Zanpakutou Collection Thread

His twin zanpakutous are identical in almost every single way. They each have eight inch handles that are covered in a silky cloth that's tied off at the end of the handle and have a crown shaped handle guard before the blade, they each have four foot long blades that shine a brilliant platinum color, and they each have one of each of the pieces in chess carved in on the base of the blade (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king). The differences in the blades are the colors of the silk and the carved chess pieces. On one blade, the silky cloth is a pure white while the other is an abysmal black, same with the carved chess pieces.

Yamato's inner world is a rather simple one, yet at the same time complex. There are several thousand spheres of rather large size everywhere, each one within thirty feet of each other. The spheres themselves are roughly sixty feet in diameter. Each of these spheres have two things in common; they all have a table, chess set, and two chairs, and they each have a checkered patterned design. Each design reflects a different area in the universe, complete with vegetation, rocks, animals, so on (Example: One sphere might have green and brown squares, the green squares having thick lush grass in them while the brown have cracked earth). There is one sphere in the center of them all. This sphere has black and white squares made of marble, nothing more and nothing less. Amatsu Oni plays chess with himself in this world by the thousands of games until they reach the middle where, depending on who wins (Yamato’s idea for each apparition’s name), they will either start all over again or take a long break.]

There are two different apparitions, yet both are one in the same spirit (meaning there is only one spirit, Amatsu Oni). The first goes by the name Amatsu (Though Yamato refers to him as Ozymandias because of his appearance) . Amatsu has pale skin and blond hair that goes past his shoulders. He keeps the back of his hair braided in a single braid at almost all times. On his head he wears a gold crown crested with brilliant jewels. His eyes are a turquoise and his smile is warm and kind. He wears a white cape with a red inside at all times. He is also wearing white armor, rimmed with gold. The other goes by the name Oni (Lucifer to Yamato most of the time, again because of his appearance .) Lucifer's skin is almost purely black, yet smoky and transparent. His eyes are turquoise and hollow, his smile is cruel and cold. His hair is completely black, nontransparent like his skin, and reaches down past his shoulders. The only clothing that he wears is a dark purple Hakama that drapes past his feet and onto the floor, making it appear as though he glides when he moves. Both of them are sitting down in chairs at a small table, on top of this table is a chess set, the pieces depicting things such as generals from Ozymandias' army or King Minos of Hell. Leaning against the table are both Ozymandias' and Lucifer's blades, each one completely identical to the other

Amatsu Oni is kind and cruel, warm and cold. He is peaceful and yet destructive, knowing full well what men are capable of and at the same time condoning and condemning it. It would almost appear that he’s bi-polar, but he’s too collected at all times for that. His personality is just on opposite ends of the same board.

His twin zanpakutous are identical in almost every single way. They each have eight inch handles that are covered in a silky cloth that's tied off at the end of the handle and have a crown shaped handle guard before the blade, they each have four foot long blades that shine a brilliant platinum color, and they each have one of each of the pieces in chess carved in on the base of the blade (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king). The differences in the blades are the colors of the silk and the carved chess pieces. On one blade, the silky cloth is a pure white while the other is an abysmal black, same with the carved chess pieces.

#1: Juggernaut – Yamato is able to charge forward with speed and strength that normally isn’t his. While in this state, Yamato is very difficult to stop as far as just making him come to a halt goes.

Downsides: With this ability, there are a few obvious down sides. The first being that he cannot very well veer off in a direction while this ability is in use, meaning that he has to shoot forward in a straight line while using this. If dodged, he can be put in a vulnerable position, as the attack is a frontal one, if he hits something else; for example, a wall.

#2: Kishi- Kibou (Knight Trick) – With this ability, Yamato can use trickery to his advantage. When he swings his sword to the right, it hits on the left. When he stabs forward towards a person, a blow will come from behind. If he slashes down, an attack will come from under rather than above.

Downsides: This ability can only be used in a set range, twenty feet in any direction. So Yamato has to be relatively close to his target. There can also be an immense reiatsu loss with this ability if used improperly. There is also the training and concentration that it takes to make this ability accurate and useful, as Yamato can become confused if he doesn’t pay attention where he’s slashing. He may mean to go for an attack to the right and swing to the right, therefore making an attack to the left.

#3: Bishoppu- Chokujou (Bishop’s Imperial Message) – This ability channels a small ball of concentrated reitsu channels at the tip of Yamato's blades. By swinging his blade, Yamato can propell the ball forward. The ball implodes upon itself and the channeled reitsu scatters in four directions (northeast, southeast,northwest, and southwest) in thin yet powerful beams.

