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Post by Mr. Butterfly on Jan 13, 2009 22:12:32 GMT -4
The hand might have seemed to come out of no where, as did the ripple in space. About 6 feet tall, it materialized right next to the cemetery's front end, at the tip of a knolled hill. The solitary crow perched on a tall cross-style gravestone flew away, cawing incessantly. As with the rest of the hand, a body came with it as the portal - a Garganta - and pulled it open like one might step through a gypsy's bead curtain door. The figure was unmistakably of Hollow relation - Arrancar, to be precise. She, for it most definitely was female, had short blue-ish hair, with one red eye visible. The other was covered in the white carapace of a Hollow's mask, all the way down the face. Another signification to an Arrancar origin she carried was her Los Noches robes, a one-piece white dress than tarried down her body in a tight fit, then tapered away into a little looser bit down to her ankles. A hole was visible right below her neck, smaller than some Hollows but still enough to prove her as belonging to the Hollow side unless an idiot though someone had punched her a bit too hard.
The arrancar looked around a bit, folding her arms. She skimmed the gravestones for what she was looking for in the first place - a small mass of Wholes. 5, to be exact - somehow and entire home was destroyed in an explosion, which the Arrancar reasoned to be from a fight of a spiritual nature. She sighed, then held out her hand, like a woman trying to point at a distant object with all five fingers. Then she vanished - along with a slight buzzing noise - and then she reappeared behind the spirit of the little girl with ponytails. Her hand gripped her head, lifted her up, and then a blue energy was transfered between the two. In an instant the girl faded away. This happened in the span of 7 seconds - and in the next 7, the blue energy reformed behind the Arrancar and turned into a white, swirling energy. This formed a mask - one resembling a beetle with horns of some sort. A small body accompanied it, with 4 arms and no legs, with each appendage having claws for legs. It hovered in air with some carapace wings and reiatsu. The arrancar then spoke up to the rest of the shocked family.
"I am Anaklusmos Vycarios. And you now have one of two choices. A, you can submit and I can turn you into your daughter to serve me for a short while...or B, I can let her eat you. Your choice."
And with that she snapped her finger. The beetle Hollow zoomed over them dangerously low, skimming their heads. The family was still in a silent panic and awe. Ana thought for a minute that she would simply let her new Hollow eat them to make it stronger, but then again 5 hollows are better than one. A difficult choice to make right now, but one that needed to be made. She raised her hand again, ready to snap her fingers a second time for her low level Hollow to strike. And as she did so, the sun hit the point at which dusk emerged, casting an eerie lighting upon the whole scene.
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Post by kensei on Jan 13, 2009 22:33:29 GMT -4
A man smiled as he patted a girls head. The girl was holding a small apple, and smiled softly at the man. He was caring a small paper bag that had food inside. The man was wearing a black tank top and black lose fitting paints. He wore a black jacket over his shirt and had a sword strung across his back. He walked over to a table and set the bag down, where several other where. He was inside a church, along with several other men and women and some young children. A elderly man came up to him and said. "Once again you help maintain our existence Kensei." Kensei smiled and said. "Just returning the favor my friend." He said with a smile. He then went back to his unemotional face. After a few minutes of walking around the church he left.
Kensei was walking down the road humming a quiet tune to himself. When he felt a force he had not felt for some time. "What in the world?" He said as he turned around and made his way to the grave yard. The site was just what he feared, a Arrancar. When he saw the beetle go to attack the men and women he moved into action. He pulled out his sword and cut it across the mask making it go back. With his katana in his right hand he looked at the arrancar and said. "I am Kensei, keeper of peace. I give you two options, A. Leave now, or B, Die." He said unemotionally. His dark black hair hung down to his shoulders, and his dark soulless eyes looked straight into the eyes of Anaklusmos. "whats it going to be?" he said turning towards Anaklusmos, his sword near the ground.
