tomurder01: cold before hit [raisa]

Everything in real time happened so quickly and within one fluid motion, but in Raisa's eyes, she chartered everything. Every movement, every sound. She got sucked into the heat of the battle, fixated on the fight like it was prime time television. Watching her brother was like watching a God dance with the likes of lesser beings. It was majestic and... Raisa blanched. Her eyes blinked, and time sped back up. Vadim narrowly dodged a hit, and she flinched in reflex but still maintained her faith. "That hit was nothin', Vadka! Get him good-!"

Though she processed everything with hypersensitivity, the attack caught her off guard. She never envisioned herself being in danger, namely because she trusted Vadim would handle the beast with no problems. Raisa jumped up to an impeccable height. While she was not strong, she was relatively fast and extremely volatile. Even still, one of the higher tentacles slapped into her stomach, causing her to cough out harshly and widen her eyes. It slammed her back and caused her body to roll across the ground like a rag doll. She lay silent and seething, her back turned to Vadim. To others, she would appear a broken toy. But anyone on the other side would be able to see her eyes lit with fire, her breathing heavy and fists clenched tight.

It was always hit or miss with Raisa's reactions to someone touching her. She could either crawl into the fetal position and rock slowly, or she could blow up and go on a killing spree. Today was the day of the spree, in her case. After a second of uneven, ragged breathing, the blue-haired Arrancar rolled over and jumped to her feet. Her normal, childishly joyful countenance was replaced by one of malice. Lips turned down into a deep frown and eyebrows furrowed, she looked positively devastating alongside her brother. Upon his command, Raisa allowed her arms to fall down to her sides.

A whitehot light enveloped her form, and she felt her body contort fluidly into a new shape before melding into her brother as she would soon become one with him. They were, after all, one entity and strength. She had just been separated from the boy during nonviolent occasions. But now, as they combined into one monstrous being, her thoughts and movements would be all under Vadim's command. She gave up her entire independence in a self-sacrificial allegiance to the elder sibling, allowing him to use her body as a conjoined weapon.