web!" Nero muttered. As the name implies, Nero creates a huge web made of string to protect himself from the incoming attack.

-Kumo no Sugaki (蜘蛛の巣がき Kumo no Sugaki?, literally meaning "Spider's Web"): A defensive technique. As the name implies, the user creates a huge web made of string that protects them from incoming projectiles. (Requires 41 Mastery)

Nero cautiously extended his hand out. With a little bit of expectation bubbling noisily in his heart, producing strings in the thin air connecting them to clouds Nero was splitting the air as he speedily flew backward to avoid the attack knowing spider web may not able to handle the impact of the attack. The shockwave generated at the same time from his flying swept up the surrounding, and the trees were yanked out of the ground from their roots and all.

-Sora no Michi (空の道 Sora no Michi?, literally meaning "Sky's Path"): The user attaches their strings to clouds, allowing them to move through the air. (Requires 61 Mastery)

"Come on!" Nero said with a thin smile, forming a strings platform in the air as Nero strongly kicked the strings platform. The impact force from his legs made real the possibility of going at frightening speed toward Jin with his sword outstretched. A fraction of a second later, he was coming close to the Ronin. Closing the distance in nearly instant as his sword horizontally aiming at him.

Reaver: is a charge-type Sword Skill that delivers a single, fast thrust with a forward jump.

S+: 100 Mastery, 100 Strength and 100 Movement Speed
+2 Haki

Captain Khan · Mar 12, 2020

Oreki said:
"…Um, that looks kinda dangerous." Despite saying this Nero remained calm and observed the movements of this Ronin while slowly raising his hand.

Oreki said:
"Spider Web!" Nero muttered. As the name implies, Nero creates a huge web made of string to protect himself from the incoming attack.

Jin saw his attack being halted for a split second .
(Nice!! He is calm now .)

Oreki said:
With a little bit of expectation bubbling noisily in his heart, producing strings in the thin air connecting them to clouds Nero was splitting the air as he speedily flew backward to avoid the attack knowing spider web may not able to handle the impact of the attack.

The effort made by the kid further impressed the Ronin .
He gave a nodding approval while breathing heavily . A hint of exhaustion .
The power of the Akuma no Tsubame almost decimated the web . Jin jumped on the remaining web for support as it steadily descended while Nero backed off . The cumulative strength of the numerous abilities and moves made a great shockwave dissipating energy all around the waterfall, creating a mini storm .

Oreki said:
"Come on!" Nero said with a thin smile, forming a strings platform in the air as Nero strongly kicked the strings platform. The impact force from his legs made real the possibility of going at frightening speed toward Jin with his sword outstretched. A fraction of a second later, he was coming close to the Ronin. Closing the distance in nearly instant as his sword horizontally aiming at him.

Losing focus can get you killed, Jin knew that and that would have been the scenario if he was not prepared for the incoming attack .

100: 6. City Level

Relaxing his body , Jin bent his katana wielding arm and while imbuing it with Haki , thrusted it towards Nero's vertically descending head .
He also pushed back his other arm and shoulder back to avoid the incoming attack . The reflexive counter attack helped him avoid the brunt of it but it did pierce him in his left shoulder . A small stream of blood popped out and graced Jin's indigo haori with red .
A chunk of muscle also exited , no doubt it was of Jin's .

Denki no Senkou(電気の閃光,Electric Flash)
Required Mastery: ( Ittoryu: 61, Strength: 51,Reaction:51,Rokushiki : 51)
( Senkou + Kami-E)
As soon the opponent attacks ,the user relaxes his body as they bent one of his sword arm and thrusts the holding sword to the incoming opponent . It uses the opponent's forward momentum and adds to it .
DPR: A Reaction bonus : Rokushiki Mastery/5

Strength
100: 6. City Block Level : Base Strength of Jin
11. Small Country Level : Effective DPA
A rank(+3DPR) . Invisible Haki(+2DPR courtesy 120 in CoA)

Reaction
100 Massively Hypersonic+ Reaction : Base Reaction of Jin
101-120 Sub-realistic Speed/Light Reaction : Reaction of Jin after Kami-E .