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Post by Uryuujin on Jan 13, 2009 23:10:54 GMT -4
(( O.O.C.: < ... >= An explanation of how they're using their ability, this way people who want to skip to the action are allowed to do so ^_^)) The two figures ran in the early evening, moving quicker than two regular human beings did. Swiftly the duo made their way past an unsuspecting Karakura, moving with an almost eerie grace. Suddenly they stopped in their tracks, moving in a unison that was nearly frightening with it's accuracy. Looking toward a church on the edge of town, the larger brother turned to the smaller. "Tarian, you feel that?" "Of course I do!" Tarian said in an exasperated tone of voice. "There's an Arrancar nearby. Wait, there is another one..." He squinted his eyes, looking into the distance. He stiffened. "There's a Shinigami there." His voice colder than ice. As soon as the words passed his mouth, he grabbed tight onto Chris' arm, the bigger brother nearly sprinting toward the Graveyard. "Let. Me. GO!" He yelled furiously as he futilely struggled against his brother's iron grip. "I'm gonna get him! Let me GO!" "Chrysaor Septimus Gaius" Tarian softly berated, nearly unheard. Chris stopped fighting immediately. He knew that it was foolish to anger his brother too much. Especially in this mood. "What will we do then?" Chris asked. "What do you think?" Tarian replied. "We're gonna let them fight each other, then pick off whoever is left." However, that plan soon changed as soon as the Beetle Hollow moved far enough from it's new master. The Brothers instantly realized that there were more than just the Arrancar and Shinigami in that graveyard. "Innocents" one of them said. At the same time, they had found the signatures of the remaining family members. Upon finding this, they sprung into action, the two simultaneously running, their Mechanical legs lending them strength. Then they joined hands, and began moving impossibly fast. <Chris is taking all the energy from the wind resistance, and transferring it to Tarian in the form of Electricity, who is then using it to increase the amount of kinetic energy beneath his feet, moving him quicker. This does not harm either of them, the amount of energy being used is similar to a static shock. Annoying, to some, but not harmful.> They sneaked up behind the scene, watching the challenge of the Shinigami. More importantly to them, the four remaining humans were crouched, fearful as the two challenged each other, their former female member buzzing around their heads. "I don't know who I hate more, that mindless Bug, or the Hollows" Chris whispered, almost chuckling at his own little joke. But neither would ever truly laugh around a Shinigami. Not after what had happened between them. Tarian was busy planning. Trying to figure out what each opponent could do. Their orders were, at this point, to go and Capture Plus souls and to fight off Hollow and Shinigami Scum alike. I will have have to wait and see what these worms could do. However, for now, the two of us shall hide, concealing any trace of our Reiatsu from those in the graveyard. And this they did, the brothers waiting for the first move to be made, Tarian cold and calculating, Chris angry and twitchy, barely keeping himself from attacking his Shinigami enemy.
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on Jan 14, 2009 21:37:57 GMT -4
The beetle Hollow reared back, the small cut popping into place in a diagonal along it's mask. It flew back in a semi-circle around it's master, the cut being big enough to irritate it but just not deep enough to slay the critter. It made a painful hissing noise, hovering up and down behind an annoyed Anaklusmos. She gave the newcoming shinagami a painful glare with her visible eye, then swept both hands back through her hair to flip it back a bit, almost an act to show how displeased she was before speaking.
"Shinagami . . . why did you interfere? You should heed that as a warning. Otherwise, I will leave - but only with your blood on my hands."
At her last words she released a burst of reiatsu, topping out to show 1/4 her total strength. It blasted out, knocking over the weak spirits and pinning them down where they remained motionless. Ana's own little servant was blown back a foot or two. She wished to simply crush this little pest then go on with getting her Hollow ready. However, in case this nuisance was stronger than he looked she might be in some trouble - that horrid Human boy's explosion had still left a pretty bad burn wound on her back that wasn't able to be fully healed.
For some reason a very irritating feeling came to Anaklusmos' attention, like something she should be able to sense there but at the same time not there. She would have dealt with it then and there to discover what it was but thought of it as inconsequencial.
