The Titian Incursion - Closed

[GoldenKitten]

Many people passed by the small green belt that they liked to call as “Forest” in Karakura everyday without incident, never expecting anything despite that something definitely was there. The occupants of the town never did seem to worry about their lives though for they had never faced hardship and they had good friends to lean on if bad times did roll around, especially today as tonight a large festival in honor of the season change was to take place. The sun casting an orange glow about the town marked the coming twilight while many people wrapped up their daily lives and party planners, musicians and cooks took to the streets and prepared for the night that was to come as the youngsters ran about draping fancy colored string from one roof to another to carry small hanging lanterns. Little could they imagine that roughly a mile away a group of creatures that defiled the very town and more specifically the forests which they sat waiting patiently in.

“K—ckkk-ckk-kkkkekekke-ckkk---kk-ckckkkk-k”

“Thuk-ckkkk-ckkkk-kkkkkkkkkkkkkk”

“Tck”

If one did not know the sounds of the area they might very well mistake the sounds for an everyday animal or even a cricket of some sort, of course any of the locals could have told you it was much to deep and foreign. Unfortunately none of them were out to hear the trouble coming, not that most of them could have anyway as a plethora of figures moved from one tree to the next, hiding from an imaginary enemy. In the streets of Karakura small time musicians trying to get attention had begun to play, the music was eerily cheery wafting over this area permeating in darkness and was in blatant confliction yet the shadows rocked back and forth as if in rhythm with the music. Then there was a single large thud as another shadow seemed to drop from the treetops into the shrubs below, no more movement occurred though and a single click was all that was heard before all the shapes draped themselves into the cloak of forest around them, had a passerby that could see these Hollows (for that’s what they were) appeared they might have very well thought it had been a trick on their eyes for there was no disturbance in the forest now. The forest shadows had disappeared for now and were not to be seen for a little bit longer. However there was no doubt that they were moving into the town and as one darted across the road and slipped into a side alley there was an eerie revelation that might strike someone with good senses or with a proper Hollow radar, these sneaky sort weren’t the only ones…the Hollows were everywhere. Right now though a single young girl walked down the street completely oblivious to what was going on, currently she was dodging a crazy cart driver whose goods were spilling out everywhere as she attempted to navigate the ever growing crowd. She walked along with what could only be a scowl with her arms hugging a bag of what appeared to be milk and crackers.

((OOC: I want to make it very clear that Sera is in no way, shape or form some sort of joke about people with mental handicaps. She is based heavily off of me and has OCD, complex phobia patterns and heavy anti-social feelings toward others despite trying to be as normal as possible…I to have all these things and know exactly what it is like. I just wanted to clear this up before I even start posting because I forgot to mention that for all purposes the character (one like her anyway) WAS me before and people thought I was being insensitive to those with such issues when I try to make some obvious slapstick jokes about how she acts. In all truth speaking from the point of view of someone with these problems I truly prefer to make light of them so that it does not feel as if I am so abnormal. Just something I needed to say first before I began with you guys.))


“You go get it they said.” She spoke in a mocking voice.

“Were busy they said.” She rocked her head back and forth even more.

“You want to be boring and just sit around while we go out and have fun they said.” She grunted to herself.

Those idiots at the Brotherhood never helped her when she needed it most, they knew she hated crowds but on the night when the largest crowd in several months would gather here they wouldn’t go get her some stuff so she could eat at home. She did not understand what the big deal was, sticking close together and yelling really loud, how fun…blah, at least she had gotten out before the sun came down she hated the dark and that’s when the perverts came out. She didn’t like perverts either, they were too… perverty. She walked along with her head to the ground just hoping to get back to base as quickly as possible, the amount of life force around her still muddled her senses but eventually she found her way to a side street that took her through a shortcut to get home quicker. She moved through the crowd and exited into the side street letting out a big gasp, apparently she had been holding her breath around the crowd…for ten minutes…after all who knew what kind of germs they were carrying, she didn’t like germs either. She looked on her back as she wandered off alone and she kept glancing behind her while freeing one hand she kept checking her back as well to see if her zanpaktou was there…about forty times in all before she got to the other side of the alley and then her mind started wandering again. Had she turned the lights off? Had she locked the front door? Had she forgotten something at the store? Was bird flu going to hit? What time was that appointment again? Sera had a problem, Sera had OCD as well as her fair share of phobias…Sera probably shouldn’t have been a member of the Brotherhood…to bad she possessed spirit energy.

As she walked along new things kept hitting her smack in the head as she worried like mad, for once Hollows were the last thing on her mind. That was of course until a brick wall of reiatsu hit her, now that she was no longer mixed into the crowd it seemed the Hollows had finally picked her out as a single strong point of soul energy and she immediately felt them. She turned around with a slight look of panic on her face and immediately spotted a large gorilla looking Hollow who was sitting on a rooftop several hundred meters away, despite the distance anyone would notice the obviously malicious aura spilling off of it. They would also notice the smaller Hollows who were crossing the distance from its current position, Seras immediate reaction was to shut her eyes tightly and start running in the other direction as quickly as possible while she began to hyperventilate and have a panic attack. She apparently half slammed into somebody else and they yelled after her but she didn’t even hear them and only stopped charging nearly a minute later when she finally opened her eyes, only to find a Hollow right in front of her. She let out a blood curdling scream, let go of the bag spilling the food she had just bought all over the ground and with absolutely no warning the small Hollow was suddenly cut completely in half as she ripped her zanpaktou out with fearful speed…probably linked directly to her borderline schizo phobia right now. She then began running again as she dragged her Zanpaktou along the ground.

Idiot…IDIOT…what are you doing…why do you always do this? It’s just another Hollow…you kill them all the time…why do you always do this? Stop doing this…you need to stop…stop it…you know your doing it so stop…just stop…face them…kill them…you need to stop.

Sera came to an abrupt stop and planted her feet firmly in the ground and pulled her zanpaktou up to her side. She turned around with a determined face…for all of three seconds because that’s when she found the Gorilla Hollow about five feet away before he clobbered her in the stomach. She let out a gasp as she was sent flying across the road and straight through an empty store front, it was so strong it had practically put her straight through the back room and it took her almost twenty seconds to get back up. For some reason though the Hollow had not followed, something was keeping it occupied outside. As she finally pulled her wits and determination about her she charged back out the now crashed front of the shop.

[ZR0 C00L]

It's time Daijiro thought to himself as he rose from his kneeling position after lacing his boots. [ Time......... to party! ] He finished as he gave himself a quick once over in the mirror. He had been running himself ragged the last few weeks with his training. Not that he was unused to the long hours or physical strain. But since his induction to the alliance, the Quincy had felt very inadequate and even at times felt as if he wasn't respected by the other members. Not knowing if this was a fact or not for sure, but being used to it Daijiro had already began training harder, to show that he is deserving of his divine powers granted to the Quincy's. But not tonight.

Tonight Daijiro had gave himself a much needed, and much appreciated day or rest. The festival in karakura tonight would prove fun as he originally had planned to delight in the afternoons festivities also, but thanks to a new book with longer chapters than expected, was running late. no matter He thought to himself. He enjoyed the night better anyhow there would be fireworks and all types of food as well as the live music which Daijiro enjoyed most.

Leaving his quarters at the brotherhood HQ, Daijiro allowed himself to enjoy the scenery as the almost setting sun gave forth it's last hour or so of light before giving way to the moon.

Aprroaching the festival in a lackadaisical manner, Daijiro was engrossed in an inner debate over what types of food he was going to get, and wondering if the dancing would be as good as it was last year. When suddenly, he was almost floored by a wave of reiatsu . snapping the string, he yanked the Quincy cross off of his neck with a deft tug of his left hand. And began sprinting towards the festival at top speed.

As he ran through the entrance, Daijiro could make out the reiatsu of a human it was sporadic, but it was there, it was high, and it was fighting the hollows already. Finding the source of the energies, Daijiro got a glimpse of a young female careening into a store front at speed that almost made the building concave on itself also, at a speed with which he had no time to have any hope of catching her.

Seeing the ape-like hollow who was now charging after the girl to finish what he had started. Daijiro, summoned his bow. There wasn't much time before the adjuchas would be on its prey. A bright blue arrow of reishi materializing as he drew his bow and released his arrow.

