Name: Tsukurite Yasuragi (Peace maker)
Awakening Command: Sorasu sukkari arasoi (Turn aside all conflict)
Description:
The sword takes on the form of a Chinese Jian (search Wikipedia for it) similar to the one used by Li Showran in the Cardcaptors anime. The hilt has a dull copper color and there is a large green jewel set in the middle of it with a 3 foot long red ribbon trailing from the pommel.
Powers:
Tsukurite Yasuragi is a highly defensive zanpakuto. In its shikai form it possesses three distinctive abilities. The first is achieved when Tsukurite Yasuragi is swung at an opponent or an incoming attack. The zanpakuto slices through and disrupts the flow of spiritual pressure destroying or turning aside incoming attacks.
The second ability is passive. When Tsukurite Yasuragi parries a blow or counters an attack with its first ability the jewel in the pommel begins to glow as the zanpakuto absorbs part of the force of any attack dealt with in this fashion.
The third ability utilizes the gathered reishi from opponents attacks and fires it from the tip of the blade in a concentrated burst at the target. The attack is barely visible as crackling electricity and will push an opponent back on contact. However, after hit by this attack, the opponent will begin to cough up blood, as Tsukurite Yasuragi's blast did not strike them so much as it passed through them. If an opponent was standing in front of a wall and turned they would see the impact point on the wall caved in slightly and covered with cracks as though something massive had collided with it.
Bankai: Tsukurite Yasuragi Zettai Seion (Peace Makers Absolute Tranquility)
Description: Tsukurite Yasuragi Zettai Seion looks no different from its shikai form. The bankai is actually a resulting area of effect.
Powers:
The wielder points Tukurite Yasurgai straight up, turns it 180 degrees so it's facing down, then drives it into the ground creating an anchoring point. On impact eight beams of light shoot out from the blade racing along the ground for 100 feet in each direction. When each beam has run its course, each splits into two beams and travels left and right until it connects with the other beams in a ring of light. Next, a faintly glowing opaque wall rises from this ring of light and forms a dome. When the dome completes itself all light in the space is inverted creating a surreal battleground. The dome also extends underground creating, in truth, a perfect sphere.
Once erected any attacks against the perimeter of the Zettai Seion will be absorbed and distributed throughout its perimeter dispersing the energy used against it evenly. Additionally, a portion of the attacks energy is reflected as the power absorbed bounces back once it spreads throughout the the Zettai Seion's perimeter repelling any who would seek to escape or enter.
While inside the the Zettai Seion all ability to sense the outside world and any spiritual pressure is completely cut off. The effects of shikai and even bankai are completely negated and kidou is equally ineffective. This is achieved not by suppressing or absorbing the power of those inside the Zettai Seion, but by reflecting the spiritual pressure exuded by the occupants creating a state of forced equilibrium; a basic way to visualize this would be pushing against an elastic surface, no matter how hard you push, the force you exude will always be gathered and reflected back at you.
Shunpo (aka Flash Step) and essential physical characteristics remain unaltered. Zanpakuto cannot be used to cut inside the Zettai Seion, but can still make effective bludgeoning instruments. If a bankai is already active, it will become unresponsive or, in the case of Ichigo's condensed power bankai, the subject will retain all of their heightened speed and strength, but the more power they release the quicker they will find themselves restricted to their normal limits.
The effect can be dispelled simply by removing Tsukurite Tasuragi from the ground. When drawn from the ground, the light regains its normal quality, zanpakuto will be able to cut again, bankai and skikai will become responsive and abilities relying on spiritual pressure and reishi can be used once again, though the barrier will remain intact.
Should anyone other than its owner take hold of Tsukurite Yasuragi, the ribbon attached to its pommel will quickly bind itself around their forearm. Once wrapped around the victims arm, Tsukurite Yasuragi will begin to rapidly devour the victims spiritual energy until they are drained completely or the zanpakuto reaches its limit.
Tsukurite Yasuragi Zettai Seion possesses one other ability. The wielder can reverse the flow of reishi through the zanpakuto and lose all defense creating a highly destructive force. When this technique is activated, the blade of Tsukurite Yasuragi glows a brilliant white and takes on a flaming appearance as the reishi that composes the blade grows increasingly unstable. When swung it releases a massive blast of spiritual energy destroying anything in a conical area directly in front of the wielder. Such power comes at a price, as releasing the zanpakuto's power in this method will leave the wielder with almost no reishi left in their being. In the case of an extended battle, this will almost certainly result in the wielder's death, making this technique one of last resort.
Final notes:
The wielder of this zanpakuto would be someone both possessing the Shunpo ability (aka Flash Step) as well as a mastery of unarmed combat, while still possessing a mastery of swordsmanship. For those targets that prefer to move at high speeds (Ichigo, we're looking at you), if Tsukurite Yasuragi has absorbed enough spiritual pressure to fire a blast, the wielder can spin in place at the speed of a Flash Step and discharge the stored energy. The end result would be a spiral gouge in the ground with the wielder at the center; no matter how fast the opponent was, there would be no way to dodge this attack other than to jump high into the air or to retreat back at least 20 feet.
Edit: Aug 27, 08