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[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Ichigo had no regrets of combining his and Ana's attack, it was dangerous because of them being underground it could of caved in somehow but he knew Urahara would definatly not be effected by it. If an explosion could catch him out then he probably wouldnt be around today still.

Ichigo just moved his eyes scanning for that sandal wearing ex-captain his zanpakuto at the ready for any surprise attacks. He heard Ana mention of a signal that something destructive would happen which was a good idea seeing as they could get caught up in their own attack ''Yeah, just gimme a thumbs or something like that'' he suggested. It made him wonder why they hadnt used that kind of attack on hollows before, it certainly would wipe a bunch of them out.

The basement grounds remained silent just the cloud of dust still trying to settle as the ground cracked a little more and fell away before he see Ana turn her back and what she said made sense ''Yeah, he'll pick up on that...anything little that could get him a chance he'll take it'' Ichigo said as he narrowed his eyes still hearing small bits of rock moving about could it be Urahara moving about there somewhere. ''Come on out your so not gonna be taken down by something like that'' Ichigo called out his voice echoing a little before silence again.

Ichigo shook his head a little ''He cant be dead....'' he said after hearing her thinking they'd really killed him off this time. Then as quick as he'd dismissed any death something cold hit Ichigo in the forarm, sharp, it sliced through a tearing sound ringing through the training ground riping his black robes, skin and muscle causing Ichigo to grow angered where and how had that come from it was Urahara for sure but there was still no sign of him. Ichigo gripped his bloodied arm before scowling ''Bastard...'' he muttered.

He focused tried to home in on Urahara's reaitsu, he could pick it up for sure, faint but there. ''Hey...can you pick up on his reiatsu?'' he asked her.

[Shoshi Ana]

A thumbs up... yea trust Ichigo to say something like that. She nodded her head a little, well she couldn't expect a cool signal now could she, thumbs up was probably subtle enough and well let's face it who would expect a massive attack from a thumbs up. Though Ana covered Ichigo's back and looked around for Urahara, she knew if they were open then he'd take advantage of that, hell anyone would, she knew she did to her enemies, it exposed their weaknesses, they however would not allow themselves to be caught off guard or allow Urahara the chance to spot a weakness.

Ana could not remember ever going up against Urahara, not like this. If he wanted to stay hidden she was certain he could stay hidden, he was quick, he had countless lifetimes on them, he had the experience when it came to this, she could only imagine how much he would test them this time around. And as everything settled for a moment Ana thought she saw him or rather a shape but turned out just to be a bit of rubble. It made her frown and grumble a little. Her eyes were going to betray her if she didn't start focussing.

It was then Ana heard something strange and glanced over her shoulder to see Ichigo had been hit. Her eyes widened a little, was it Kidou that hit him? "You ok?" she asked Ichigo not realising exactly what the damage was as she looked ahead again trying to pick up on Urahara. She was not having much luck though and sighed a little "No... I thought I had something a moment ago... I need higher ground though, I can't see a thing from here" she added which was true she couldn't see through the settling dust and rocks. "Think you can cover me?" Ana asked, she needed to get above the mess, if she could get higher she could see where he was and call out to Ichigo, she could strike from above and he could strike from below.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Ichigo tried to remember how Urahara was when he first went up against him. He had almost killed him, dropped him down a shattered shaft and awoken his hollow power but on the plus side he regained his soul chain and shinigami status. He would never ever forget the feeling he had when his soul chain was being eaten away that would stay with him for life and probably the afterlife too.

He did remember Urahara not showing any mercy, which could mean he'd kill you in an instant if you hesitated. But then again an enemy would never show you mercy so it was a good training method just if you didnt mind dying.

It was then that Ichigo was hit, it came as a shoc because he had no clue where it had come from he only heard a noise before feeling something tear through his arm. ''Yeah im fine'' Ichigo replied to Ana ''Just, i had no idea what happened just now...like i was temporarily blind or something'' he said because it felt like nobody was around to attack him. It seemed Ana couldnt find him out either or they jumped at every little sound thinking it was Urahara he hadnt even really shown what he can do and that was a little scary.

