"Such Violent outbursts will avail you nothing..."*Haji spoke aloud to the enraged Arrancar*
"SHUT UP D--- YOU!!!"*Fueled by his lust for the end and the piercing pain of his anger, Nine rushed with his full force at Haji, wailing away at him with his blades.
Haji continued to parry his onslaught, but as the tree branch snapped a little more, his attention was drawn away. Pure carelessness on his part.
Seizing the moment, Nine slashed Haji from his blind spot on his right side.
The shot cut into his flesh, though not severely enough to affect much, but still giving Nine a sense of accomplishment.
The two continued to strike at each other, Haji incorporating his speed in directing his slashes at Nine.
For some time these two beast wailed and cut each other, matching speed for speed.
Infuriated at his inability to get any clean kill shots in, Nine broke off from his attack on Haji and began to rush around the outer parameter of the clearing, grabbing stones, broken tree limbs; whatever he could lay his hands on, and tossing them at Haji.
realizing the stupidity of trying to leap at these head on, Haji chose instead to quickly weave around, while drawing his blade in close, like a butterfly style, to help deflect some of the projectiles.
But then it happened; a portion of a destroyed tree nailed Haji in his left side forcing him back several feet.
It was a painful shot, but still, not enough to take the captain off of his feet.
Taking several moments to regain his composure, a mistake that would surely haunt Nine for allowing, Haji returned to his feet holding his blade in his left hand.
With a quick swipe he wiped it forward as if challenging the arrancar to return his gesture.
Nine's mind was racing. He could think of nothing else to do against this odd opponent. Rage boiled over in his anxious mind like a cauldron ready to burst it's lid over and open fire.
Nine became so wound up in his tension, that he once again began slamming his fists into his surroundings before finally saying:*
"ENOUGH!!! THIS ENDS HERE AND NOW!!!"*hunching forward and slamming his fist into the ground, Nine began straining to raise his spirit pressure more.
Little by little it increased to the point where it could rise no more.
Noticing this, Haji said*
"It's no use... You have reached your limit...
A sad thing really... But you are right this ends now..."*Nine quickly retorted:*
"Then you finally intend to show your Bankai then!?""No...""Then how does it end!?""Like this..."*holding his sword in front of him in his left hand, Haji raised his right hand to his face and drew his hand across it at an angle, from upper left to lower right.
In that instance everything seemed different... Nine could not understand...
Once he finished his Zanpakuto, seemed to shatter; forming a glowing caccoon of spiritual energy around him with such force, even the mighty arrancar held his breath...
After several moments, the glow subsided; slowly it revealed what was beneath:
Where Haji stood was a figure of solid ebony; yet this was but a glance:
In fact, the darkness covering the figure seemed to be alive, like a shadow moving, or at least the illusion of it. In fact the light of the moon was simply reflecting off of the bone armor which cover His body completely.
Where Haji's face had been now had become an eerie sight; one that even chilled the blood of the arrancar watching on in disbelief.
The mask covering Haji's face, though still black, had streaks of gold upon it, and a frozen smile; a smile that revealed fangs..
On the top two horns protruded forth..befitting his appearance.
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On his hands were the broken shards of his Zanpakuto. They had fused themselves with his fingers, creating long sharp claw blades.
His body hunched forward slightly, yet every bit of his 7 feet frame was there.
The Majin had been released, and all Nine could do was look on...
With utter disbelief Nine stuttered*
"I have these beings of hollow and shinigami know as vizards before... but you seem odd somehow... What under the heavens are?*A voice arose in answer, yet it was clearly not that of Haji. And all the while, the mouth of the mask never moved*
"Trust me; It is not of the heavens... I am that part of Haji that has always been; through the blood of Tedorigawa, the carnage and death of Sekigahara and beyond even life itself into this one... I am the drive of his warrior nature, the lust to consume all in the fires of war; I earned him his nickname, thus I take it as my own; Majin..."*bewildered and at a loss of words, Nine rushed towards Majin, partly out of fury, partly out of fear.
Only as his arrived, his blade went right through it's target; which faded from view like mist.
Suddenly he felt a sharp pressure in the center of his back, the a violent push as a hand appeared through his chest.
Craning his head to look back, the hand was quickly removed.
struggling to turn as his blood poured he was too slow; for the hand struck through his chest this time; but did not come out the back.
Instead, he felt something inside of himself; moving; only then did the unspeakable truth become clear; Majin's hand was holding tight to his heart!
while the blood poured and the fear rose in his eyes, Nine could do nothing.
Slowly he felt himself being absorbed; his reitsu being drained into the hands which gripped him.
Majin took his free hand and lifted the arrancars head up by the chin saying*
"Do not worry; what you contribute will be placed into good use; for it will live on as power inside of Haji and I..."*Unable to even utter a syllable, Nine's body began to turn to dust, as the spirit energy was absorbed into Majin/Haji.
As Nine was disappearing, The armor and mask of Haji's began to disappear; leaving it only on his shoulders and arms, as it faded...
"What is happeneing?""You are dying...""How could I have lost?""You lost before you even started; This whole time I did not beat you as much as you defeated yourself... Your anger and anxiousness were your undoing.. You could not think calmly...""What Happens now?""I do not know...""will it be painful?""I cannot say...""so I see..."*and with that Nine spoke no more. His body became no more then dust in Haji's hands, now having been completed returned to his own.
The sand sifted through the fingers of his left hand, like an hourglass to the ground.
Holding out his right hand there was a snap in the air, and slowly his Haori fell to the ground, landing on his right arm, as teh last of Nine's dust fell to the ground.
Throwing it over his shoulder, Haji returned his blade to it's saya and sighed..
Slowly he walked out of the clearing towards the direction of the explosion of reitsu he had been seeking, as it became more and more powerful...
Putting his haori back on, he shunpoed off, leaving the clearing behind...*
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(OOC: for those who wish to know, here are a few things to help you understand:
1.) Haji's mask does not move, as most don't, because it is a representation of a Kabuki mask.
2.) The skill in his Vizard form is the same as it is in his shikai and bankai, only in this form it is him, not his zanpakuto. In other words, like his shikai/bankai consumes abilities to prevent their use, his vizard form consumes spirit energy if directly in contact with his opponent. Also the reason his Vizard form began to disappear is in fact a weakness, but in this case not important. As he consumes spirit energy, it takes it's toll on his ability to maintain this form; thus the more he takes, the less time he has with his mask. So as you can see, in some instances, this is bad. It's truly a double edged sword.
3.)The two famous battles mentioned; Tedorigawa and Sekigahara are real, and in this case, a part of Hajime's life while alive. He died at Sekigahara, long after his side's army had been lost. Here he gained the nickname, "Majinno Sekigahara, which translated means, "The Devil of Sekigahara".
4.) thus Majin is Haji going by a nickname in this form, basically calling himself "The Devil".
Well if any are reading I hope you enjoyed this little prelude.)
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