Kyosou
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Kyosou (Gigantic Elephant) is Kyle Rayner's Zanpakutō.
In its sealed form Kyosou actually has the shape of two blades. There is a standard sized katana and a smaller, shorter blade. This shorter one is a curved blade which resembles a very short scimitar.
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Spirit Description
Kyosou is like the name implies an enormous elephant. He is a kind and caring soul, with an incredible temper. While normally patient and in control any comment about his weight will cause him to fly into a fit of rage. On the flip side he reacts especially well to compliments and kind words. The thing he respects the most is confident and people with a strong belief in their own abilities and that things will always work out in the end. Thanks to this he and Kyle gets along very well. It is not because of Kyle’s strength and obsession with brawling that makes them a good match, but the never-wavering belief that he will always come out the victor. Kyosou also appreciates the mutual dependency that exists between the pair and that while Kyle is confident, he also needs his Zanpakutō to prevail.
Shikai
Release Command: Oshikorosu! (Crush them to death!)
Kyle usually brings together the hilts of both swords and it turns into a great spiked sledgehammer. The hammerhead is actually decorated to resemble two elephant heads merged together, with tusks coming out each side. The head is also not completely flat but has a blunt spike coming out at the middle. Kyosou’s released form is almost as tall as Kyle when standing on the ground next to him. There are no noticeable markings on the hammer, but the colour of the spikes surrounding the hammerhead are pearly white.
Shikai Abilities
Sou Tenrai (Elephant Thunder)
After striking something or someone with his hammer, there is left a mark on that particular person or object. The symbol looks like a regular circle with a lightning bolt inside it. The purpose of this symbol is that Kyle can tap the bottom of his sledgehammer on the ground, and lightning will strike down from heaven and hit the mark. At most Kyle can have 2 marks out at the same time. If he strikes something a third time, the first mark will disappear and so on.
These marks will remain until Kyle either wills them away or seals his sword. In order to hit someone with the lightning they have to be within a radius of 100 feet of him. The mark will appear when Kyle strikes something unless he wishes for it not to. It does not require any kind of energy to turn that on or off. Once a mark has been struck by lightning it will disappear, and he needs to hit that person or object once more in order to call it a second time.
Strengths
Power - Being a sledgehammer it is fairly difficult to block and will crush through most defences put up by Kyle’s equals. Anybody around his level would find out that it is much better to try and deflect or dodge a blow, as they will find themselves incapable of stopping an attack head on.
Thunderclap - This is a fairly powerful attack and awfully difficult to block. Since it comes down from heaven, any opponent who is not aware of Kyle’s abilities will most likely keep their eyes focused on him and not be able to see the attack coming. Because of this, and the sheer speed of the strike, it is very difficult to dodge.
Weaknesses
Range - Kyle relies on being able to hit someone before he can utilize his ranged attack. This means that when starting off against someone who employs ranged attacks, he will find himself in trouble. This Shi Kai has no noteworthy defence against ranged attack, nor does it have any way of attacking from a distance without first being in close combat.
Easy to predict - When wielding a sledgehammer such as this there is a limited amount of different ways Kyle can go about attacking his opponent. Anyone with moderate intellect or some skill in combat would be able to notice his attacking pattern and figure out when to strike.