''Yeah, i got your back'' Ichigo said when Ana spoke of trying to get to higher ground getting a better look of the place. Ichigo kept a watch out and would be on hand if Urahara tried anything as Ana and him seperated. Ichigo frowned, why hadnt Urahara at least shown himself his reaitsu was about but, no all of a sudden he could pinpoint it. Ichigo widened his eyes ''Ana move!'' Ichigo shouted in urgency as a flash of reaitsu erupted from the ground underneath Ana and a hand reached up grabbing her by the ankle. From his grip on Ana an orange hued tendril of reaitsu tangled itself around Ana's leg.

[Shoshi Ana]

Ana nodded her head to Ichigo, so long as he was ok then they'd be fine, she didn't know what Urahara had used on Ichigo but it had sounded nasty, she'd be sure to return the favour when she could land a hand on the guy and she was determined to do that. Urahara could not win this fight, it was not acceptable. "Kidou I believe" Ana said voicing her opinion, Urahara was so old, he didn't have to be close to his victim she assumed to use Kidou on them, he might be able to do it at great distances which was a worry. It was tempting for Ana to actually blind fold herself like she'd been taught in one of her martial arts classes a few years ago but then again this was not a human they were up against, this person could flash step, could use kidou and who knew that else, being blind folded might not be the way to go about this fight.

She needed high ground and as Ichigo said he had her back she walked forwards a little before she planned to use a shield to project her into the air however it did not go like that. In fact Ichigo suddenly yelled at her to move and she spun around to see what the hell was going on only to be suddenly knocked off her feet when the ground under her erupted and a hand suddenly grabbed her before she spotted an orange reaitsu wrap around her leg. Falling onto her back Ana cringed. "Dam it" she mumbled and tried to pull her leg from the thing around her before she formed a shield at the base of her foot, letting the energy escape her hand she sent the shield out as it tore up the ground below her leg more and spread out forwards to try find the source.

Ana was however able to read some of the energy the reaitsu around her leg and looked up "Ichigo... that way" she said pointing in the direction she sensed something, she could be wrong though. Sitting up she glared at the reiatsu around her leg before placing a hand over it and formed a small shield in the palm of her hand applying it to some of the reiatsu on her leg, if she could break it maybe it would be good news for future reiatsu attacks their way, meant they'd have an upper hand.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Who knew what it was that sliced Ichigo, but he wasnt going to let that happen again it was more an annoyance that Urahara had managed to surprise him, no way did he want Urahara to win this he'd be so smug for days on end about it he could see it now, that big grin he always made which pissed Ichigo off. ''Probably'' he began ''But he said we can destroy Kidou, he said that's all im good at when it comes to Kidou so we can probably cancel his tricks out with attacks maybe'' he wondered.

Ichigo had said he'd watch Ana making sure she'd make higher ground safely and he'd managed to find out Urahara's whereabouts only Urahara was already one step ahead and trapped Ana. If he rushed to help her sure enough Urahara would know that because its what Ichigo did and that meant he'd probably alredy thought of this and had something up his sleeve for Ichigo knowing he'd come to her aid. Despite knowing this of course Ichigo would still help her out he couldnt stop himself but he just had to be aware of the trickery that could come his way. Ichigo was a mere meter or so from Ana before Urahara appeared behind Ichigo with a swing of his once cane like weapon was now his zanpakuto. Ichigo turned to block.

This was the real Urahara and the one with its grip on Ana was probably a fake, or was it the other way around. He wasnt sure but it definatly wasnt 2 against one with him more like equal.

The reaitsu around Ana's leg thrived on her shield's energy like it just grew with more energy put into it. It began to spread onto the ground around her forming a perfect circle around her before it stretched up and over the top of her enclosing her in threads of reaitsu like a cage.
Urahara smiled ''Did you guys miss me....that was a great attack making the most of being a team and all...'' he said to them.

[Shoshi Ana]

Ana blinked at watched Ichigo for a moment frowning a little, what was he going on about this time? Something about Kidou and destroying it or so she had heard but it made no sense to her what he was saying. Something about tricks and attacks... what though she was unsure and raised her eyebrow a little. Whatever he said, she was sure it made sense to him which was all that mattered really before she moved away to get higher ground.