The arrow was not meant to hit the hollow, but was aimed in front of him so that he'd stop dead in his tracks. Already readying his second shot, Daijiro watched as the Adjuchas took notice of him and began making a b-line towards him. "That's it, come to papa" the young archer said aloud as the gorilla barreled at him.

firing when the hollow was about 10 meters away, Daijiro was shocked to see that his kojaku, which was aimed at the beasts face meerly waived off and did not slow him down at all. readying another shot, the hollow had closed the distance between them and was right in his face when Daijiro quickly jumped backwards and into the air as he released a quick volley of 4 spirit arrows at the hollow below.

Dust was shot up in all directions and some of the civilians still in the area began to flee in panic as they could not see what was going on. allowing himself a second of comfort, thinking he had destroyed the adjuchas Daijiro let a smirk grow on his face.

Things were looking good, they might even still hold the nights festival at this rate. Thats when Daijiro felt the city bus like blow delivered to his back and was sent crashing towards the ground. As his body met the ground, The Quincy was sent into a series of uncontrollable rolls until finally coming into a stop as he slammed into a nearby fried octopus stand.

At this time, the girl who had previously been tossed into the store had run back out wielding her katana. Daijiro's body was racked with pain as he struggled to compose himself, at the moment he was unable to bring himself to his feet. Determined to fight on, Daijiro hoped that the young woman who was now charging the hollow could hold out while he gathered his strength and could aid her. One thing was clear, he definetly couldn't defeat this hollow on his own. And he just hoped they could do it together.

[GoldenKitten]

Sera had been surprised to see someone else upon returning but had not had much time to think it over when a smaller Hollow appeared in her face again. As it faded into oblivion with a quick cut across its front she assessed the situation, she hadn't exactly gained some sort of latent bravery but she had learned to push her feelings back during a battle long ago...even if it had taken a bit of time even now to do so. She watched as the Quincy shot his arrows at the Hollow in a futile manner, she didn't know if that was the extent of his ability (and if it was he really was screwed) but she could immediately tell his current shots were not backed with power even close to what was needed to breech its thick hide, especially the mask.

“RUN FOOL!!!”

However before she could even finish yelling she watched as the Hollow emerged from the dust the Quincys shots had kicked up and sent the boy flying across the ground. Sera was not entirely sure what to do for a minute but as the Hollow approached the downed boy she took a quick glance at the zanpaktou in her hands and with no other options at such long range decided it was worth a shot. She pulled her arm back as far as she could and despite her small frame was able to put a good deal of force behind it thanks to her spirit energy, moments later the sword went sailing through the air in a wild spiral as it bore down on the Hollow who was still approaching the boy. By some stroke of amazing luck the zanpaktou sunk in directly between the Hollows shoulder blades and it immediately began to shriek and wave its hands around wildly, despite being an adjuchas it did not seem to be one with exceeding intelligence like some of those shinigami claimed to see in Hueco Mundo or that the Brotherhood occasionally fought if one was unlucky enough to wander into town. Regardless it still seemed to hold sway over the small Hollows which seemed to keep creeping out of corners just when you didn't want them too, they were not attacking in mass but every time one went down another seemed to arrive and right now another was charging from the open grass field before them that was part of the park, opposite the row of buildings. Sera had realized quickly though that they were little more than a distraction though and this time wasn't phased by its appearance and as she charged towards the adjuchas as it flailed wildly, unable to reach the zanpaktou stabbed in its back she raised her left hand toward the smaller Hollow.

“Fall of a thousand fires, hells fire rages, the strike to an opponents honor, the burn of the single nation, burning rage, shot of fire!”

The Hollow had just reached the road when she finished the incantation and a volley of red balls of energy fired from her hand tearing it apart and leaving nothing left. This burst of energy seemed to get the attention of the larger adjucha who forgot about the blade lodged in its back and the Quincy and turned to face her letting out a screech before charging her. She ran straight for it and with about fifty feet left began yelling.

“A thousand snakes, the ropes of time, gods will entangles ones enemy and strikes fear into their heart, bind their strength!”

She jumped as the Hollow punched straight for her and flipped upside down, placing her hand on its outstretched fist and using the momentum to propel on to its back. She watched as several bright white lines stretched out and started wrapping around the creatures arms and legs from the point she had touched it, however unlike using it on a human the hollow did not immediately collapse and was obviously fighting the bind. She used the few seconds she had left to pry her zanpaktou from the Hollows back and then jumped off, she knew what was coming and swung her arm forward in a complete circle pushing the blade as far as she could backward without looking till she felt contact, this was the Hollows fist as it had freed itself and turned with amazing speed to try and attack her. Neither of their attacks did damage but the force threw her forward causing her to place her hand on the ground as she slid along on her shoes as if the dirt was made of ice, coming to stop not far from the Quincy. She looked up at him and he might notice despite what she had just done their was obvious uncertainty in her eyes.

“Wh-what are you doing here?! W-wait, ya, ya I think your part of the Brotherhood aren't you?” she practically screeched, it was very odd to see a girl who had pulled some slow motion super human stunt not ten seconds ago speak in such a scared voice.

However she quickly turned around and brought her blade to her side preparing to strike again.

“NO TIME!!! ITS COMING BACK!!!”

She charged in once more.

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On the other side of town two figures dolled about the crowds of humans, going completely unnoticed all the while. They were both human in appearance but anybody familiar with the spirit realm would quickly notice their black robes and mark them for shinigami. However the one walking in front had to be dressed in the most immodest shinigami robes every that swayed in the wind, carried dark red accents and seemed to be centered completely around showing off his physique. The fact that he seemed to be oogling every single human girl that walked by, especially the ones in skimpy skirts like some lecherous old pervert with a giant grin on his face didn't help the impression that he was probably a big egotistical playboy. He walked along with his hands stuck in the pockets he had on his robes and was a bit hunched over with his eyes trailing from one girl to the next, however after a few moments he seemed to wander off the beaten path or at least out of the large crowd and finally took the time to straighten up, free one of his hands to smooth his hair and used the other to cover a big long yawn. When Kuatura, thats who he was, was done he turned around and spoke to the shinigami behind him, Kaiba, his brother. He raised his hands up as if to suggest the entire area around him and still bore a mischevious grin.

“See? See? We totally lack this in Soul Society, all that black...not enough short skirts, its enough to make me want to cry. Ooooooh how fun, I can totally see why Imara would pick this location for his post...I don't care how many Hollows we've purified up till now, they were nobodies anyway...ya, totally worth it.”

He turned back around and let out a sigh, sticking his hands in his pockets once more but cocking his head and closing his eyes, looking a bit exasperated.

“Stiiiill, this is getting a bit dull...there haven't been any good Hollows, I can't see why he would need our help. But then again he wasn't even at the point he radioed in, seeing this festival I bet he was just making an excuse to get us out here to do his job while we got drunk or something. If that is the case I am totally giving him a beating after we find him. Then I'm going to go see if they will issue me a gigai.”

He was eyeing another girl when he said that and began to giggle madly for a moment but didn't look at his brother since he figured hammering the point home was not necessary. They had been trailing remnants of Imara's reiatsu, a fellow shinigami who had been posted in this town and requested assistance for an abnormally large amount of powerful Hollows that had been gathering, however so far they had found nothing. Even his comment did not seem right, sure there were more Hollows than seemed natural but no strong ones, Imara would have been more than capable of dealing with them in a single night. Kuatura just plodded along sinking into a glum state as more girls with great potential passed him by and he was forced to look for a stupid Shinigami who had not kept his post, they were getting close to what felt like his energy though. He looked down several alleys and around the third one stopped dead in his tracks, his expression changed immediately to a bit of mixed surprise and anger.

“Dammit... how did that happen?” a bit of disbelief rung out in his voice.

“KAIBA!!!” he called to his brother and he removed his hands from his pockets as he turned down the alley.

They both approached a small object on the ground and Kuatura kicked the ground up a few times in annoyance. There laying on the ground was the upper portion of a hand, a lot of blood, a bit of black fabric and a broken three foot zanpaktou. Kuatura bent down and grabbed the remains of the zanpaktou by the guard, he looked around for the sheath but when he did not see it he tossed it into the air, over his shoulder and caught it next to Harut Marut his own zanpaktou which was fashioned to his back using a cloth belt with extreme diligence, it traveled exactly as he wanted and did not cut anything in the process landing right where he wanted it. He turned around from the remains of Imara and as he approached the street he heard his brother recite a kido incantation and a blast of light suggested he had burned the remains. He looked up into the sky where the sun was beginning to fade and then when he heard Kaiba walking up behind him he raised his hand to his mouth for a moment as if thinking and was looking rather stoic, nobody had said he was a laughing, perverted giddy-box all the time and right now was certainly not the moment for those actions.

