A Few White Masks (Open)

[Seishuku]

Seishuku looked up at Kuro as he held out a few pills, similar in size to the Reiganzai. It seemed that he was prepared for anything. Seishuku pulled himself onto his feet, and grabbed the pills with his hands. He couldn't bring himself to say thanks, as he was panting, but he thought it would go without saying. Seishuku popped a few of them and was feeling better already. He supplemented those with the Reiganzai, 2 of which to be exact (22/24). With his new found power, he stopped trembling and looked at the three in combat.

Seeing that Kuro had lost his weapon, Seishuku sprung into action. "Kouro Honpou....." He began, as he utilized flash step to appear just in between Ana's foot and Kuro's body. "...Urufa!" He finished the activation phrase, as the claws formed onto his hands and feet. He swept his right hand, backhand, towards the Arrancar's foot, blocking it with great effort. As the Bala shots burst forth, he put his claw on top of Ana's foot and pushed it down to give lift; Seishuku's left claw grazed each shot, absorbing a bit from each one. The claw felw harmlessly by her face, as his clawed left foot came over in a flip to give the Arrancar a strong kick.

It was worrying that nobody at the Soul Society had noticed that there was a Numeros in the real world, but perhaps they though Seishuku and Naiyashi were capable on their own, and the addition of Kuro was a great help. This Arrancar was really strong though, quite stronger than some Vice-Captains and even Seishuku himself. No matter, the wolf hunts in a pack for a reason. Seishuku was at 10% now, and hopefully he could get it up to 40-ish and finish the Intruder quickly.

[Uryuujin]

Kuro was amazed as his new Vice-Captain ally appeared between him and a great deal of hurt. "Arigato" he thanked, making it quick and a bit more quietly than usual. Luckily his arm escaped her grasp, and Kuro sped to a distance about 25 yards away from his foe. "Now for a real blast." he said, but as he tried to raise his arm, he found that he hadn't totally escaped damage.

The amount of power, both physically and in the form of Reiganzai Bursts, had caused his arm to break when the Numeros had stopped his swing, in three places to be percise. So now his right was out of commission. Damn! he thought. I need precision for these higher levels. Oh well, lets hope my left will do the job. Luckily, my Adrenaline is keeping a large portion of the pain at bay. Kuro blinked away the leftover pain in his arm, and focused on the battle.

Lifting his left hand and pointing at the Numeros, he shouted, "Oi, Shinigami! This one may sting a bit, so be ready!" and unleashed total destruction upon Ana. A level 7 explosion.

Usually, this would make a nice fireball around 150 feet in diameter. However, with much effort- and a lot of luck, really- he was able to make the damage centered about 15 feet around Ana, making the rest just a little hot. By a little hot, of course, he meant an average of say..........175 to 275 degrees F. Hopefully my Reiatsu in Seishuku's system would protect him from most of the damage. That's why Kuro would hand out Reiatsu of his own to his allies. To protect them. Since his power was so...Explosive, his freinds could use all the protection they could get.

Kuro realized that he was running out of Reiganzai. Including his own base Reiatsu, he had much less than he started with. He could only hope they could finish this soon.

((O.O.C. Reiganzai- 192,478/250,000))

[Tagz]

Tayte watched as that rascally Arrancar evaded her attacks well. On top of that, she reacted well to her predicament, and even sent some glowing balls of magic at the third seated Shinigami. However, the other Shinigami grazed each shot, absorbing some of each shot that was sent forth. Still upside down and hovering in place, she took one hand off her Zanpakuto, she extended her index and middle fingers, aiming them towards the first Bala shot that was approaching at great speeds. She made then made shots of her own. Three concentrated bolts of lightning came blasting out of her two fingers and impacted with the first Bala shot. The impact caused a sizable explosion to occur, from which the second burst through headed towards Tayte as well. The woman managed to send out two more shots of the ‘White Lightning’ Kidô. These two also caused and explosion. However, the explosion was only a two meters from the woman, forcibly sending her back, causing her to hit the giant sign atop a fast food restaurant at an uncomfortable angle.