Ana motioned with her head, and the Beetle moved faster than it had before, going up high then swooping at an odd angle down low, coming in at quite the speed to get who was once her brother. The boy screamed in fright and Ana watched on, wondering what the Shinagami would do.
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Post by kensei on Jan 25, 2009 21:25:25 GMT -4
Kensei's cold eyes glared into Anaklusmos's eye. His hair moved in the breeze as his eyes met her in a endless stare. Staring back would feel like as if you where looking into a void. Infact, that is what kensei is inside, a void. He broke the stare as the hollow beetle moved to attack the young boy.
His sword met with the claws of the beetle, blocking them. He pushed the beetle back and looked at Ana. "I will not let you harm these innocent people. I have no grudge against you, if you leave now and never come back here, i will not fight you. But, if you chose to remain, you will have forced my hand."
He put his sword to the ground and closed his eyes for a split second. Inside of his head a voice said. "Let me have a go at her! I haven't been out in so long!" Kensei answered. "Depends on what happens." He then opened his eyes and looked into ana's eye. Slowly he moved his sword closer to the ground, tho never did he let his guard drop.
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Post by Uryuujin on Jan 28, 2009 18:38:41 GMT -4
(( Go ahead and continue, there's not going to be any change for my characters yet. -Uryuujin))
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on Feb 28, 2009 14:11:41 GMT -4
Ana gave a very annoyed look to the shinagami. Here she was, trying to build up another Hollow troop just like at the orphanage, and here was someone to mess it all up. Her beetle pet - still unnamed, until it proved it's worth - was flung back again after the block but a middair flip righted itself.
"Well, Shinagami . . . I can't leave just yet. This Human world is so nice - plenty of ammo and fodder to use. It's not my fault you have your high-and-mighty ideas that you can tell me not too. Well, here's an idea for you - are you going to protect the spirits, or yourself?"
At this, the Beetle swooped up into the air, a red glow coming from the center of it's outstretched hands. A cero - a weak one, but enough to kill the spirits. At the same moment, Anaklusmos raised her right hand lazily, before snapping her fingers against each other, launching roughly six balas at Kensei. The shinagami barely had a choice - he could manage to block the cero, but then he'd lose a large part of defending himself from the balas. Or, he could defend against the concentrated reiatsu balls, but lose the spirits in the process. Anaklusmos almosted hummed as she wanted to see his decision. With just one person, there was no way he could do both . . .
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Post by Uryuujin on Mar 11, 2009 19:28:04 GMT -4
The Brothers sprung into action. Absolutely not caring about what happened to the Shinigami, and knowing that he wouldn't give himself to save the deceased family, Chris darted from their hiding spot, intercepting the attack, and absorbing it into his own body, which then jumped up a half degree. Not a large number, but such a sudden jump in temperature is disorienting. Tarian released the energy and staggered, nearly falling at the feet of the terrified family. Tarian, however, was there almost as soon as he took the hit, taking the electrical discharge into his own body. Before his heart stopped for too long, he jumped into the air straight at the Beetle-like Hollow. Converting all the energy from the Cero to kinetic energy, he punched the Hollow with enough force to crush a small car. Meanwhile, Chris urged the Pluses to run and hide in the Church. “Let professionals handle these scum. Both of those things will try and steal you away, but we will save you!” After the souls were convinced to wait for the brothers inside the church, and ran toward the lone building, Tarian rejoined his brother, watching for an attack from either enemy.
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Post by tsunda on Mar 11, 2009 21:30:48 GMT -4
Lyn giggled to herself. her bellow hair danced in the wind. She was glad she took a walk today because the espada had not had any good fights in a while. 'This spot is perfect she thought, I can snipe them down with my cero.' She didn't recognize the arrancar standing below her so she thought that she would just kill her to. When the two brothers arrived though Lyn stopped. This was not part of her plan.
The brothers could very well prove to be a bother because of their want to protect the souls. Then it dawned on Lyn like a sunrise. If she attacked the church the boys would stop and go after the church to save them. Then she could have the aftermath of the other fight.