“Stupid bastard, getting himself killed...maybe something is here after all. Any id-”

He looked in a different direction, somewhere far that way an enormous amount of reiatsu, far to much for humans but seeming to be some none the less as well as a few Hollows had begun to fight. He turned to his brother for a moment.

“It isn't strong enough to kill Imara...but still...we can't very well ignore it. DAMMIT!”

He obviously was more interested in finding Imaras killer even if he had acted like it did not bother him but his natural curiosity and good will was getting in the way and he took off in the direction of the battle, his and Imaras zanpaktou clanging together as he ran.

[ZR0 C00L]

The throbbing in his head had subsided slightly, and after a few moments of pulling himself to his knees and shaking loose the cobwebs from his vision, Daijiro took note that his previous view of five gorilla hollows was a temporary effect from his rag doll impression which had left him rather dizzy. And

rather there was only one hollow and there was now one extremely courageous girl planted onto his back with her zanpakuto firmly lodged in his back. Gotta help her. He determined quickly and was about to take off in her direction. but before he could do so, one of the lower class hollows, A disgusting round cherubim shaped monster with snake like tentacles covering the entirety of its circular form made an attempt at blindsiding the young archer.

Stopping short, the hollow being already committed to an attack was helpless to change his course and passed harmlessly by Daijiro. Reaching into his pocket and taking a quick jump to the side as he pulled his arm back out, he began reciting an incantation.

"Feel the wrath of battle and accept this sacred chalice - Sacred Bite!" He called out as he tossed forth a silver tube.

Abeam of reiatsu shot from the tube and the beach ball looking hollow was split in twain, Daijiro looked over to see if the girl fighting the gorilla was alright, while in the background both halves of the slain hollow fell to the ground before disintegrating.

More than a little shocked to see her display of skill as she expertly retrieved her sword and blocked the hollows counter strike. And even more shocked to see she was heading toward him, her feet sliding across the earth as she came to a stop across from him.

Taking a closer look at the girl, Daijiro immediately suppressed a blush as he took note of her dirty blond hair and soft looking skin with her delicate features. It amazed him that a girl who was now looking up at him with a timid look of something border on bewilderment had just fought off the hollow who had just served him such a big helping of dirt to munch just moments before. She looked to be about his age, mentally Daijiro made a note to talk to her after they dealt with the hollow. Which for the moment had been forgotten in the face of.......... well the girls face which Daijiro found quite agreeable. The nameless beauty spoke.

“Wh-what are you doing here?! W-wait, ya, ya I think your part of the Brotherhood aren't you?”

Hearing the intonation of her words , Daijiro was little perplexed. Her battle attire and admittedly impressive skill aside. The girl speaking to him now did not seem to be a warrior at all. To be frank, if he had not seen it he would not have believed it. But he had seen it.

Not wanting to seem like a dullard or as the near smitten fool he was being at the moment Daijiro started to speak up.

"Ye..." He started.

“NO TIME!!! ITS COMING BACK!!!” She interrupted

Turning quickly and readying her blade before charging in, she was off again and Daijiro was brought back into the reality of his situation. Re-summoning his bow, Daijiro took aim at the gorilla once more, this time he was not holding back. This wasn't training anymore, the opponent he faced now was not a wooden target dummy and apparently he had been to used to shooting at the later lately and gathered more spiritrons into his current kojaku then his previous ones and let it loose aiming for a crippling blow to the chest for the charging female to deliver the final blow, if timed right, and if his strength was enough to hurt the adjuchas then his ally would have a good chance of taking his head off. If not, Daijiro was already readying a second shot in order to support the girl if she should need it. He hoped it'd be enough, but he doubted it and he wasn't going to let his guard down again.

[GoldenKitten]

((OOC: Since you say nothing about when or if the arrows hit I am taking the liberty to direct them in this post. However if you want me to change that or want to do it yourself in the future just tell me.))

Sera felt the spirit energy the Quincy had readied behind her and as he released it she timed her movements as she guesstimated what would happen in the following moments. The large Hollow was currently still charging at her blindly, more like your typical mindless bestial Hollow than any sort of intelligent being. It's movements were blatantly obvious even if it was both fast and strong so Sera was easily able to notice as it raised it's left shoulder, readying another punch. Sera dropped to her knees as her quick speed kept her moving forward and in mid-slide she pushed off the ground and propelled into the air, the reason became obvious just a moment later as the Quincys arrow blew past her, while in the air she began to spin wildly like a top. Meanwhile the arrow blasted straight for its target who by instinct tried to change it's direction but due to its current momentum couldn't avoid the arrow completely, it actually might have been a stroke of luck as the arrow ran across the top of it's extended left arm and buried into it's shoulder. While the shoulder wound seemed minimal it appeared that the entire top of its arm had opened and white, cloudy spirit energy was now escaping, it seemed this had been the arm that had made contact with Seras zanpaktou just moments earlier and the double whammy with the Quincys more powerful arrow had been enough to exploit this weakness it had not yet recovered from. The Hollow screeched madly but it did not stop charging and as the little yellow eyes in it's mask began to focus it was obviously staring straight at the Quincy, bad move on it's part.

“Fall of a thousand fires, hells fire rages, the strike to an opponents honor, the burn of the single nation, burning rage, shot of fire!”

Three balls of red energy were launched from directly above it, the Hollow barely had time to notice and lift it's arms when they hit and a small explosion of dust and spirit particles blew straight into the air. Sera who had gained surprising altitude from her simple jump though did not give the Hollow time to recuperate, she was but a blaze as she fell into the dust storm cleaving a sort of visible path before disappearing completely. For the moment she was alone as she slid down the Hollows side just lightly glancing it with her blade though from the white emission of spirit particles it was obvious she had made a deep cut somewhere, shortly after she hit the ground with a thud. She looked around and made out the dark figure of the Hollow and what she thought to be its legs. Then without warning its little yellow eyes which could be seen even in the dust focused on her and she performed a spin jump off the ground and landed in a slide to the side as she was showered by what seemed to be large rocks and pebbles, one slicing her cheek causing it to bleed, she imagined she had just dodged one ferocious punch that had made contact with the ground instead. With no time she darted for what she imagined was the Hollows backside and looked for its legs once more, she just barely noticed the huge tree sized arm swinging blindly through the quickly clearing dust cloud and had time to hit the ground sliding almost like a baseball player going for home as it sailed over her (In between this somewhere she had a though somewhere along the line of being ok with sliding on her shoes since they were made for that but she swore if this Hollow made her slide on her bum one more time she was going to murder-fy it totally and completely). As she slid she made out the legs which she was just about to pass and putting both her arms into it cut as hard as she could, unfortunately having to hit the ground had taken a lot of force out of the strike and it just barely clipped the Hollow, getting it's attention in the process.

Sera just barely had time to flip off her bum, place her hand on the ground and launch into a backward slide out of the now very low and relatively clear dust cloud the initial kido had caused when the Hollow, now clearly injured as it leaked energy but just as angry came rushing out after her. She raised her Zanpaktou just in time to block the incoming barrage of punches as she was knocked back over and over and her slide became faster and harder to control. It pulled back its right arm in one more ferocious roar and slammed into her blade hard as it began to slide with her, she looked back several times and was glad to see they were being pushed into the field so she wasn't going to run into anything but her traction was quickly being lost as the dirt ground ripped up from below her. Just when she thought she was about to trip the second arrow the Quincy had prepared slapped the Hollow full force in the right side of its abdomen, its ribs so to speak and though it didn't go flying it did stop as massive boils of white energy came spilling out of the new hole and it attempted to hold the wound. Sera regained her footing and had to flip once more to stop completely as she readied in a defensive position as she knew the Hollow would return when it was done worrying about its new wound. Thus with all her concentration focused on it she didn't have time to turn when she finally noticed a smaller Hollow which looked something like a scorpion launching through the air, straight for her back.

[ZR0 C00L]

DAMN IT! Daijiro cursed.

Reprimanding himself mentally for his lack of strength and his general non-committance to the limited strength he did possess. He managed to pierce the hollows thick hide this time albeit not exactly the outcome he had hoped, he was somewhat pleased with the damage inflicted. Seeing the small blond spinning in the air, Daijiro allowed himself to hope that this would be the end of it all.