Then came the third Bala shot. She stuck out the palm of her hand and griped the hilt of her Zanpakuto tightly with her right hand. She brought the Zanpakuto up to shoulder height, holding past her left shoulder. With her extended left hand, she used the ‘Thrust’ Kidô. Though her Kidô didn’t have the strength to send it flying off to another direction, it would at least slow and weaken the blast to some degree. Then, she would essentially bitch slap the blast with her Zanpakuto, sending it flying towards her right to hit a random parked car. It became more and more difficult to evade with each Bala Ana shot. Tayte was panting from exhaustion and she still had one more to contend with. Bringing up her Zanpakuto, she aimed it towards the shot and black lightning burst out from the tip of her blade. The lightning then proceeded to widen and create a shield of sorts. The Bala shot hit Tayte’s shield square in the center, created numerous cracks on it.

Dispersing her own shield she watched as the human created an impressive explosion around the Arrancar’s location. Tayte couldn’t see what happened because of the smoke, so she checked for reiatsu. Once she was sure of Ana’s current location, she aimed her Zanpakuto to the sky. Then slamming it down before her, black lightning shot out with immense speed. It stretched out to reach the Numeros. Tayte could feel her reiatsu running incredibly low. Conservation wasn’t going to be much help at this point. Neither would swallowing down every last Reiganzai that Kuro had given her. From here on out, Tayte would have to play it smart.

[Mr. Butterfly]

A faint growl escaped Anaklusmos's lips. Damn. On top of her bala's being largely toned down to take away the extreme damage she had wished to kill off the shinagami, her human-killing blow was stopped by the more powerful shinagami. Oh well - the human backed away quickly, arm obviously hurt, and the shinagami formerly wearing glasses was slammed backwards repeatedly, trying her best to take out each bala. But Ana had to keep her mind focused on the one in front of her. Or, the one flipping over her. Ana's arm popped up to block the foot-claw coming down to get her, but it was too slow. The back of her head was suddenly in pain, and she doubled over, preventing a kiss with the earth. She reacted, using a short sonido to turn around in the same spot. Her arm flashed down, and it grabbed a hilt. the hilt to her zanpaukuto.

She flashed the steel out fast, aiming at the wolf-like shinagami. The short sword swiftly run back up, slashing upwards, then back down at a different angle, like a mad dance of death. Her muscles were like springs, supplying force to her zanpaukuto's thrusts. However, this didn't last long. Like a second sense, Anaklusmos took a step back suddenly.

FUWHOOOOOOOOOOOOSH

The heat! Right where she had been previously standing was now a blazing inferno compared to the flames licking at her now. She kept sliding backwards on the ground, until the fell out of the heat. Her iron skin was charred slightly, not burnt but stained a slight soot color. She coughed once, slightly bent over, one hand holding her zanpaukuto up in a defensive position. Lucky it was already up for what happened next.

The lightning was above her before she moved - only her zanpaukuto saved her from a direct hit. It came up with both hands on the hilt, held over her pointing up. Reiatsu radiated from it and it made a difference - the lightning got cut into half. The two slices landed on either side of Anaklusmos as her own reiatsu surged slightly, Ana getting rid of some of her restraint. She scowled. These guys were a pain in her ass.

She held out her left hand and energy gathered in it. Deep blue was the color gathering on her palm and it grew, reiatsu turning into an orb like shape. The cero was growing larger as she tracked a certain reiatsu reading through the smoke. It fired off - aimed at the weaker shinagami female.

[Seishuku]

Seishuku felt his foot connect at full force, and what a thrill! He'd hit a fighter's high, a second wind, almost as if getting a decent hit in on his opponent had boosted his confidence three-fold. He watched the Arrancar wince in pain, and smirked a bit; perhaps this wouldn't require a suicidal attempt like he had envisioned. Still, for that to succeed he must continue attacking the Numeros. Numbers were still on their side even if power was not necessarily. "Don't get stuck thinking.... Urufa whispered to her master.

Seishuku's eyes widened as the Arrancar rushed him, brandishing her sword. The first stab came forward, and he contorted so that it cut only through his garbs. The upward slash cut narrowly into Seishuku, as he watched the sword come down again towards his torso. This one cut about one and a half times deeper, as Seishuku winced in pain. The Numeros ran back, and for good reason. A giant ball of fire came crashing towards the former place of the enemy, and Seishuku used his patented 'Wolf Step' to avoid it. He appeared on the right of the fireball, and looked at the other two to see if they were alright.