Lyn smiled again and was thrilled with herself for making this plan. She had made two crucial errors though. While talking to herself she let her reiatsu spread out taking away from her element of surprise. The second thing was that she had let to much time pass. ''Well if I am found out might as well do it in style.' She let out a great roar "I am the great ocho espada Lyn! Fear me humans!"
This was just dramatic enough for her. She quickly pointed her finger towards the church and charged a cero. Once charged she fired the pale green beam towards the human and soul filled church. She laughed loudly knowing that this would cause for madness and that is of course what Lyn loves most.
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on Mar 12, 2009 21:37:34 GMT -4
The moment the beetle Hollow saw that a human had appeared, it halted in flight - it's fatal mistake. The return-energy from it's own attack turned into a human attack hit it square in it's body, the energy splitting it in half - mask included. It dissapated, and as if in rhythm, Anaklusmos sighed. She had just figured out a name for the little guy, and already it turned out it was foolish enough to become the perfect target. That, and now humans had shown up. From what she saw, they had interesting powers - one absorbed the energy and the other conducted it into himself before releasing it. That ruled out any of her own energy attacks, since she doubted in her abillity to simply overpower and fry the little buggers. No telling how much burn they could take, and if she maxed out and they struck back . . .
And then, right when it seemed her situation couldn't get crummier, the one thing she disliked most appeared. The cruel energy and reiatsu of an Espada. Shit Ana thought, this being the last thing she wanted to worry about. The Espada would take all of her damn fun - especially seeing as how it was that bitch Lyn. As if being melodramatic and ruining any strategy an Espada should use, the Arrancar then proceded to shoot an energy beam dead at her future recruits!
"Mudo Cogida, Espada! What the hell do you think your doing!" Ana yelled, outraged that not just 'human' forces were trying to stop her. Ana reacted, reeling her arm back and tossing a quickly powered cero - less beam and more of a pitch. It whizzed right past the Energy Brothers and hit the cero at an angle - in no way did it stop the cero, but it glanced off of it in such a way that it changed the trajectory. The green cero hit in front of the church, collapsing part of it but not harming the Wholes whatsoever.
Well, now this was a pickle. A quick analysis in her head displayed the multiple threats - the ones in front of her and now Lyn. Without knowing she was doing it, Anaklusmos drew out her zanpauku-to and assumed her samurai-esque pose, in a stance that would give her more time to react to any attack, though dealing less physical damage. Normally, she'd combine this with her ceros and balas, but the humans neutralized this tactic . . .
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Post by kensei on Mar 14, 2009 17:24:05 GMT -4
Kensei ducked and moved to the right as he avoided the cero blast. He was about to become angered with himself if it wasn't for the two brothers that came to stop the blast. Kensei looked at them as they went to the church. They seemed rather capable for humans. He turned a sharp 180 as he felt the presence of yet another arrancar. Damn it what should i do? He couldn't just leave the Arrancar he was currently fighting alone, but he couldn't let the innocent people become slaves to her either. He looked at the brothers and said. "You two go take care of that other Espada i got this one."
With that Kensei turned his attention on the original Arrancar. He took on a similar form to that of the Arrancar and said. "Your move." With that he held his ground and waited for the Arrancar to strike.