Energy streaming from it's wounds, the adjuchas' gaze was firmly set on Daijiro the female performing the acrobatics seemingly forgotten. A crucial error from daijiro's perspective. readying his second arrow to be let loose should his new "friend" need assistance

"Baka" The boy called out as he saw his female counter part descending on the hollow like a falcon would it's prey


“Fall of a thousand fires, hells fire rages, the strike to an opponents honor, the burn of the single nation, burning rage, shot of fire!” she recited as shots of red energy came forth from the palm of her outstretched arm.

Not as unsuspecting as Daijiro had hoped, the gorilla raised his arms to defend himself at the last moment before the girls attack hit him. enveloping him with a cloud of smoke and dust from the force of the technique used A very interesting girl indeed. He thought to himself as he noted the unusual skills this girl seemed to posses. she was definetly human, he knew that from the feel of her spiritual pressure well enough, but her attacks resembled that of a shinigami's. Unable to dwell on this however, Daijiro payed close attention as the petite warrior entered the cloud of smoke, katana raised ready to strike.

Daijiro remained vigilant, waiting to get a clean shot at the adjuchas. His mistake. While focused on the action infront of him the archer was unable to see the hollow who had snuck up on him and tackled him to the floor. Coming face to face with a hollow with a mans body and a dogs head. Daijiro was pinned under the hollow. To keep the thing from biting him, he pushed back at its snout while bringing his feet to rest in the hollows hip area then pushing upwards with his legs while rolling backwards, effectively tossing the hollow off of him and allowing him to reform his bow yet again. Preparing a shot, Daijiro released his kojaku into the dog mans head disintegrating it immediately.

"Stay" He said with a casual tone before looking once more towards the adjuchas and the mystery girl fighting it.

The dust had settled for the most part, and Daijiro's gaze was met by the sight of the gorilla hollow, sporting a new and deep wound. and with a teen-aged girl sliding back towards him out of the last of the smoke. Ready to shoot but unable to when the girls slide caused her to cross his line of sight and thus getting in the way of his shot. before he had time to say anything the ape was on her. The adjuchas unleashed a barrage of punches that were all stayed off by the girls sword.

Patiently, Daijiro repositioned to the left and waited. He waited for his shot. Anything, a head, shoulder, thigh. All were fine with him, but the girl being pushed back by the hollow was continually finding ways to unintentionally get in his line of fire. Eventually his patience paid dividends and he was greeted by the sight of an exposed rib.

Seeing the trail of spiritual energy being released from the hollows body after releasing his arrow gave him a feeling of reassurance. Seeing all those spirit particles in the air also gave him an idea.

I can make my arrows stronger by absorbing the spirit particles he's releasing on top of the ones I've been gathering from the area around us. He went over in his mind.

Without time to admire his ingenuity, Daijiro could see the girl was now in trouble. Unable to get a shot at the new hollow, Daijiro instead took it on himself to halt the gorilla from attacking her anymore. firing a quick and relatively weak shot at it's feet forcing it to turn to the left and acknowledge his presence, He readied himself for his next move.

After narrowing it's sights on the Quincy, the damaged yet enraged adjuchas began his very predictable charge yet again. Reaching for another silver tube from his pants pocket, Daijiro started another incantation.

"Incantation: Tilt the goblet to the west - Emerald Grail!......... VOLCORE!!!" He concluded as the gorilla was enveloped in a flash of exploding reiatsu.

Knowing that this wouldnt be enough to kill the adjuchas, Daijiro had bought himself much needed time gathering the loose spiritrons of his environment including those coming from his oponent. His bow brighter and slighly larger, Da ijiro took aim. As the dust settled Daijiro made out the tattered and burnt gorilla still standing though the siler tube had caused a fair amount of superficial damage but only minimal amounts of critical. No matter, Daijiro's kojaku was ready. Releasing the arrow as smoke still rose from the seemingly shell shocked hollow, the Quincy's arrow struck the hollows mask cracking it and sending the adjuchas to the floor and rolling backwards for a few feet.

Daijiro took a quick glance over towards Sera to see if she had managed to deal with the hollow that had snuck up on her yet. In lieu of the hollow rising to it's feet with an earth shaking roar and a spike in spiritual pressure to match, Knowing that attacking it together would be the only way to bring this thing down.

"Any ideas?" he questioned looking over in the small females direction without taking his eyes on the hollow in front of him.

[GoldenKitten]

Luckily Sera had noticed the Hollow even if she had not had time to cut it down so as it tried to wrap its six spindly legs around her a zanpaktou had ripped upward through them. The little critter fell backward on to its back and squirmed for a moment before Sera had turned around and plunged her zanpaktou through its abdomen whereupon it stopped moving and eventually dissipated. Returning her attention to the main conflict it seemed the Quincy had finally realized the seriousness of the situation as he had started unleashing the bigger guns which was a good thing since Sera had spent a good deal of her soul energy already. Her body was not necessarily tired but it would become so eventually if her reiatsu dropped much lower, that scared her as the last time she had come this low on excess reiatsu her zanpaktou had tried to take action against her. Regardless her hope was that if she eliminated the Hollow who seemed to be the leader all the little ones would scurry back off to whatever hole they came from so she was willing to take a chance in this case. Thus she raced off toward the boy as he fought the Hollow, she was almost taken back by the fact that he so deftly put it to the ground but then he actually paused and questioned what they should do.

“FOOL!!! A SPIKE DOESN’T MEAN STRONGER!!! IT MEANS DESPERATE!!! ATTACK!!!!”

She had yelled in a manner not befitting her usual personality as she ran past the Quincy and by the time she had finished she was upon the Hollow. True enough it’s spiritual energy had spiked but what she had said was true and though it attempted another even faster punch on her she still had a measurable amount of control where it was on its final leg and so she read the move easily. She bounded on to its outstretched fist once more but this time readied her zanpaktou and located the crack in its mask the Quincy had created. A massive squeal of pain emanated from the Hollow, it was no longer the concentrated anger it had produced before but instead it almost sounded scared and white energy went pouring out of the crack as it widened, for Seras zanpaktou had plunged in all the way to its hilt. The Hollow stumbled around several times trying to claw at Sera but it fell to its back after trying unsuccessfully and just began flailing madly. Sera looked semi crazed kneeling on top of its mask and began yelling out loud, as if the Hollow knew what was about to happen it squealed louder and Sera began saying words though nothing could be heard except the last that sounded something like “fire!”. Seras Zanpaktou rippled with red energy for a moment before three shots of red fire slammed the Hollow point blank in the mask at its weakest point but this time with such a direct attack there wasn’t much of a dust cloud, just a small one around its head.

…………!!!!

Sera lost her footing for a moment and shook her head once or twice almost zoning in the middle of a battle for several seconds. When she began to feel a strange outside pressure she knew she had overexerted herself and launched off the Hollow which had stopped moving and was leaking white soul energy everywhere. Sera landed on the ground several meters from the Hollow and had immediately sunk to one foot and then fell on to her back as if she passed out for a moment. As she lay on the ground unable to move as the presence came closer she yelled out several times.

“KILL IT!!! KILL IT!!! KILL IT!!!”

Whether it was to the Quincy or someone else who knew? However Sera finally lost control as the large monstrous fish like creature materialized in her mind above her. As always it said nothing but seemed to be roaring down at her and her head filled with a wild squealing. She began grasping her head while shielding her eyes and rolling around as if in pain, for how long she did not know though in reality it was at least thirty seconds. She began regaining control though as she was not completely drained yet and she suddenly rose the zanpaktou high into the air and slammed it into the ground next to her.

“SHUT UP!!!”

She found herself laying on her back staring up at the dimming sky while breathing heavily. As the past moments came back to her though she bent up and looked around finding where the Hollow had been just previously, all that seemed to be there now was a giant cloud of white energy rolling off into the air.

“Did he…kill it?”

[ZR0 C00L]

“FOOL!!! A SPIKE DOESN’T MEAN STRONGER!!! IT MEANS DESPERATE!!! ATTACK!!!!”

Her words had shamed him. His pride momentarily shattered, Daijiro watched as the young blond drove her sword through the hollows mask.

"Excellent" He exclaimed.

The young girl had finished an incantation ending with her blade lighting before releasing shots of red flame directly into the hollows face. Impressed to say the least, Daijiro knew that this would have to be it, he had used alot of stamina drawing in all the spirit particles the hollow was hemorrhaging. Knowing that when he exceeded his own personal limits for drawing in power he would put a strain on his body, the young Quincy saw no other way.

One more......Just ONE!. you can do this. He encouraged himself as he readied his kojaku.

“KILL IT!!! KILL IT!!! KILL IT!!!” yelled the girl as she leapt away from the hollow who was now on his knee spirit energy streaming from it's wound.