Next upon the foe was a stream of black lightning, crashing down upon the blade of the Arrancar, and then split to crash harmlessly upon the earth. Now the Arrancar retaliated with a single, simple attack. What would seem to be a Cero gathered upon her palm, and was aimed directly at the third seat. There was no way Seishuku could get there fast enough to make an immense difference to Naiyashi, but he could gain something out of the effort. Using Wolf Step once more, he darted towards the Cero and intersected with it as it fired. He merged the 4 claws into 1, and ran through the back of the cero, shaving off about 1/8 of the Cero. 25%, that Cero was going to be a doozy.

[Uryuujin]

SHIT!! Kuro thought, wasting most of the thinking time he had. That Cero was headed straight toward Tayte, and he had moments to act. I hope to the Gods this works! He thought to himself, and caused multiple explosions next to the Cero, successfully altering its course to land to the left about 10 yards from where Tayte was standing. Thank those aforementioned gods!

However, he noticed that this Cero attack opened his foe up. One ally had weakened the Cero instead of attacking the Numeros, which was good, but he hoped intensely that the other would at least try and take advantage of the gaping hole in Ana's defenses. He couldn't do much thanks to the large amount of Reiganzai that it took to deflect a Cero.

But I think I have enough to cause a bit of damage. Kuro began preparing for a bit of hurt, trying to stay out of the limelight for now.

((101,683/250,000 Reiganzai))

[Tagz]

Damn. Tayte watched as her attack was slashed in half like a slice of bread. That was just… cold. She couldn’t just take the hit and die? No. She, for some odd reason, decided to cling to life. Not only that, but she didn’t even look like it was work, she just cut the crescent-shaped blast of lightning in half. Why? That was just… way too cold.

The Shinigami watched as reiatsu charged in the palm of the Numeros’s hand. It was different from the previous shots. It kind of looked like a… Cero! The Bala shots were difficult to avoid, now she had a Cero aimed at her. What was she to do? Even though the Vice-Captain absorbed some of this attack as well, her shield wasn’t strong enough to take the still very destructive blast, nor was she fast enough to evade the on coming blast. Well, maybe she would have been if she didn’t spend so much time wondering why the Arrancar didn’t want to die. However, she had wasted what little time she had to dodge the attack, and the most she could do is put up her shield and reduce as much damage as she could. That is, until the human interfered… not that she was complaining.

Kuro had used his Reiganzai to alter the course of the Cero blast. Tayte was beginning to feel like a burden. She was not just a seated Shinigami, but she was in the third seat, only one rank below the Vice-Captain. No. This was not possible. If this overpowered Hollow was going to keep chucking balls of reiatsu at her, she would have to make use of the time she’d gain after her attacks. She knew that the Arrancar would be able to immediately be on the defensive after shooting out her attack and watching it deter off its intended course. Still Tayte would make use of her time. She raised her Zanpakuto into the sky. She would then slam the blade down, aiming it towards the Arrancar. This action caused a decently sized beam of black lightning to be shot out towards the pesky Numeros. This attack requires a great deal of reiatsu, and Tayte proceeded to land on a rooftop. She put out a good attack that, if it didn’t do direct and immense damage, then it would definitely throw Ana off her game and open her up for one of the other two to finish off.

Landing on the rooftop, she looked over the ledge at the happenings going on with the other three. She was panting, but stayed on her feet. In case the Arrancar attacked her, she’d make sure she’d be able to dodge it. Tayte was on stand by. Aside from being attacked, the only thing that’d make her leave her current position was if she one of her comrades needed immediate attention. Other than that, she’d wait for a few minutes, catch her breath, and then resume her position in the Trio of Doom…

[Mr. Butterfly]

Anaklusmos sneered as the shinagami and human assisted their ally. She needed to break up this teamwork. She did some quick analyzing in her head. Apparently, the human lacked any close up attacking damage that could harm her, and instead provided backup attacks and defensive moves. The male shinagami was excellent in close range combat, with those morphing claws that could even slice up a cero. And then the female, who shot lightning down on her from a descent range, not standing too close or far. She needed to eliminate one of them, or put them in a situation where teamwork was impossible. Or, she could just kill them all instantly with a super Cero.

Black lightning was again an issue, as another bolt slammed down to hit her. This time Ana wasn't as lucky as last time. She made to cut it in half again, but it wasn't a complete success. the 2/3rds that shaved off on the right hit the ground and got splashback damage, burning the inside of her left foot. She winced - that bitch. Her attacks were more pain than they should have been.