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Post by Uryuujin on Apr 9, 2009 0:03:20 GMT -4
"You two go take care of that other Espada i got this one." the shinigami told them, then prepared for an attack from the Espada. Chris trembled with rage as Tarian gave a cold look-o-death to the Shinigami. Both were thinking along the lines of How dare that rat Bastard try to give us orders! They knew that it was their responsibility to try and defeat all others that were currently on the battlefield, and to take those souls in the church into custody. However, is was unlikely that they could defeat all of them at once. However, it seemed that the Shinigami thought them allies, and that the two Hollows were not particularly friends. Therefore, there was only one logical choice. They had to fight alongside the Shinigami, for now. Chris growled at this as Tarian explained it to him. "I Think we should just kill them all right now and take the pluses back to HQ!" "Use your head!" Tarian whispered, his eyes fixed on the Espada as he spoke. "We cannot fight all three of them at once, even if they aren't allies. We'll get rid of the hollows, then the Shinigami, and then complete the mission as ordered. Understood?" Chris nodded slightly, obviously not happy at the prospect of fighting alongside a hated enemy. He knew that it was necessary, though, which made it a bit easier. "So what's the plan?" "Do you remember that one mission in Sicily? When we got cornered?" Chris smiled, and struggled to keep a chuckle of pleasure from escaping. "Like it was yesterday." The brothers clasped hands, and Chris screwed up his face in concentration. Soon, he rose off the ground a few inches. As he did this, Tarian began to swing his brother in a circle, building up momentum. Soon, the brothers were spinning in a dangerously fast circle. Tarian finally aimed and let go, his brother rocketing toward the Espada at an unimaginable speed, as Chris absorbed all opposing force, his temperature climbing fast. This all occurred within a minute. <Chris began absorbing a third of the Gravitational force, and used that energy to give Tarian enough force to start spinning him. He then absorbed all air resistance and used it to halp Tarian increase his momentum, until he was launched, retaining the air resistance as he launched at the Espada> Their plan was to have Chris collide with the Espada, absorb the recoil, pull her into a bear hug, then use that energy to electrify her. He was moving with a great amount of speed due to the destruction of both wind and gravitational resistance. But would it be fast enough?
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Post by tsunda on Apr 11, 2009 0:43:03 GMT -4
Lyn saw Ana's face of disappointment to see her. This made Lyn remember that she wasn't suppose to crash other peoples parties. 'Oh well to late now." She was happy she was going to demolish that church and all of the puny souls inside, then she got a feast of human and shinigami. She smiled a bigger smile when Ana made an attempt to stop her cero with her puny weak cero.
Lyn frowned when she saw Ana's cero hit hers off course. Lyn stomped her feat, that was cheating! Lyn saw a glimmer of hope that the cero would hit another person but alas it missed everyone. Lyn wanted a fight now, her mind became observe and inquisitive of everything around her. Lyn then got one of her favorite things in life, a look of fear. The shinigami had taken the look for a second, he knew that he would lose today. He then acted as if he was a leader, which he obviously was not. Lyn paid him no more min and focused on the brothers that had many interesting qualities.
Lyn saw the obvious look of disdain on the faces of the identical twins. 'Idiot shinigami... two humans fighting me, and I thought earth would be fun.' Lyn thought. Lyn was slightly intrigued though because most humans sided with the shinigami but these two didn't. Lyn picked up on a few more aspects such as their uniforms which gave reference to an organized group, and their mention of missions also gave Lyn the thought of them being part of an organized group.
Lyn wanted to study them some and realized that they had some major experience and worked perfectly together. Lyn realized the flying and began breaking it down to possibilities. She had it figured out when she lifted her arm and she was slightly lighter, gravitational energy was being absorbed. Lyn looked like a child watching a fireworks display when she saw them throwing each other. Lyn had no fear because she believed that no matter what the boy wouldn't hit her because of air resistance.
Lyn was quickly proved wrong when she noticed that he was moving fast, air resistance was disappearing. Someone had the power to make factors dissipate. Lyn thought for a moment, no matter if they could only take away certain factors, factors don't just disappear. 'They have to go somewhere and a place can only hold so much.' Lyn needed a way to stop this guy so she wouldn't even let him get close.
She stuck her hand and pointed one finger at the man flying towards her. She began pulling in electrons from the lights and electronics of the city behind her. They flew in fast and collected in her arm, which now was glowing a bright blue color. The area behind her had become dark because of the lack of energy and Lyn was ready within seconds.
Lyn smiled and said out loud "Lets see you remove a factor this strong! Trueno Poderoso!" At that she snapped her fingers and a great reiatsu power lightening bolt flew from her hand towards the boy. She then charged her reiatsu around her body just incase she needed to use Repercursion. She didn't want to have to because of the amount of reiatsu it took but she was ready.