Larger than ever before, Daijiro's bow glowed with the reishi being harnessed into the Quincy's divine arrow. Forcing himself to pump out more and more amounts of not only the spiritrons from the environment and from his opponent but daijiro now started to use his own reiatsu as well, deciding that he had had enough of this and wanted to be sure to finish this ordeal here and now. releasing his arrow, Daijiro had hit his mark shattering what was left of the hollows mask and obliterating all that was once underneath. The adjuchas slowly started to dematerialize, his spirit energy never to be in the cycle of souls. Daijiro saw this as a good thing, retribution for all the souls that it had taken in his mind, hollows did not deserve redemption.

Taking a deep sigh, Daijiro looked towards the sky as the hollow vanished into nothingness. Falling to one knee in almost complete exhaustion, the young Quincy looked over to the young female who seemed to be having some sort of conversation to seemingly noone but herself. As odd as he thought it was, Daijiro waited until she was finished and introduced himself.

"Daijiro Kato, nice to meet you. And you are?" He said to the girl.

Soon after her response, Daijiro could feel a few very large Reiatsu's approaching their location. What's going on? He thought as he spun around.

Looking towards the sky, Daijiro could make out what seemed to be a huge black tear in the sky above. this seemed to be the origin of a huge reiatsu knowing this was out of his league but unwilling to give in. He readied a seele shneider and waited for what was to come. His body was struggling to stay up and Daijiro knew he wouldnt be able to do much, but he would try to buy atleast enough time for the girl to get away.

[GoldenKitten]

Sera had risen to a standing position and placed her hands on her hips while admiring the dissipating Hollow. She was a little out of breath but she had managed to accumulate her remaining reiatsu together giving her more than enough energy to move about and just breaking the barrier so that she could keep her zanpaktou out of her mind. She had stumbled a moment before whipping her zanpaktou around and holding it on her shoulder, despite what had happened she had never let go of it...likely because she felt to do so would be to admit defeat to it and she couldn't very well let a tool beat her. About this time the Quincy had finally pulled himself together and approached her, Sera turned her head toward him looking rather indifferent...then everything that had just happened suddenly hit her. Her eyes got really big and she let go of her zanpaktou which rolled off her back and hit the ground with a thud, she brought her hands to her face partially covering her eyes and without warning began whispering in a worried voice that was easy enough for the Quincy to hear.

“OMYGODOMYGODOMYGODWHAT-DID-I-DO?!!! OMYGOD!!!”

She fidgeted madly for a moment later before her eyes came to rest on the Quincy who called himself Daijiro Kato watching her. Realizing what she was doing she tried to calm down despite the fact that her heart was racing at about 10 million miles per hour. As her demeanor calmed her eyes started to slant in a suspicious expression toward Daijiro and without warning she said very blatantly.

“Why were you following me?...I KNOW!!! YOUR A PERVERT!!!”

She jumped back and formed an 'X' over her chest with her arms giving Daijiro a menacing glare.

“I know all about your ki...no, no...maybe your not.” she looked away from him and began speaking in a manner that was obviously at herself but it seemed she was lost in thought because Daijiro could easily hear her “No, the Councilors said I should be more trusting. Ya, thats right I have seen him around the HQ, maybe he just happened to walk past...no, nothing happens by chance, hes here to get me, hes a pervert.”

She fidgeted for another few moments before spinning around once more and pointing at him, it was obvious she intended to call him a pervert again but before she could a look of horror spread across her face.

“O GOD!!! WERE NOT SAFE ANYMORE!!! WE HAVE TO GO!!!”

Just as it looked as if she was about to run off a spike in power from an undetermined source seemed to capitalize on her statement. She shook for a moment before her body steadied and she rushed over to her zanpaktou and using her left foot kicked it up, catching it deftly in her hands while staring skyward as if she had pinpointed the source. By now the black tear in the sky had opened up and a force was obviously building inside, Sera spoke without looking at the Quincy but this time sounded oddly calm as if nothing she had just done had occurred.

“Prepare yourself, they come.”

Sure enough two black fireballs burst forth from the darkness as if shot by a gun, for just a moment it appeared as if a pair of eyes were behind them but they disappeared and the black hole sealed. However the shots hurtled to Earth and aimed quite clearly for each side of the two humans as to corner them if possible. A forceful blast shook the area and Sera had to raise her hand to protect her face from any flying rock shards from the two enemies landing. As the dust settled a high voice, like that of an adolescent school girl but with a sort of “gurgle” to it sounded out.

“Ah poor Lorengel, he was a bit of an idiot but his conviction for feeding was admirable. Always 'Lo-Lo eat that kitten', 'Lo-Lo eat those small children and pregnant woman', really an inspiration to us all.”

“Shut it Beatrix.” A secondary and much deeper voice sounded out, this one was obviously inhuman and monster like.

“Your no fun Horus.”

The dust had cleared by now and two Hollow were standing on each side of them, each about the size of the last one. The one with the girls voice did not have normal limbs but instead had four limbs like a normal person but each was like a long spike attached to a central form, her head was a giant triangle almost looking like a giant white hood, she had triangular bright yellow eyes. The larger of the two and the one who had spoken second bore a close resemblance to the first gorilla hollow but had several pieces of “armor” on its back, had a much spikier mask as well as jagged teeth, very clear and judging pinpoint eyes and had a massive white blade strapped to its back. This did not appear to be a zanpaktou so it was not a Arrancar, rather this seemed to actually be the backbone of another Hollow or other large creature that was likely now wielded as a weapon. However the biggest and most obvious change from the last creature that any soul energy adept could detect was how concentrated and controlled these twos power was, a fatal realization since both already had stronger levels than the last one as was without having to be in control as well. Sera knew she couldn't get away now but she did falter and backed up a bit, she was facing the larger Hollow at the moment but the others force was just as menacing even if it felt different. After a few moments the smaller one, Beatrix spoke to Horus as if the two humans weren't even there.

“These the two that killed Lorengel? They don't seem very strong.”

“Yes, they must have hit a stroke of luck-” Horus began only to be interrupted.

“WHICH IS OVER NOW!!!”

“But taking them out is just a precaution by the General, they hardly have any strength left. He is more worried that two newly arrived sources in the city could put a damper on our plans...they are the true targets.” He finished seeming to ignore Beatrix's interruption.

“So we get rid of these two first.”

“Ya”

“And it doesn't matter if we just have fun watching?”

“...No.”

“GOOD!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!”

Sera had almost been ready to strike the two as they went on and on but was stopped dead in her tracks when Beatrix began laughing. All around them energy sources popped up as smaller Hollows, dozens more than the previous Adjucha had called came sprouting straight from the ground as if they had been there the entire time completely surrounding Daijiro and Sera. She readied her blade though fear was quickly returning and with no wait the Hollows lurched in-masse straight for the two and all the while Beatrix laughed as their vision was blacked by the onrush of white masked monsters. There was a long pause and then all at once the area was filled with masses of white Hollow energy and one giant scream as dozens of Hollows just disappeared. When the scene finally came into focus two black figures each hefting one of the humans in one hand and holding their zanpaktous in the other faced outward toward the two Adjucha and a few smaller Hollows that hadn't been obliterated in the rush. Kuatura stood facing the smaller of the two Adjucha and had Daijiro hefted over his left shoulder, he shook his armed hand coyly at the Hollow.

“You think these are the two that killed Imara? Na, seem to pathetic. Still for a couple weaklings they sure were trying to cause trouble huh Kaiba?”

“WHAT DID YOU SAY BASTARD?!!!” Beatrix yelled.

“Calmly Beatrix...hes just trying to make you angry, these are the two that we are here for. Change of plans, the humans don't matter, only use them as targets if it helps you accomplish killing the ones the General wants dead.” Horus called out to Beatrix, it quickly became obvious he was the superior of the two.

“Gladly” she hissed back at him.

“The General huh? Sounds like a promising lead eh Kaiba? Well lets just put these two down and go find him ya?” Kuatura catcalled more to his opponents than for a real answer from Kaiba.

Meanwhile Sera hadn't taken particularly kindly to being heaved around by Kuaturas brother though she couldn't do much to fight him. She had, had the energy to move before but after the stress of the situation and the force of her enemies reiatsu she had tired for the moment and couldn't do much but stare in defiance at both the other parties. Her thoughts were interrupted when the other Shinigami spoke again, this time he had turned his head a bit and was staring at the one holding Sera.

“Waaaaait a moment? Why the hell did you get to rescue the cute girl?! O hell no, take the baggage.”