Anaklusmos utilized her sonido again, the buzzing sound echoing her dissapearing figure. She popped up in front of Seishuku the vice captain, sword raised above her in her right hand. She swung it down with such force she leaned forward onto her left hand, bringing both her feet around in a heel-dropping kick. Whether either of these did any damage was then ignored as she used Sonido again, appearing to Sei's right, but using it suddenly again without attacking, materializing above him, her feet curled into her. She pushed them out in a powerful kick, backed up by her own reiatsu. This one would hurt.

[Seishuku]

Seishuku looked back at the obliteration beam that was sent at the 3rd seat. He was happy to see that Kuro had used a destructive force of his own to redirect the trajectory of said beam. Well, it seemed as if everybody was in tact for the moment. Seishuku popped a few reiganzai in his mouth (18/24), as if he was watching a movie. This was an action film, and the villain just had a giant wave of sizzling black lightning hurled at her with the intention of ending her life. Confidently, the antagonist split the blast, but was struck in the foot.

So now the daring foe had to figure out what exactly she had to do to get rid of all of her bothers. How'll she do it? I hope she throws out another beam, so I can get my percentage up to a decent amount. What do you think my next move should be Urufa? He mused to his zanpakuto, as he looked at the other two of his allies. "Well, think about it. Sure both Kuro and Naiyashi have shown flashes of physical combat, but for the most part they have stayed away. They aren't afraid, but they are respecting your space. So you have two main options: 1 is too take it all yourself, or 2 is to back up."

Seishuku pondered the options but suddenly felt Ana approaching. "Or you could dodge this." He growled, and watched the blade come forth. Since his claw was currently in its singular form, he brought it up and caught the blade with his backhand. But this was different, she was......trying; and it hurt. The claw started to shake a bit, and Seishuku focused hard on keeping the blade away. This allowed the twin dropping kicks to hit without notice, that is until the hit. Seishuku winced as Ana dissappeared again. Now she appeared on his right, and he brought the single claw up slowly. But to no avail, she appeared above him and brought down a hammering kick. Seishuku looked up and brought the claw over. The index dagger shattered, and the ring dagger was cracked as it forced his arm away and allowed the kick to hit him. The Vice-Captain hit the floor hard, his head bleeding profusely from the right side. He Wolf Stepped away, and collapsed to one knee. He popped a few more reiganzai (14/24), and trembling, brought his arm up. He held it at the shoulder with his other arm, and aimed at the Arrancar. "Raishii..." He whispered, as 3 wolves made of reiatsu flew out of his claw. Or should have. The breaking of the claw had caused the reiatsu to just spill out. Seishuku quickly drained it, and collapsed to all fours. He gave a symbol with his hand to the other two, assuring them he was fine and that they should attack Ana as opposed to helping him.

[Uryuujin]

Grrr.......This is much harder than you'd think! Three on one should be able to handle this Numeros! I must've been wrong....no matter, there's no way I could leave without abondoning the others, and that sure as hell ain't happening.Kuro was watching from afar, and saw that not only was the Third Seat out of commission for a while, the Vice Captain seemed hurt extremely badly. Reiatsu was pouring out of him like a tidal wave. However, Kuro could use this to his advantage.
The agreement before about borrowing Reiatsu was still in effect, and though before he would have never done anything to take more, he quickly made Twenty-five High-density Reiganzai, which were slightly more powerful than the usual. Unfortunately, this took part of his energy as well. Oh well, I hope he forgives me....
Then, he prepared an all out attack. I wont be able to do anything after this, so I have to wait for my chance. I'll only get one shot, so I'd better use it when the Numeros has no chance to escape.
He tried to send this message non-vebally to his allies, standing in a position that screamed final blow. He hoped that either of them could read his posture.
(( Reiganzai 101,750/25,000))

[Tagz]

Tayte watched as the other Shinigami took a great hit. He then, for some reason, let his reiatsu just leak out. The human dove in and robbed the unused reiatsu and turned them into more of his Reiganzai. Tayte gave a sigh; she’d be hopping back in battle much sooner than she had planned. She shoved five more Reiganzai into her mouth. She was now down to seventeen Reiganzai. Mustering up as much strength as she could, she blasted off in the direction of her two comrades. Landing, she turned to face the Numeros. She had originally planned on attacking the Arrancar, but seeing the look in the human’s eyes; she couldn’t help but assume a great, planet destroying big bang. To avoid the explosion of epic proportions, Tayte bent down and lifted the Vice-Captain off of his knees. Putting one of his arms around her neck to give him support, she took off. She headed back to the rooftops. Quite a distance away, she set Seishuku down and waited to see what the other man would do. She gripped her Zanpakuto tightly in case of anything.