Jin tried moving his left hand fingers , the reflex was slow .
" Now that's what I call a fight !!! What do you say young swordsman ?!!" screamed Jin as he started laughing maniacally .
It echoed throughout the Waterfall . Now no one , even the Griffins , will not dare to interrupt this fight . Forget about them vulturing the winner , they decided to take safe refuge . The echoes of a past battle was rising .

Oreki · Mar 14, 2020

Captain Khan said:
Relaxing his body , Jin bent his katana wielding arm and while imbuing it with Haki , thrusted it towards Nero's vertically descending head .
He also pushed back his other arm and shoulder back to avoid the incoming attack . The reflexive counter attack helped him avoid the brunt of it but it did pierce him in his left shoulder . A small stream of blood popped out and graced Jin's indigo haori with red .
A chunk of muscle also exited , no doubt it was of Jin's .

Jin executed his sword attack, its tip was swirling with force, glaring at Nero. It was already predicting the instant it would pierce Nero's throat, as he could only charge forward, too late to brake...The moment that both swordsmen slid past each other, flowers of bright crimson blood fluttered and bloomed briefly. As a result, the sword that poised to pierce Nero did not land on Nero's chest, but his left arm. At the same time, Nero was curious about how they were injured at the same place. But were they damaged to the same extent? Nero was at the last moment able to us his hardening(+2) was that the same case with his opponent?

Captain Khan said:
Jin tried moving his left hand fingers , the reflex was slow .
" Now that's what I call a fight !!! What do you say young swordsman ?!!" screamed Jin as he started laughing maniacally .
It echoed throughout the Waterfall . Now no one , even the Griffins , will not dare to interrupt this fight . Forget about them vulturing the winner , they decided to take safe refuge . The echoes of a past battle was rising .

The blood is pouring out of the wounds from his foe like a spilled drink. The ground below was steadily being dyed the colour of blood. The sound of Jin's scream filled the area. As if this was the peculiar "laugh" that he made when he gets excited. Since the first twist, the ronin scream has gone from recognizably human to something resembling the beast.

"Don't tell me this much blood was enough to get you excited!" He shouted, not realizing how much force he was putting into it while suppressing the surge of excitement running through him. Meanwhile, the aftereffect of their duel that raged on like a violent storm and swallowing up everything in its wake.

Nero maintained a smile, but the glare in his eyes was incomparable colder than before. He quickly flies backward while the palm of his left hand stretched out towards his opponent he smirked the taste of direct combat to the opponent equally strong, Nero couldn't help but enjoy himself. "If I told you I just wanted to have the 'sword in the waterfall' a reason to have a duel. You'd laugh, wouldn't you?" As he spoke, a thick rope made of condensed strings grew from his palm which then he shoots at Jin.

Overheat (超過鞭糸 (オーバーヒート) Ōbāhīto?, literally meaning "Excess Whip String"): The user shoots a thick rope made of condensed strings from their palm and whips it at the target. (Requires 51 Mastery) Destructive Potency rank: A
+1 of Haki

100: 6. City Block Level: Nero base strength
10. Island Level: Effective DPA

Captain Khan · Mar 17, 2020

Oreki said:
The moment that both swordsmen slid past each other, flowers of bright crimson blood fluttered and bloomed briefly. As a result, the sword that poised to pierce Nero did not land on Nero's chest, but his left arm. At the same time, Nero was curious about how they were injured at the same place. But were they damaged to the same extent? Nero was at the last moment able to us his hardening(+2) was that the same case with his opponent?

Denki no Senkou did its job as a counterattack whlist saving Jin from grave injuries, but it was not able to reach its true target . Striking the same place where Jin was hit was the consolation place, one could not hope much against a master swordsman with a Devil Fruit .
Whlist free falling on the string web, Jin expressed dissatisfaction with a grunt .

Meanwhile Jin's heavy breathing continued as his laughter gradually stopped . The hole in Jin's left hand-side shoulder still oozed out a large quantity of blood dripping all the way to end of his haori . This caused the blood flow to slow in some parts of his left arm, leaving it almost non-responsive . It will certainly hinder Jin for some time .
Nero's last attack did such damage . Had it not been for Jin's heightened reaction , disaster might have happened . Yes the battle had reached to such heights , will it reach even higher?!!!

To replenish the blood loss, the ronin's heart started beating faster . His excitement for the battle added in . It could be clearly heard within three meters .