With absolutely no warning he lowered his arm and Daijiro went tumbling down its length several times before he brought it up and the poor boy went launching with surprising speed and accuracy into the air and right down toward Kaibas still full arms. Kuatura barely let the look of annoyance leave his face, as if he still considered it all a joke.

[ZR0 C00L]

PP....PA.....PERVERT! No NO YOU'VE GOT IT WRONG, I...i mean your cute but i....

The now rosy cheeked Quincy started to defend himself from the girls allegations, momentarily making him forget about the huge black tear that was forming in the sky and the power coming forth from it.

“O GOD!!! WERE NOT SAFE ANYMORE!!! WE HAVE TO GO!!!”

She interrupted seemingly now noticing what Daijiro had forgotten all about until hearing her say this and then quickly returning his focus skywards. Daijiro stood stalk still feel the overbearing spiritual pressure bearing down on him coming from the tear. The girl to himself had quickly pulled herself back together and was once again wielding her sword.

“Prepare yourself, they come.”

The small blond sounding very focussed and unlike how she was just moments before. To Daijiro this girl was intriguing to say the least. A mystery he would have to save for another day. Two balls of blake flame burst forth from the tear. From these beings, Daijiro could feel the difference in power of these two new arrivals and the hollow they had just barely managed to defeat. From the looks of the two, they were of the same rank, but these two seemed leagues above the ape they referred to as Lorengel. Not knowing what to do but knowing it was too late to flee. Daiiro heard the girl beside him take a step backwards. he felt like turning tail and running too, but his pride as a quincy would not allow such a thing. Seeing that the two were engaged in a conversation with each other and ignoring them for a moment, Daijiro let out somewhat of an inward smile, he knew there was little hope in this pause but if they had attacked right off the bat neither of the two exhausted fighters could do much to stop them.

"Run for it. I'll cover you."

He said over his shoulder trying to sound as if he wasn't about to drop a brick in his pants and not knowing if he was succeeding.

Sera looked as if she had no intention of listening and in fact looked as if she was ready to make a strike on the pair. Is she suicidal? He thought. With little time to think on it, the adjuchas before them called forth numerous hollows from the ground surrounding the pair.

FUCK!!!

The boy got out before his vision was filled with sight of onrushing hollows and right before being hit with a concussive waive of reiatsu and losing consciousness Daijiro thought he saw black robes.

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The riffraff surrounding the two punks were blown away quite simply as Kaiba and his brother made an admittedly stylish entrance. Sighing at his brothers need for the dramatics, Kaiba raised his Zanpakutou towards the pair of adjuchas in front of him as he hefted the slight form of the human girl onto his shoulder.

“You think these are the two that killed Imara? Na, seem to pathetic. Still for a couple weaklings they sure were trying to cause trouble huh Kaiba?” His brother asked of him provoking their adversaries.

"Much too pathetic. These PUSSIES!, wouldn't be able to hunt anything much bigger than these guppies we just saved". Kaiba responded motioning to the pair and emphasizing his statement matter o'factly.

Visibly angered by what the two shinigami had said, the four armed one with a females voice started an outburst before being silenced by a the gorilla looking one. Kuatura had said something more to provoke them further but the subtle shifting of the girl in his arms, noticeably uncomfortable at the moment in his arms was burning a hole through him with a piercing stare. So much for thankfulness He thought to himself.

“Waaaaait a moment? Why the hell did you get to rescue the cute girl?! O hell no, take the baggage.” His brother exclaimed before, without warning tossed the young man at Kaiba whose hands were full.

Oh shit! He thought as he awkwardly tossed the girl to his brother without hesitation. He was used to his brothers hound doggedness and was almost as surprised by his brother not going for the female first even with the male being closest to him then by having a live body flung at him. Daijiro watched as he lobbed Sera up in a looping arc towards Kuatura over the male whom he deftly caught. Turning full towards his brother completely ignoring the adjuchas Kaiba, the known hot head of the first division let out some of his exasperation.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT! I COULDA SKEWERED THIS SHRIMP. A LITTLE WARNING NEXT TIME". yelled Kaiba before tossing the boy right back to him. [b]"On second thought, how bout you go set those two down somewhere safe while i keep our friends company until you get back. 4th seat nii-san" [/color][/b] Kaiba said adding emphasis to his brothers rank, a point of which Kaiba was always ready to lord over his older brother bringing a slight smirk to his face as he brought his attention back to the Adjuchas pointing his Zanpakutou towards them once again.

[GoldenKitten]

Sera had a serious 'What the fuck?' look on her face by this point, she always figured most shinigami were useless but this was just weird beyond no end. They were talking back and forth and didn't even seem worried about the two powerful Hollows, she wasn't quite sure if they were just trying to act big or actually weren't worried but if they turned out to be a match for the Hollows her faith in her own ability and her view of the shinigami would be throughly trashed so in her own little way she was hoping for their failure. Meanwhile Kuatura also not paying any attention to the Adjucha, both of whom looked a bit taken back (or as much as a Hollow can) by the nonchalant attention they were receiving, spoke to his brother once more.

“Well I imagine that was what the 'Take the baggage' line was, a warning yes?”

While his brother made another attempt to mention his superiority Sera began to wriggle in Kuaturas grasp, where he was currently holding her sort of like a baby. She was a bit sick from being tossed around and wasn't particularly comfortable, the Brotherhood had taught them about the basics of the Shinigami order and if this man really was a 4th seat...and the way the other one had posed his comment he was even higher, well let it just be said she enjoyed the company even less now. She quickly forgot that when she was pretty sure she felt the shinigami grope her butt...
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A few seconds later Sera stood performing an X with her arms over her chest again with her face scrunched up in a pit bull pups face of wrinkles that displayed what could only be utter rage and horror at the same moment. Kuatura who now had a huge red hand mark across his face just stood staring into space before speaking.

“Not entirely sure I deserved that...”

“OH YOU DESERVED IT SHINI-PERVERT!!!! YOU TOUCHED MY BUTT!!!”

“A polite fondle, nothing more...”

“WHAT?!!!”

“I guess your not in as bad a way as I thought if your still able to move like that. Man ever since that group of humans showed up there just aren't any helpless humans who need saving any more, all off these super amazing doom machines...”

Sera began yelling at him about missing the point or something but he wasn't really paying attention, he had noticed the zanpaktou on her back. He didn't look surprised or angry, he had just fallen into a slump instead of joking around more. He could hear it, it was an odd little zanpaktou as it seemed displeased with its current situation but it wasn't screaming for help like so many other zanpaktou he had seen forced into situations before. He didn't quite know what to make of it, hell he wouldn't have guessed a human could even have wielded one or where she might have got it...but still, she didn't strike him as a bad person so he let it fall to the back of his mind, especially when his brother mentioned that they should move the two humans and he was about to agree. However it seemed that the Hollows had, had quite enough of being ignored though and the female...well...basically said so.

“DONT YOU TRY TO ACT LIKE WE ARENT HERE!!!” Howled Beatrix.

A moment later the entire area where all four of the group had been exploded in a flurry of yellow energy that sailed into the sky like a mushroom cloud. At least one black figure exited though and a moment later Kuatura came skidding to a stop while holding the flustered and confused Sera close to him. This time though his face was obviously fixed in serious and concentrated thought, all jokes and crass behavior left behind. He placed the girl down and brought his blade which had been lowered back to his side ((Kuatura utilizes his blade in a unique manner and doesn't use the kendo styles most shinigami do)), moments later the smaller Hollow came sailing through the rock and debris right for him.

“If thats the way it has to be...When she connects you use the chance to get away, ok?” He said without looking at Sera who just sort of stared at him in the process.

Meanwhile on the other side ((I think we can assume you dodged as well)) Horus stood still and silent as he always was his eyes scanning until he located Kaiba. He finally moved and proceeded to pull the massive blade bone off his back while letting out a small growl, proving that no matter how smart he seemed on the outside he was a beast at heart. He held the massive bone high and then with one great thrust aimed at Kaiba who was still within range of Horus's already massive arm range combined with the even longer bone. The pressure of its decent caused a powerful air draft as it got closer to the ground and when it finally collided it shot shrapnel the size of cars shooting outward so far that even Kuatura and Sera on the other side would have to dodge.

[ZR0 C00L]

“DONT YOU TRY TO ACT LIKE WE ARENT HERE!!!” Howled the smaller hollow.