[ooc: I apologize for the extremely short post. I'm not feelin' too good, so it kinda affects ma muse.]

[Mr. Butterfly]

Ana's joy of breaking through the shinagami's defenses presided over her as she performed a mid air somesault, landing further away from her foes standing straight up. She popped her neck sideways slowly, the cracking sounds echoing about. This battle was growing interesting, but bland. If these guys didn't want to live bad enough to fight harder, then she might as well just kill them. Anaklusmos witnessed the weaker shinagami scoop up her comrade and retreat to some building top a little ways away, the recooperate. That just left the human within her immediate range. Excellent - this guy was no match for her at close range. But she would remain wary. That explosion he had caused earlier could have been painful to her, and she knew he could create larger.

Ana's course of action through a few simple thought processes was an easy one. She slowly brought her zanpaukuto up, holding it above her head, then dropped it blade down. It stuck into the ground with a slight thunk. The arrancar's hands were busy however, both held up, aimed at the human male. She felt the energy crawl through her arms into her hands, the red orb of a destructive Cero being born. It grew, and would soon be launched at the human - or maybe the shinagami in the area behind him.Whether the answer was clear or not, the Numeros flashed a very crooked shark grin.

[Seishuku]

Seishuku sat there on all fours panting stiil. He had Wolf Stepped away, but if the Numeros wanted to follow her attacks up Seishuku couldn't do a thing. It was a very tenuous sitaution. The human had borrowed some reiatsu, which was fine because the Vice-Captain couldn't use iKuro seemed to move into a different position, which Seishuku could read all to easily. This could be the move that ended it. Seishuku felt Naiyashi nearing him, and he was glad that she did. She scooped him up onto her shoulder, as she moved far away from the impending clash.

Seishuku dropped to one knee as Naiyashi alighted him upon the roof of a building. Thanks a lot." It was that kind of thinking that had gotten her to her position, and would undoubtedly carry her further. The care for one's companions was essential to most high officers. But neither of them were any position to help Kuro. The Arrancar was rushing at him, and was about to hit him pretty hard. Seishuku caught the unmistakable red sheen of a Cero. Kuro was in trouble, and if he had dodged it Naiyashi and Seishuku had to deal with it. Arm trembling, Seishuku lifted his claw a little bit. If the Cero came at them, he would try to absorb the majority of it.

[Uryuujin]

