It was hard to see the things, and Renji wasn't about to start flailing wildly in the air with Zabimaru just yet. He concentrated on just getting a look at them, frowning. "Think these might've been mentioned on the bulletin board. But all I've really got is that if you can cut one of the wing tendons, they're stuck on the ground." He laughed. "But that's true of any flying thing, so who knows."

One of the creatures dipped low enough for Renji to take a shot at it. He whipped Zabimaru around, the sword flowing from katana to the much larger whip. "Howl!"

His aim was impeccable, as always. Links of the sword wrapped around the creature, but there was something, a flash of blue that crackled down the blade. Renji's muscles locked for a second, his teeth grinding together. He could still control Zabimaru, though, with reiatsu and instinct. The creature disappeared in a rain of bloody flesh and bone, and its death stopped whatever attack it had done to him.

He snapped Zabimaru back, the segments of the sword coming back together even as he dropped to one knee.