Kaiba could still see the quincy's prone form going through the air when he began to feel a surge of reiatsu as if an attack was about to be made. Acting quickly, Kaiba plucked the unconcious boy from the air and quickly jumped straight into the air as the ground underneath him erupted in a blast of yellow energy reaching just under his feet.

"OK, NOW I'M PISSED! CAN'T YOU SEE I"M IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION HERE!" Kaiba screamed as his feet returned to solid ground with as oft thud.

"Some beasts just have no respect, Ne Kuatura?.........Kuatura?" Kaiba asked not knowing that his brother had dodged to the other side of him.

After a second of concentration, Kaiba found his brothers reiatsu. It seemed like he and the girl were ok for now but the smaller hollow was coming to them, and fast. seemingly unconcerned for his brother, Kaiba's eyes narrowed as he stared down the large hollow who had remained in his place. A quick knock on the skull of the boy still in his arms had awoken him from his slumber and he regained consciousness groggily.

"Wha.......happened?" the boy asked, coming to.

"Get up and find shelter your not out of the woods yet" the shinigami replied in a tone that suggested he meant immediately.

...."Shini.....Gami"? the boy started weakly trying to shake the cobwebs from his head and make sense of the situation.

"MOVE ASSWIPE!!!" Kaiba yelled at the boy who was obviously not going fast enough for him, earning the Quincy a hard boot in the ass sending him from his knees to his feet and on the go.

Meanwhile, the armored gorilla type adjuchas had pulled out what appeared to be a massive spinal column belonging to some other hollow and came towards him with a primal growl. His blade raised high, the adjuchas brought his blade down at Kaiba with tremendous force. because of the distance between them still and the hollows obvious reach advantage, Kaiba was not in a position to parry or counter Horus's attack. Leaving the Shinigami with only dodging as an option. Waiting until the last possible moment before jumping back into the air as Horus' blade met with the earth where Kaiba had just been. During his ascent, Kaiba could feel a tug trying to pull him back towards the ground. He hadn't anticipated for the hollows attack to generate that much energy so as to cause a draft strong enough that Kaiba would feel it. However it was not strong enough to pluck him from the sky.

Performing a backflip in mid-air and slicing through a large rock kicked up by the errant attack, Kaiba was alerted to the fact that the quincy was still in range to be hit with debris. "GOD DAMN IT" he cursed aloud aiming two fingers towards a piece of debris heading for the unsuspecting archer. "Byakurai" he called as the lightning escaped his fingertips and destroyed the rock getting the boy pelted with small stones instead of flattened as he would have been.

Readying himself as he hit the floor, Kaiba hoped his brother was on the alert. As soon as his feet touched the ground, Kaiba was off. Sprinting towards the gorilla, he raised his zanpakutou and with a growl of his own as he closed the distance lept forwards attempting to cut the hollow in half vertically.

[GoldenKitten]

Beatrix hurtled toward Kuatura with amazing speed but the man stood firm staring the Hollow down and tensing his body in preparation. Somewhere across the clearing he heard his brother yelling at the boy he had rescued and then felt a large gust and heard a massive explosion. Behind him the girl had begun to back up though she wasn't taking her eyes off the Hollow and so was doing it slowly, Kuatura would have to worry about that in a minute because right now Beatrix was upon him. At the last moment she brought her two front arms forward and there tips began glowing a bright yellow, Kuatura with an instantaneous robotic jerk swung his blade using only his right arm and there was a bang. A circular yellow explosion formed upon contact and moments later Kuatura was pushed out of it with Beatrix still flying through the air, her front arms hitting the blade head on. Despite the fact that Kuatura was being pushed back with great speed, with no amount of friction slowing him down the fact that she hadn't expected him to block both arms with a thin blade was clear in her eyes. She glowered at him for a minute and it was obvious she was about to try again when she looked down towards his feet, she must have felt the jerk when he lifted them off the ground being pushed back easily at this point and the look in her eyes said she knew what he was about to do, she must have as he felt her forward momentum pull back as she tried to stop her attack. He gave her a smile as he planted his feet downward though as she was too late.

“Here I come...” he said.

The stop in motion was instantaneous and even Kuatura received a ridiculous amount of whiplash in the process but Beatrix was put in the more compromising position as she was tossed to her back. While she did stop herself from hitting it completely and was quickly regaining composure and lifting herself Kuatura was on the move. His movements were jerkier than most and he slashed across the ground with Harut Maruts long blade, seemingly cutting along her body and then bringing it upwards in a snap before pushing off the ground with his feet launching into a long bodied spin over her with one arm extended.

“The sting of a thousand poisons, horrors wrath, target of pain, unleash the stream of daggers!”

Dozens of small blue energy blast began exiting his pointer and middle finger which were held like a gun and peppering the Hollow, each kicking up a small explosion though not enough to hide the target. The last few blast were exiting as his weight shifted when he caught a glimpse of yellow, he only had seconds to act when he shifted his weight once again and actually thrust with his blade to try and give extra momentum to the movement. Just as he did so a yellow blast went hurtling through the air directly past him actually searing the coattails of his outfit and bathing him in reiatsu and heat though experienced as he was it did not effect him. He landed moments later not far from Beatrix who was now back up to her “feet” for lack of a better word since she had none and was actually floating, her eyes staring him down and clearly suggesting a grin as he observed that along the entire line he thought he had cut there was a glowing yellow stripe of energy and when it dissipated showing no damage beneath he realized what it was, a shield. He fell into a defensive posture quickly understanding that he would need to observe this Hollow longer to know what he could and could not do and having already judged her personality he knew she would be returning quickly.

“Thought that could hurt me? Shin-i-gaaami!?” she said very sarcastically.

Ironically her charge had actually pushed him out of the way of the showering rocks but Sera had not been so lucky. At first she had worried about him being pushed away not out of any sort of sympathy for him but out of survival instinct since his presence meant she was safer, now though with no Hollows near her she realized she might very well have been the safest person here...o how wrong she was. She was almost hit smack on the head with a rock and mud globule the size of a bench giving her only moments to gaze skyward before a barrage of even larger projectiles showered her. Luckily she wasn't out of energy just yet and while she was frightened about letting her energy go any lower she opened a barrage of flames into the oncoming rocks shattering them apart. When the assault finally subsided she maintained her position, there was no safe way off the battlefield but at the same time she couldn't stay here...for now though she considered her options.

Back with Kaiba the shinigami came down to assault Horus. The old Hollow gave what must have been an amused grunt as he lifted his long blade in a horizontal way along his shoulder line just in case but began his own counter assault. His eyes narrowed on the oncoming figure and there was the clear sound of the massive creature inhaling though his mouth did not move, however a large reiatsu signature began emanating from inside his body and it grew constantly. Horus has a series of flaps up and down his large body, especially on the upper half and along the neck, the entire structure gave him the appearance of a half primate, half reptilian creature but now there use became obvious. The first flap around his chest cavity opened and red energy erupted outward causing a stream of air that made all the loose dirt that had been kicked up before to take to the air once more though it only clouded the lowest two or three feet for about thirty feet in his diameter. However after the initial one opened they began opening all the way up his body at a growing rapid pace before the energy reached the final one just before his mouth and a powerful glow emanated from within, in moments Kaiba would be on top of him, and then his mouth slid open. It was massive, they were lucky it had been aimed in a semi-upward position as the cero that exited Horus mouth could have burned the entire flat plane before him into nothingness and continued right into the city demolishing it for hundreds of meters. When the blast finally faded his mouth slid closed once more but he continued to breath smoke and debris for several seconds to come while the flaps along his body continued to release energy and he let out a long disparing grunt, like an old guy trying to ignore his heart burn, his eyes even looked half closed as if firing the blast caused him discomfort if not necessarily pain. When he finished and his withs and conviction returned he spoke, showing that despite the strength of the attack he had still realized his opponents strength and knew he was still out there even if he had been hurt...or not.

“Shinigami, this is pointless. Leave now and nobody has to be hurt. I acknowledge that you two seem stronger than those I have faced in the past so instead of threatening you in the normal way I will say this: Even if by some miracle you could defeat both myself and Beatrix you could never defeat the General...give up and run away.”

[ZR0 C00L]

What the..........? Kaiba thought to himself as he witnessed Horus' body begin to open flaps throughout his upper body. Feeling the hollows growing spiritual pressure, Kaiba was on the alert but did not stop his charge. Seeing the tell tale red energy emanating from his chest, Kaiba knew a cero was on the way. And from the feel of it, it was gonna be powerful, really powerful. Flap after flap opened up as Kaiba neared his opponent and the adjuchas reiatsu continued to climb at an impressive rate.