((O.O.C. This post features a flashback, and gets a bit mushy. Don't say you were not warned!))
Kuro watched as his enemy charged at him. Well, I don't think I'll survive this one. Well, heres hopin!
He began running at the Arrancar, saw that she was charging her Cero blast. He sped up, mentally preparing himself to die. His only regret was that he hadn't had enough time with his reason for living.
His Beloved.
Jeanne.
His mind began to recollect one of his favorite memories of them together...
***
Two humans walked hand in hand through a grass-covered clearing in an unnamed stretch of woods. They said nothing, instead reveling in naught but the touch of their hands and the pleasure of being in each other's company.
Kuro looked over at his companion. Jeanne.
Her hair cascaded down to her shoulders, each strand catching the light in an awe inspiring display. He could make out the edge of her ears, though he spent not much time there.
Her face was round, but not plump. No, it was more like it was rounded in a way for her to appear more soft, which was deceiving, as he knew. Her nose was not too large or small, but fit perfectly with the rest of her face, situated above her soft lips. They were unadorned with makeup, but were still more appealing than any other. As were her warm, brown eyes, set at a very slight slant, which were the same shade as her eyes. His heart ached looking at her. But it was in a good way.
Her beauty had always taken him, ever since they had first met. However, it had taken a long time before he could tell her so. She thought he was crazy, that she was nowhere near as beautiful as he told her, because that was what Jeanne pictured others thinking. It wasn't true, and if his eyes disagreed with any other man...
Well, who cares what a blind fool thinks, eh?
She then graced him with her gaze.
Warmth spread throughout his body, a smile spreading across his face, unbidden. Unbidden, but welcome. He smiled more in the past few months than ever before in his life. He smiled when Jeanne was near, and when he was thinking about her. So, pretty much all his waking moments, and some not so awake ones. She returned the grin, flashing her white teeth, making him feel more alive than ever.
"What are you thinking, Kury?" She inquired melodiously, her voice more beautiful than those Angelic Choirs that Clergymen always crowed on about.
"You, of course! You're what I'm always thinking about" He replied. She claimed that her voice was so much worse than his. How she could think the perfect sound emanating from her gorgeous form could be worse than his silly little noise of a voice would always be a mystery to him.
"Why? There are so many more important and entertaining things to think about than me!"
He smiled. "I respectfully disagree, beloved. There is not, nor ever will be, anyone or anything more important to me than you."
"Nu-uh"
"Yes-huuh!"
They teased each other like this for a few moments until they reached a very shady and tall tree. Sitting with his back to the bark, he pulled her down onto his lap, facing him.
Her arms wrapped around his neck, his around her waist, "This position is very.....suggestive" She whispered into his ear, her breath warmly brushing the sensitive skin.
He whispered back in the same manner, "And your point?" and brought her face to his, kissing her lightly for a few seconds...before tickling her sides.
She squeaked indignantly, and hit him playfully, starting a bout of innocent wrestling.
They fought for a few minutes, laughing, until she finally pinned him to the ground beneath her. Sitting on his chest and holding his arms down with her own, she smiled down in victory. "I got you!" She gloated.
Kuro laughed, "I let you win."
Jeanne threw her head back and laughed, then looked back at him. "Sure you did. You know I got you fair and square, silly boy."
He looked into her eyes. "You always have" he whispered lovingly.
She leaned down...and the rest is none of your damned business!
***
Kuro put a little power into his sprint, and finally reached his foe, wrapping his arms around her below the arms, just as if she was his lost Love herself. He activated the Rest of his Reiganzai, creating three simultaneous blasts, two level sevens and a level five, adding his own energy stores to fuel the blasts. He knew that his own Reiatsu wouldn't hurt him, but not only was that Cero dangerous, some of his Reiatsu blast was Seishuku's, which could hurt him.
As the black waters of Unconsciousness closed over his head, one name rang through his head, echoing longingly as he slipped out of awareness.
Jeanne.............

[Tagz]

Tayte watched on as the events took place. She almost didn’t believe that this was actually happening. Maybe she somehow got herself caught into a TV show. It was a lovely thought, but one that couldn’t last. She had little time to fantasize about this simply being a show that she could easily turn off to go read a book. Tayte watched as a glowing red orb formed in both the raven-haired Arrancar’s hands. It just grew and grew. How was this happening? How did a single Arrancar have the upper-hand against a Vice Captain Shinigami, a Third-seated Shinigami, and a human with some pretty amazing powers? Tayte would never in her life have imagined that hollows could ever gain such power. She must have been one of those ‘Espada’ people that she’s heard about. Yes, that was the only explanation. Espada were supposed to be quite a challenge for Captain’s, and the three of them would probably be struggling just as much with a Captain. Yes, this woman was an Espada. She wore white. Well, it was more like tan, and there was the issue of her grayish armor, but then again, there had to be an element of uniqueness within their rankings. One thing was sure, the entire right half her mask was missing. This automatically listed her as an Arrancar, and their currently embarrassing situation listed her as an Espada. Wait… what if she was just a Numeros… nah… that couldn’t be.

Tayte was preparing herself. At the angle they were in, if the man ducked out of the way, it’d be up to her to… what the? Why was Seishuku raising his claw? No… he was not going to continue in his current condition…

With her right hand, she placed it down on Seishuku’s hand, pressing on it lightly, but enough to force it down. With her left hand, she raised her own Zanpakuto before her. She would then place her right hand back on the hilt and stood in her stance. She knew that she lacked the speed to outrun or even dodge the incoming Cero. So… she’d have to stay and fight it off with everything she had.

Then… it didn’t seem as though anything she did really mattered. Kuro was sprinting towards the Arrancar. Three simultaneous blasts rang stridently. Then there was the whole ‘Cero’ thing… The area was surrounded by an inconceivably colossal cloud of dust and debris, preventing Tayte from being able to see anything. Did Kuro survive? Did Ana survive? Was one dead? Were they both dead? Would the area clear, revealing a purple cat with silver polka dots? What?! What happened?!

‘Patience is a virtue’

Pfft… >.>