Oreki said:
"Don't tell me this much blood was enough to get you excited!" He shouted, not realizing how much force he was putting into it while suppressing the surge of excitement running through him. Meanwhile, the aftereffect of their duel that raged on like a violent storm and swallowing up everything in its wake.

Smirking like a demon, Jin and the string web landed near the edge of the Waterfall . A splash of water drenched the ronin's haori all the way upto his waist . Mixing with his blood and indigo haori, a scarlet patch was formed near Jin's sword belt.
Jin jumped off the sinking string web and landed on a sturdy rock . The string then gradually rose to the surface .
"Who knows ?" Jin shouted back . "Only time will tell . It has been quite sometime since I faced ... " added Jin
"But I won't hold my hopes high . Fuck these nonsense talking . Let's rage like this storm " extended Jin pointing towards the sky .

As if responding to Jin's words, the storm flung the lone spectator - falcon towards the ground .
The bird struggled to keep altitude . It didn't want to miss the fight .

Oreki said:
Nero couldn't help but enjoy himself. "If I told you I just wanted to have the 'sword in the waterfall' a reason to have a duel. You'd laugh, wouldn't you?" As he spoke, a thick rope made of condensed strings grew from his palm which then he shoots at Jin.

(Enough with these strings )
Kicking upwards at the air with his right leg at a tremendous speed, Jin compressed the air and imbued Haki into it ,surrounding his leg and created a large bird shaped wind blade . With seemingly spreading its wings,the bird-like blade raced through the air towards the impending string whip .

Rankyaku "Gaicho"
Requirements: 51 mastery, 41 strength
Destruction Potency: B
Description: the user creates a large Rankyaku in the shape of a bird, . This Rankyaku has a much wider range, greater attack power, and is capable of cleaving steel - something not witnessed from other variations. The cut also seems more focused, instead of flickering and jagged like a normal

100: 6. City Block Level: Base Strength of Jin
10. Island Level: Effective DPA
B rank(+2DPR) . Invisible Haki(+2DPR courtesy 120 in CoA)

The storm was gathering more force as winds from the sea joined in . Even the torrents were changing its shape and course. Splashes bigger than an elephant were rising from both the lakes above and below the waterfall.
WHAT A SIGHT IT WAS !!

Oreki · Mar 18, 2020

Captain Khan said:
Kicking upwards at the air with his right leg at a tremendous speed, Jin compressed the air and imbued Haki into it ,surrounding his leg and created a large bird shaped wind blade . With seemingly spreading its wings,the bird-like blade raced through the air towards the impending string whip .

Jin glided at high speed. The flashing string attacks instantly blow away, and the fire from the Nero attack was completely extinguished. Realizing 'Overheat' completely failed at this point, Nero couldn't stop the smile from touching his lips. His smile was the exact same as it had been when he enjoys fighting, the expression of someone truly delighted with their current situation. And it was that very smile that cut deeper into his enemy than any knife.

"Do swordsmen have skills without sword that can stand up to an attack like that?" There was just that little bit of sarcasm in how Nero says it…on second thought, It was in a voice that others' can’t distinguish from sarcasm and genuine wonderment before he smiles knowingly at Jin.

While everything that falls within the sight including the very mountains was thoroughly destroyed and devastated. Just by coming into contact with each other attack the culture would get destroyed. They both knew if the fight drags this place will completely be demolished. Nero had no intention of concerning what may come at this point and he didn't want to ponder about it either.

He was containing his will to fight, but his blue eyes had already lost the flame of the killing intent. With his firm arrogance, Nero glared at Jin. "I guess, I don't need to care about this island any more" In his voice, there was exhaustion that could not be hidden. Nero kicking off the string floor he created at full force at Jin. And then Nero begins to perform a mid-air forward somersault, reversing his grip on his sword at the same time. As he comes close to Jin, he proceeds to thrust his sword into him.

Requirements: 81 Mastery, 81 Strength, 81 Movement speed
Rank S
Haki +2

100: 6. City Block Level: Base Strength of Nero
12. Large Country Level: Effective DPA

Captain Khan · Mar 23, 2020

Jin saw yet another of his attack neutralising the opponent's attack .