Downsides: The downsides to this ability are cost of reitsu, a much higher cost than the rest of his abilities. He also has to concentrate on forming the ball at the tip of his blade. This could take anywhere from a few seconds to a couple of minutes, depending on how much reitsu he puts into the attack, though he can't put all of his reitsu into this attack at one time. Also, when swung and propelled forward, it moves rather slowly as compared to most abilities and it takes a bit of time before it implodes (roughly a minute and a half). Also, this is a fairly easy attack to dodge and is used best in large groups, as a distraction, or to change the makeup of the area.

#4: Joouheika- Kirikyougen (Queen’s Last Act) – This final ability is Yamato’s strongest and utilizes each of his blades for a different purpose. The black blade creates destructive force, much like the earlier juggernaut ability. By sacrificing the white sword (combining it with the black), Yamato’s strength and over all destructive capabilities are almost doubled. By sacrificing the black blade (same as the white) Yamato’s speed increases though his power is lowered slightly.

Downsides: The downsides to this ability are both obvious and not. First and foremost, Yamato must sacrifice one of his swords for the other. He cannot gain the sword back until the fight is over and his shikai as been called off. Though by utilizing the black blade’s abilities Yamato gains immense amounts of strength, and the white one increases his speed, it is tolling on his body and he cannot keep up his extreme speeds for too long. Training can increase the length at which he can hold out his speeds, but he will always feel the after effects of pain and stiffness.

A rather simple looking bankai, Yamato's two stone swords of black and white stone are traded in for one red and white clad claymore. The butt of the hilt and the guard a pure silver color, the hilt itself is made out of a very sturdy wooden materal painted over several times with several shades of varying colors of red and a shining finish. This makes the over all sword slightly lighter and easier to swing while at the same time gives it an easy to grip and easy to hang on to hilt. The blade guard, make up of the finest leather, is similarly painted and coated over. The blade itself is white and is a total of four feet in length. Adding the blade guard and the hilt, the zanpakutou itself is five and a half feet long. The only other addition is a golden crown that manifests itself upon Yamato's head, embedded with rubies and diamonds and steepled with ten points that extend straight upwards.

Ability 1 - Mai Oukoku (My Kingdom): This is an initiate ability that is brought about as soon as the bankai is released. A six hundred and forty by six hundred and forty square foot area is outlined in black, with Yamato being the epicenter of this outline, in a perfect square. An instant later, four walls shoot up that hold a checkered pattern on them. This wall is completely solid on the outside and is nearly impossible to penetrate. The ground below Yamato and his opponents feet adorn a checkered pattern as well. On the starting area squares, the first two rows on both sides, are symbols for pieces of chess. Yamato is able to control the pieces on his side while his opponent controls the ones on the opposite side. When Yamato or his opponent causes a piece to move, it rises up from the board, moves to its appointed location, and then becomes a symbol again. When a piece is taking another, it will physically destroy the other piece.

Funkotsusaishin (Do Everything Possible): Yamato is able to gain the abilities of the pieces on the board by standing on them, though he can only use one at a time. These abilities give him various things. If he is on a pawn space, he may send one of his pawns forward two spaces to explode, destroying that pawn and anything on its space. If Yamato is on a rook space, he is able to teleport in the directions that the rook can move, staying in between the spaces on the board. If he is on a knight space, his next strike is doubled in strength. If he is on a bishop space, he can teleport along the path of a bishop while staying in the spaces. If he is on a queen space, he can teleport in any direction like a combination of a rook and a bishop. If he is on a king space, he can teleport in any direction, just one space at a time. He can also teleport behind his opponent, if his opponent is one space away, and strike with double the strength he normally would have. The only other time that he can teleport more than one space is if he's castling, in which case he moves with the king piece to where the rook was.

Ability 3 - Suicchingu (Switching): It is not an ability that Yamato enjoys using, but it can be advantageous for him if he dose none the less. At any given time, Yamato is able to switch control over his pieces with his opponent, meaning that if he started with white then used this ability, he would be in control of the black pieces from then on and his opponent the white. This change is marked on the inside of the Mai Oukoku. The interior walls change color from black to white, depending on which color he is in control of. It's a shameful ability in Yamato's eyes and he rarely uses it, as it hurts his pride something terrible.

Ability 4 -Chekkumeito (Checkmate): The final ability in Yamato's bankai. Should he be successful in having his pieces create a checkmate situation for his opponents, a few things will happen. The first is that any and all remaining pieces on the board disappear. Second, the entire interior of Mai Oukoku changes to the color that Yamato was using at the moment of checkmate. Third, Yamato gains the abilities of all pieces on that were on the board and can use them from any location. Finally, Yamato's sword changes into a spear of pure and unstable reaitsu. The idea is to stab the opponent with the spear to cause horrendous damage. Once contact is lost with the spear, or an opponent is stabbed, the Mai Oukoku shatters and Yamato's bankai is finished. This is an end all be all attack that leaves Yamato with no more reaitsu to fight with, as it was all put into that one singular spear.