Battle of reclamation! Pan vs. Hades

[Starks]

Axel lead Pan and Hades through the alleys of the Seireitei for the short walk to the ampitheater ruins in the shadows of Soukyoku hill. When the three arrived, they were met with a large field featuring countless limestone blocks jutting out from the ground.

"This is it. The old ampitheater. Centuries of disuse have made this place a favored location within the Seireitei to relax with a book or have a skirmish."

[Pandora]

Pandora walked up behinde Axel, nervous about the battle she was about to face.

"Axel, I'm nervous. What if I loose? Gosh, I havent felt like this in a long time."

Pandora turned to Hades. She looked him in the eye with a burning pasion. It was a pasion for victory.

"Hades I won't go easy on you."

"Well, I'd hope not because I wont be going easy on you."

Pandora unsheathed her sword ready for battle.

(can you post as Hades? If you don't want to its fine."

[Starks]

(Sure. I hope I can do a decent job. If you want me to change any details, please tell.)

"Let us begin..."

In the blink of an eye, the spirit appeared only a few feet in front of Pan with his sword drawn (somehow held by the smoky arms of the spirit) and in the middle of a mighty downward swing.

[Pandora]

In the blink of an eye Hades was in the front of Pan sword coming down right at her head. Pan quickly raised her sword blocking his attack. Pan then threw up her free hand aiming two of her fingers at Hades stomach.

"Hado 4 Byakurai!"

A bolt of bright lightning flew from here fingers soaring towards Hades stomach.

[Starks]

The attack barely fazed the spirit as he paused only for a second before slashing at Pandora without restraint.
"You're always so angry but there's nothing to show for it. You're worthless! You're weak!" Hades shouted in a menacing tone. "If that's all you want to give, I should just kill you and be reborn to a new, more worthy 'master'. But, before that, allow me to show you why I hold all of the power."

Hades then backed off his assault and held up his katana.

"Drag to hell..." The spirit declared as the sword glowed and transformed into a pitchfork. "Gorgon Blast." He then said under his breath as he pointed the pitchfork at Pandora. The large, purple attack launched rather quickly and raced towards the 3rd seat.

[Pandora]

Pan glared at Hades as the attack soared at her.

"Hades that wont work. I know all your attacks, which are mine!"

Before the attack could connect Pan threw up her hands.

"Bakudo 39 Enkosen!"

A shield of light appeard blocking the brunt of the attack. Pan was slightly grazed by the blast.

"Hades I wont let you win."

With that Pan flash stapped in the front of Hades sword out stretched, but the quickly changed direction to his right side. Pan slashed at hades midsection. Hoping to harm him.

[Starks]

(I guess maybe 1 or 2 more posts each after this.)

Once again, Pan's attack was ineffective in causing any visible damage. The blade passed through Hades as if he wasn't even there. The spirit then once again went on the offensive in a flurry of lunges and slices using his pitchfork, piercing her defenses every few attacks and lecturing Pan as he did so.

"You can fight me for the next 100 years using every one of your skills for all I care. You'd never be able to touch me. When I said you were weak, I didn't just mean in terms of strength. You're main weakness is on the inside, it's one of attitude. As long you cling to that rotten heart of yours, you will never wield me again. Even after living for centuries, you are utterly incapable of caring for anyone but yourself or growing as a person. I can't stand how you treat your subordinates, family, and so-called 'friends'. It disgusts me far more than other of your deficiencies. With that in mind, it's far more prudent for me to abandon you than wait an eternity for you to figure out how to correct yourself."

[Pandora]

Hades's words really pissed Pan off. He knew exactly how to push her buttons and he just pushed everyone.

"You son of a bitch. You think I don't care about my family, and my friends? Well I do, but over the years I stopped letting them get close because I always end up hurt. I care for my friends more than they know. I'd go to the ends of the Earth for them. Axel most of all, because he has gone out of his way to help me when he didn't have to. I know I need not be bitter but it's a difficult habit to break, and as for my subordinates. I treat them the way I do because I see potential in them, and I want them to be strong, and well some of them are idiots."


Pan flash stepped once again right up to Hades her hand aimed directly at his head.

" Hadou 63 Sōren Sōkatsui!"

A giant blue blast flashed in the very small space between Pan and Hades. It knocked Pan back several feet.

"Behold Hades my strongest move save for your abilities."

[Starks]

"If that's your idea of the truth, then you still have a long wa--"

Hades' pitchfork crumbled in his hands under the weight and certainty of Pan's words. The 3rd seater then launched the powerful attack, it immediately engulfed him.

"Perhaps I was wrong... I should be glad." The spirit said before it disappeared, retreating back to Pan's inner world, before its form was broken apart.

As the dust from the attack settled, Pan could be seen holding the shikai form of Hades.

Before Pan could even realize the symbol of victory in her hand, Axel then hopped off the broken pillar he was sitting on and walked up to her.

"Congratulations. You just tamed your zanpakutou." He said with a pat on Pan's shoulder.

[Pandora]

Pan smiled at Axel as his words and her victory began to sink in. Pan then sealed Hades and hung the zan over her shoulder.

"Thank you Axel, for everything. I couldn't have done it without you."

Pan then gave Axel a big hug and a quick peck on the side of his face. Then all of a sudden it hit her. The it being exhaustion. With the stress Hades had placed on her Pan had failed to sleep for two days, and the energy she used on that last attack had taken everything she had. Pan placed her hand to her head.

"Oh my word. I may need your help getting to my ro--"

Pan didn't have the energy to finish her request. She then fainted, and crumpled to the ground at Axels feet.

[Starks]

Axel blushed as he received the worn-out 3rd seater's gratitude. Then all of a sudden, her knees simply buckled.

"Pan?!" Axel shouted with a voice of concern as he barely caught her right above the ground. Fortunately, the lieutenant was quite relieved to find that her vitals were normal and that he'd need not bother Malfurion or Tek. "Don't scare me like that."

"Let's get you back home." Axel wasn't expecting a response to his declaration as he placed her in a piggyback position. "Midori is making pancakes for breakfast. You won't be able to forgive yourself if you get them fresh."

And with that, Axel ran off, with Pan on his back, in the direction of Squad 4, casually flashstepping from building to building along the way.