Oreki said:
"Do swordsmen have skills without sword that can stand up to an attack like that?" There was just that little bit of sarcasm in how Nero says it…on second thought, It was in a voice that others' can’t distinguish from sarcasm and genuine wonderment before he smiles knowingly at Jin.

Breaking his self imposed silence Jin thundered along with the storm
" Is that so young swordsman ?! Do you think Swords define a Swordsman ? How naive or was it your sarcasm trying to trigger me . " He paused and continued " Even sarcasm hide acceptance boy ! ." Pausing further he added " But never mind me . For One must roar like no other. "

Oreki said:
While everything that falls within the sight including the very mountains was thoroughly destroyed and devastated. Just by coming into contact with each other attack the culture would get destroyed. They both knew if the fight drags this place will completely be demolished. Nero had no intention of concerning what may come at this point and he didn't want to ponder about it either.

Oreki said:
"I guess, I don't need to care about this island any more"

The destruction did not falter Jin in the slightest . He did not show any emotion towards it . His concern was of his footing which still stood . But not being able to properly move his left hand angered him His arrogance was what he hated now .
( Dammit ! I have become someone whom I despised . This fellow should not be underestimated in the slightest . I should go all out !)
Grabbing his wakizashi with his mouth ,Jin imbued Busoshoku all over his chest,shoulder,arms and both his swords .

Oreki said:
Nero kicking off the string floor he created at full force at Jin. And then Nero begins to perform a mid-air forward somersault, reversing his grip on his sword at the same time. As he comes close to Jin, he proceeds to thrust his sword into him.

An improvisation was needed to come in for his left hand .
With his right hand ,he placed the katana perpendicular to the wakizashi and started running across its length,away from himself . He rolled the hilt of the wakizashi with his teeth to place the flatten side to brace the incoming attack,while bending his upperbody away from from the attack making a 45 degree angle with his lower body . He stopped his katana and glided it back through the air towards Nero's body .
The colliding of the two swords in such a swift manner made a call : A Serpent's Call .

Serpent Call ( サーペントコール)
Required Mastery: ( Ittoryu/Nitoryu: 81, Strength: 81)
Positioning two swords perpendicularly to each other ,the user slides the vertical sword across the horizontal one and slashes the target . At the same time the horizontal sword is also struck at the target .
The noise of the two swords colliding resembles a serpant's sound .

100: 6. City Block Level : Base Strength of Jin
13. Small Continent Level : Effective DPA
S rank(+4DPR) . Hardening Haki(+3DPR courtesy 120 in CoA)

Oreki · Mar 24, 2020

Captain Khan said:
With his right hand ,he placed the katana perpendicular to the wakizashi and started running across its length,away from himself . He rolled the hilt of the wakizashi with his teeth to place the flatten side to brace the incoming attack,while bending his upperbody away from from the attack making a 45 degree angle with his lower body . He stopped his katana and glided it back through the air towards Nero's body .

The two men’s attacks intersected. The sounds of steel swords clashing, grunting, and the ground echo from the adjacent of this duel. The sparks flying were simply dazzling. The clash between two swords, driven by strength and speed far beyond that of a human. The excitement of approaching duel made Nero's hands tremor. The rising desire of battle burned in his heart as if he were about to use his abilities to the max and pierce through everything in front of him.

"By the way, you're supposed to ask me stuff like "Why do you fight?" type crap. You seem like a guy who loves that stuff, right?!" Said Nero with a pleasant smile while getting pushed back a little. Though it was not much, Jin's sword nonetheless unleashed a powerful pressure than his own. Nero, with an injured left hand, had no discernible change in expression. Either he was brave or exceptionally stupid. Only one of the aforementioned possibilities.

Just as Jin gets the edge in the clash Nero flies backward abruptly, creating a very big distance between him and Jin. Nero was grinning from ear to ear when he says, "You know I think our personalities are really compatible why don't we take this opportunity to sit down and get to know each other?"

His smile deepened as he finished, yet there was still an unlimited amount of maliciousness hidden within his expression and tone. Then Nero raises his inured left hand slowly, and press his thumb down on his index finger quickly, cracking it. Suddenly, Immense amounts of strings started to come out from the ground way creating a gargantuan, razor-sharp wire-domed force field, slicing absolutely everything that passes through it, even destroying the very mountain. The sight was like shredding wood shavings, only it was many times more destructive.