As he jumped, the debris kicked up earlier was once again airborne but thankfully wasn't being sent more than a few feet into the air, allowing Kaiba to easily pass over it as he closed the distance between him and the hollow. He was right on top of him, his blade ready to meet with Horus' as he brought his blade to parry the blow. Moments before they would meet, Horus' mouth opened and the cero he had been charging was released. Waiting for this, Kaiba acted quickly shifting his momentum back downwards as the cero was released, Kaiba brought himself to a kneeling position low to the ground allowing the powerful blast to pass over him and into the night sky.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Kaiba started to return to his feet. A burning pain in his shoulder alerted him to the fact he had not made as good of a dodge as he had originally thought. Taking a hop step backwards out of the huge hollows sword range to asses the wound, Kaiba kept his eyes glued on Horus. The damage was minimal it would seem he was just grazed but Kaiba had a much more clear idea of who he was facing, this adjucha was powerful indeed. Smoke still billowing from his mouth as he continued to seap energy from his opened flaps. To Kaiba it seemed as though firing that cero certainly took its toll on the hollow as it was obvious it took along time and energy to fire and after firing it, Horus looked as if he needed a moment to re-charge or recuperate.

Planning on capitalizing on this, Kaiba was stopped in his tracks as the ape began speaking to him.

“Shinigami, this is pointless. Leave now and nobody has to be hurt. I acknowledge that you two seem stronger than those I have faced in the past so instead of threatening you in the normal way I will say this: Even if by some miracle you could defeat both myself and Beatrix you could never defeat the General...give up and run away.”

"Who the fuck asked you, you think i'll spare you and do you the favor of leaving this place alive. Think again, the only thing I'd give to you is a banana you piece of shit" The shinigami replied.

"Kaen, Yakedo" Kaiba called out as his sword took on its shikai form

holding his sword in his right hand, and extending his left hand forward with his palm facing Horus, Kaiba readied a shot of abolishing flames (kido no.54) and was awaiting his opponents reaction to his words and attack before making his next move.

[GoldenKitten]

Beatrix had launched for Kuatura once more after they had both taken their positions but this time it did not seem she planned to launch her projectiles or activate her explosives. This worried Kuatura a bit because he had judged her as an aggressive sort who went all out and if she was holding back she likely had a plan, after the last surprise he wasn't looking forward to whatever might happen this time. On the far side of the field he felt a massive force fired by the other hollow and the entire area glowed red for a moment but he quickly felt his brothers reiatsu flare shortly after as he activated his zanpaktou proving he was fine and so he did not worry. Moments later Beatrix slammed into his blade once more and they went sliding though not with the same speed and force as before, however as they did so Kuatura watched as Beatrix “head” seemed to extend from nowhere and what had appeared to be a completely solid piece of mask opened to form a mouth, the mouth clenched down on his blade and glowed yellow. A quick explosion and Kuatura went flying from the yellow ball of fire, thrown completely off balance. While he had not suffered any injury the attack had been too accurate and direct on the blades weak point to keep his footing.

“Now, here I come...” he heard the girly voice say.

Beatrix had appeared out of nowhere flying directly above him, it was a unique site both of them flying parallel to the ground one above the other. She still had her sickingly annoying “smile” on her face as her arms once again focused on him and began to explode with energy. This time he had no way to block it and being shot at point blank range right into the ground wasn't his idea of a fun time...he had to think fast, and then it came to him. He pushed his hand backward just inches over the ground and likely seconds before he would come hurtling into it and spoke an incantation, it was a unique demon art and it was doubtful the hollow knew what was coming though she seemed to be rushing to fire her blast since she knew he was trying something.

“Rise up, battle of blue skies!”

There was another explosion similar to the ones that had come before but oddly this time both of them went flying high into the air instead of down. Kuatura was grappling on to the hollow trying to hold on to her two arms so she could not fire on him despite the fact that she was pretty strong physically for her body type, it seemed he had launched right into her arms at the right moment to avoid the direct force of the previous explosion. The draft that the incantation had created finally gave out when they were only about three hundred feet above the ground, it wasn't made to carry so much weight too high, especially when they weren't in optimum positions for doing so but it had done it's job. Kuatura wrapped his had around her waist and a moment later sent them both into a rapid spin, separating from one another, she broke out of the spin quickly and shot him a dirty look while he began falling on his back toward the ground very quickly. As soon as she had pulled herself out of the spin she had rocketed off back toward him obviously intent on performing exactly what she had intended in the first place, what she couldn't see was him preparing his zanpaktou behind his back, he smiled at her realizing it would be timed just perfectly and then uttered the words.

“Kite of Crimson, Harut Marut...”

There was a brilliant red flash behind him as his zanpaktou took its much larger shikai form but his hands were moving before it completely came together. In the back of his mind he was aware that he now felt as if he was being watched by an outside source but this happened every time he activated the blade and he had become used to Harut Maruts oddities by now. The giant kite like blade was spun in his hand several times before he spun his entire body to build momentum and then unleashed the massive weapon toward Beatrix, it flew with astounding speed like some sort of massive throwing blade and she made a screaming sound as she used every ounce of power she had to dodge to the side of the blade, losing her downward momentum toward him in the process. She realized she could not catch up at this point and hovered in the air waiting for his move, she only noticed all to late that Kuatura was making several tugs with the hand he had thrown Harut Marut and she cast her gaze upward just in time to find the massive blade coming right down on the back of her head. There was a horrible thud and a small white piece at the very crown of her head came flying off though oddly no white soul energy did in the process, she did grunt and go spiraling downward in the process though. Satiated that he had finally made a good hit and that the shield had either not been fast enough or not covered that area he now had to concentrate on the fact that he was barely fifty feet from the ground. High above Harut Marut was racing toward him with astounding speed, he reached his hand out trying to reach for it as well as he counted the feet down in his mind.

45...
30...
20...
15....
8...

He felt the handle and there was a massive rush of air as the giant kite was swung around along with his body as he planted his feet firmly on the metal surface of its broad side. The giant craft like weapon didn't have much time to slow down and hit the ground with all the subtlety of a train wreck, lodging its point end into the Earth and causing Kuatura to launch off at the last second and go rolling to the ground several feet from the weapon...it was better than dieing though. He got back to his feet and brushed the dust of his clothing, also re-situating his shirt which was loose and had fallen off his shoulder a bit. He ran back over to his weapon and pried it from the ground looking at a small crater not thirty feet from his position, in the chaos he had missed it but he knew this was where Beatrix had crashed shortly after him. It was not to long after this that the familiar white mask lifted from the ground, it's top now missing and two horrific and angered yellow eyes followed it shortly. Kuatura had, had a chance to decide that she was wearing armor and that it was what was producing the shield and reduced the damage...he would just have to cut it all off. He placed his hand downward once more and as another gust blew up he jumped onto his blade again and was launched at a much quicker speed into the air this time and when he reached his peak he brought the blade into a vertical stance keeping his body horizontal so he could look toward the ground. It didn't take Beatrix long to get over her surprise and anger and come bolting skyward once more.

Meanwhile Horus had listened to Kaiba with a sort of glazed look since he had probably expected this response. When the boy had finished his boasting and insults the large Hollow performed a sigh and what could only be as close as a Hollow could get to rolling their eyes. He had been prepared for the shinigami to activate his zanpaktou and he finally did so, he could feel its element upon activation and was quite pleased since fire often times rolled right off him unless highly concentrated. Still he couldn't be taking any chances and as the boy prepared an incantation he prepared to counter the strike. The blade which he had still had along his shoulder line was suddenly tossed into the air, he was not to frightened to let it go since given its size there was nobody here who could effect it directly, the blade went over his head and towards his front while he had brought his arms forward much quicker...this entire action had of course been so he could move to a defensive stance quickly since swinging his blade all the way around would have taken time. He caught the blade just as the flames were upon him and spun it so the broad end was facing the boy and the flames washed over the sword harmlessly, once they had passed completely he returned his attention to his little friend. He did not have many options here and it was to early to fire another cero so he did what he always did best, destroyed everything in front of him. With one massive horizontal sweep using his left arm he cut a long slash in the earth before him tossing a massive chunk backwards as it separated from the dirt below. He knew the weakness here, anybody could have seen that he must have been predominately right handed because this left handed strike left his right side wide-open unlike those that were well protected using his other arm. Still it was likely he was relying on the masses of debris being tossed everywhere and his simple overbearing size to downplay this weakness for the moment.