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Post by Mr. Butterfly on Apr 22, 2009 19:13:23 GMT -4
Anaklusmos paid no heed to the Espada at this point, ignoring the business Lyn had with the humans and instead turning to the shinagami. She crouched down onto the ground, her hands poised just above the ground, holding her zanpauku-to so that the blade jutted behind her. Her red eyes glared daggers at the man. She considered her options as she coiled her muscles, planned her strike, and leapt into the air. She covered half the distance between her and the shinagami before vanishing with the static sound of a sonido, covering the last stretch between her and her prey. She appeared in front of him, with both of her hands gripping her zanpauku-to above her, before bringing the sword down in a double-handed swing. She peered over the shoulder of the shinagami as she pulled the blade back and twirled, planning on striking with her weapon to his right in a side-swing that would bring the full force of the swing into it onto the shinagami.
Her quick peek gave her a glance of the one of the humans tossing the other, in an attempt to attack the Espada. The human being used as a projectile seemed to be brimming with power - where was he getting it all? She couldn't comprehend it but somehow he was gathering it from unknown sources. However, the Espada was already countering with her own powerful attack. If any of them wanted a chance against her, they would need to get the drop on her . . . so Ana would have to help the shinagami and human get the ideas while keeping herself safe. But she stopped her thinking to pay attention to the shinagami as her blade finished it's swing and the Arrancar decided to push with it, wanting to lock blades - or steel on flesh - with her foe, pushing close to his body so that she could almost breathe on him.
"C'mon, show me what you can do! I don't want you to hold back Shinagami!"
Anaklusmos pulled back, feeling herself slide across the ground a bit, to get distance. She pulled her free hand back, felt a quick bit of energy charge up, and fired off a small red cero at the protector of lost souls. She wanted to push him into the humans, and pray the Espada launched an onslaught against them, to get them to double team her . . . or maybe even give Anaklusmos an opening.
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Post by kensei on Apr 25, 2009 1:01:29 GMT -4
Kensei sighed as he watched Ana take a position that just screamed “LEAP ATTACK!” He ready himself for a attack from the air, only to watcher vanish and stop right in front of him. He deflected the sword ever just enough so that it cleared him, while at the same time whispering. “Lend me your fists, Kazuno!” As he said this his Zanpakuto disappeared and on his arms where gauntlets. They where blue and covered half of his lower arm and past his fists. On the arms where steal plates, painted blue, that circled around his whole arm and gripped it tightly. On the tops of his hands where also blue metal plates, the plates extended a bit past his knuckles, when the flat metal ended two spikes extended on both sides of the gauntlets three more inches. On the palm of his hand where several small, brass, pieces of metal that formed ended two centimeters from the center of his palm, held together by a circle of brass that all of the spikes where connected to. The brass formed around his palm connecting to the metal on his hand.
He turned as Ana did, with a slight grin on his face as she told him not to hold back. You heard her, she wants me to fight! Shut up, and stay out of my way. As he had this quick conversation with his inner hollow he saw her blade coming close to her. He blocked the blade with his left hand and said, “I seriously hope you have a quick way to get out of here, otherwise I will be forced to end you.” She then jumped back and formed a red cero in her hand and shot it at the human. This could easily be blocked and it would be. Kensei aimed his hand at the cero and shot his own beam that traveled slightly faster then the cero, it was purple and when it hit the cero it knocked it into the ground causing it to miss the human, and the spirits which he was protecting. While his beam was traveling he ran at Arrancar, forming a purple energy around his hands, when he neared her he would attempt to puncher her in her face, the result would be not only the spikes from his gauntlets stabbing her but the energy that swelled around his fist to knock her at least a foot back or more. He would then swing at her again with his left hand instead of his right like last time, near her abdomen. After that the purple energy around his hands would vanish just as quickly as they appeared.
OOC: It is late, sorry for crummy quality.
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