It was then she was attacked and shortly afterwards Ichigo was too. Her eyes lingered on them for a moment, Ichigo seemed to be ok, right now to deal with her own problem. Only her problem became a big problem when the thing around her leg seemed to thrive off her own energy. Frowning a little she quickly closed her hand breaking the shield before any more damage could be done. Right, it thrived off her reiatsu, which mean she wouldn't let her shield get near it. This meant Ana could not go up, she needed to go down, sadly she couldn't breath underground... would a shield help with that but even then she'd never gone underground before but then again the Urahara holding her wrist had come from there, right? Was there a tunnel system down there... dude that would be awesome!

No Ana had to focus. She couldn't do anything with her shield, not with this reaitsu around her... did she have to form a portal then to escape? Wait no way was she doing that! No there would be a way out of this she just had to think. Glancing up to Urahara she blinked a few times "Was his idea, congratulate him" she said pointing to Ichigo before looking to the hand still on her ankle, it was pissing her off. Ana bent forwards and wrapped her hand around the wrist of the one holding her and dug her nails into it's wrist in hopes it would let her go. "Hey watch your back Ichigo..." Ana said, he couldn't let Urahara distract him with his chit chat.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Ichigo had said out loud his thought process before he noticed the look Ana had given him. ''Umm...nevermind'' he sighed. But if it was true then all it took was a Getsuga Tensho and he could shatter Kidou stopping its effects or so he had hoped or explained to himself he really had to remember to think and not speak out loud.

Ichigo was faced with Urahara, the real one he hoped but it wasnt clear but he had clashed swords with him and his reaitsu seemed much like his. He heard Ana's comment on being congratulated for the attack earlier he looked over his shoulder at her ''Too right'' he smirked. ''Taking all the credit are you'' Urahara said as he shoved Ichigo back a little off his blade. Ichigo didnt bother to hide his uninterested look ''Blah blah arent you supposed to be pushing us to out limits'' he added. Urahara smiled ''Oh too easy for you so far then'' he said to which Ichigo looked a little worried by but he masked it and returned his scowl.

''Well then...'' Urahara said before he glanced past Ichigo towards Ana as the hand that grabbed her ankle remained it refused to let go however she tried to batter it. The reaitsu cage stayed the same before Urahara poured more of his energy into it making threads of it plummet down into the cage and into the ground hoping Ana would dodge these shards of reaitsu or so Urahara hoped.

He then looked to Ichigo ''Hado number 58 Tenran'' he spoke making Ichigo wonder just what was going to happen he never did know what to expect when he spoke Kidou stuff could be anything from explosions to things appearing so he was on his guards tightening his grip on Zangetsu he prepared he could hear Ana telling hi to watch himself, and he really would have to now that he'd so confidently told Urahara to push them to their limits.

From Urahara's palm shot out a tornado looking attack it spun fast causing a drawing of rocks and debris being swept up into it as it formed from him causing Ichigo to look on in anger before the blast was fired towards him. Ichigo waited, timing it perfectly before he moved forward slashing downard hitting the blast of Kidou shattering it with force as it fizzled out and went calm again. ''Nice try!'' Ichigo smirked.

[Shoshi Ana]

She smiled a little though celebration would have to wait, the enemy in this case - Urahara was still at large and didn't have any marks on him yet, they couldn't get too clucky just yet they still had a task at hand and they needed to finish it. Of course Ichigo had to push Urahara with his words, didn't he... she made a mental 'thank-you very much Ichigo' in her mind.

The very fact this hand was not moving was really starting to annoy Ana made she could cut it off with her shield, it was becoming more like a plausible option for Ana as her frustration started to get the better of her. Though she suddenly saw something brush past her and hit the ground. Eye wide she moved across before more came down at her, she couldn't tell what way there were coming the first few times as her leg got nipped and she cringed before she wriggled forwards and backwards and whichever way she needed to avoid them before moving closer to the hand.

Ana observed Urahara's attack before Ichigo managed to destroy it "Don't let your guard down Ichigo" Ana called out, he needed to keep sight of Urahara. Ana looked to the hand around her ankle and frowned, fine she'd try her shield and if all else failed she'd try something else... what she was not sure but she'd figure something out grabbing the hand again she sent a shield at it to try cut it off, maybe she could try get down there also, all Ana could see at present was the hand but she assumed it was attached to something.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Ichigo had immediatly heard himself and regretted pushing Urahara's buttons some more after he had make it appear like this was no test at all. Even he had to thank himself for getting them into more of a heated battle. He sighed ''Bring it on Urahara!'' he could still keep up his words about it being more challenging despite being a little worried although he did genuinly wanna kick Urahara's ass big time!

The persistent grip on Ana's ankle tightened as if it reacted to her sudden movements that was made because of her attempting to avoid the shards of reaitsu plummeting there way down into the cage.

Ichigo had very quickly destroyed Urahara's cunning Kidou attack and he wasnt going to stop there, it was his chance, he had Urahara in his sights and had opening chances and it may well be the only chance he got so he'd go all out here. He smirked a little with a nod at Ana's comment he wouldnt let his guard down for a second in front of Urahara. ''Got it'' he said hoping she was hanging in there even if he just attacked that cage there would be a good chance it would just soack up his reaitsu and make the cage stronger not weaker he'd have to get Urahara to back down or to the point where he'd think it was enough so that he'd put a stop to it.

''Bankai!!'' Ichigo called before a whirlwind of dust and debris kicked up the ground being pressured under his reaitsu exploding out from his body before his change of form was completed. He raced at Urahara and the two had clash swords all too quicky. Urahara just seemed to twist and turn his body to avoid being hit. Ichigo swung Zangetsu upwards missing Urahara before Ichigo turned his sword and smacked Urahara in the face a couple of times with the hilt of Zangetsu forcing him backwards.

He had planned to go all out and he wasnt at his strongest just yet his hollow power gave him the boost he would need. Moving his hand towards his face he summoned his hollow mask his reaitsu changing swiftly from blue to a dark black, slamming his zanpakuto on top of Urahara's he spoke again ''Getsuga Tensho''

There was nothing, just a silence before the floor crackled and reaitsu swarmed the basement before he exploded from the blade of Zangetsu it collided with Urahara's blade and backlashed outwards sending a rush of air to the corners of the underground training area. The explosion was loud and engulfed Urahara and Ichigo in a sea of black reaitsu that didnt end.

The hand that gripped Ana's ankle released abruptly and there was a split in the ground before Urahara emerged from the ground in the cage with Ana ''Hey'' he smiled as his stripped hat was stripped from his head from the rush of reaitsu he didnt seemed to please with his hat now missing ''Uh...this couldnt be helped'' he sighed.

[Shoshi Ana]

It was good to hear Ichigo was taking in what she was saying she simply hoped he put it into practice and didn't let Urahara find an opening to strike at. She didn't expect Urahara would have sent bits of reaitsu at her but then again he knew how to fight in away Ana did not, she didn't know Kidou and all she could do was try avoid the attack and while she managed it rather well she did feel the hand on her ankle getting tighter, she noticed the cut on her leg from where she'd been hit and grumbled something under her breath.

Her eyes drifted to the attack Ichigo was handing Urahara and frowned a little, she hoped they would both be ok, but also hoped Ichigo would kick Urahara's butt! The moment the hand let her go she blinked a few times, it wasn't that easy was it? Then as the ground split a little she scrambled back before she got to her feet bending her legs a little and braced herself. Though as Urahara appeared Ana wondered, was this the real Urahara or another one of his dolls she could blow up? No surly Ichigo was facing the real Urahara, so all Ana had to do was push this one into the reaitsu right? From what she saw of his hat whatever this kidou number was it was dangerous, she made a note not to let her own reaitsu touch it or herself.

"Well you certainly sound like the real Urahara" Ana said raising her hands to her face "Question is, are you? But I guess you wont tell me that now will you, you'll make her learn the truth myself" she said and frowned. She didn't know what was going on with Ichigo and Urahara but Ana had to focus on her current problem, sort that out and get free and then help Ichigo. "So bring it on grandpa" she added smirking a little.