Behind Hollow Eyes [JT | NDE | R]

[☾ Aevus | Umbra ☽]

[smear:#ffd700]Behind Hollow Eyes[/smear:ffe34d]

And so it was that a lithely hollow-vulpine with golden yellow eyes was let set loose upon the world. Her Dear Hunter had cast her away, so free she was to roam; free she was to hunt. That narrowed golden gaze sheltering but potential prey as she stepped into the nights cold embrace. Once nameless; Umbra was her now given title. A name birthed and stolen from the partial consumption of Lumina Umbra: a Wolven Zanpakuto Spirit of Fate, a certain Wolf who’s powers now belonged to her.

For Umbra was once merely a Hollow leashed and imprisoned within the inner world of her Dear Hunter. But upon taking Lumina’s place she was freed, and yet now she felt a waning in her strength; wrought from her new freedom. That power she once held so easily dangling between her fingers like darkly threads. Now it remained sheltered inside the Hunter’s blade. A minor inconvenience; A price for her freedom. She’d learn to live without it, for her curiosity to explore would sate her hunger to hunt. At least for some time.

Over the first few days she had began to explore. She especially liked to the rooftops where she could see almost everything. The air was cold on her naked skin, as she stepped upon the air ground. A twitch of her nose alerted her to the scent of strangers looming below. Her pale form gleamed beautifully under the moonlight as she descended to the earth. She was graceful in her descent, her darkly hairs and bushy tail blowing lightly in the wind, as she finally touched ground. Curling her toes as her bare feet rested gently against the wet cement, and embracing the cold as it fully fell into her.

She’d pass strangers upon the street, her bushy tail gently swaying as she made her way past them. As a spiritual being she was invisible to the ordinary; the mundane. A naked woman would have been a shock if someone could have seen her. Especially as she resembled a fabled Kitsune of folklore. A smile slowly perked full-lips as she passed by a well lit window. Within, she saw various clothing on display mannequins. Top of the line garments. Consisting of well made suits, dresses, and the like.

Yet one in particular caught her eye. [smear:ffd700]“Oh my~ How beautiful.”[/smear:ffe34d] It was a fashionable black silk dress, cut in such a fashion that revealed the mannequins' upper thighs and cleavage. Umbra took one look at it and was smitten. Curling her fingers over one another she would suddenly pull them apart revealing shadowy threads of reiatsu in the form of a cats cradle. Moving her fingers she would delicately fashion the thread across her naked form, from head to toe. As she shifted the thread over herself a shadowy dress reflecting the one in the window, would rest against her once naked skin. Yet it wasn’t a perfect reflection. For minor edits were made to accommodate her otherworldly form; especially her bushy tail.

It was a new experience wearing clothing, but Umbra didn’t hate it. She posed in front of the window, admiring her reflection with glee. Her bushy tail waging back and forth, showing that lifting excitement. Her golden eyes gleamed brightly as She paraded out into the night bare footed wearing a darkly shadow dress. Coming across a small bridge she would leap upon the cool railing. Like a child she was carefree with her footing, her tail helping keep her balance as she posed looking out to the water below.

Parting her darkly hairs she could feel a pull Like a thread being pulled taut. [smear:ffd700]Hmm it seems he's called it forth. Tonight must be tough for my Dear Hunter[/smear:ffe34d] Umbra felt the connection closing her eyes, and when she opened them it was as if she standing in her Hunter's place. She glanced around herself for a moment as she eyed a hollow within the clearing of a forest. [smear:ffd700]So the Hunter hunts even still?~[/smear:ffe34d] Her words paraded in Aevus's mind.

Yet instead of charging forth she'd close his eyes with the control she had, before opening hers back on that cool railing; leaving her Hunter alone with but a taste of her instinct. She could control him completely but that would be a waste. She had already tested that and it was rather boring and limiting on her behalf. Especially for she was already free to roam the world as she pleased. Instead she would nudge him faintly shifting their accord to one more fitting of a Hunter. He was still bound her; to the Fate of the Fox’s whims. Yet she merely gave him but a taste of her Instinct; the instinct of a Hollow whenever he doned that vulpine mask.

As she peered out across the water, it seemed that she was on the outskirts of the city. For a forest laid boundary to the surroundings, like a fence keeping livestock within. Fitting for she was the fox in the henhouse. The passing lights of cars cast shadows away from her face, until leaving her in darkness once again. Yet Umbra was at home in the dark, her previous home for years was an eternal night after all. Though the light of day was something the Hollow was curious to meet herself. Yet she was patient for she stood in shadows her entire existence. Once constrained to the boundary of her inner world, she could now explore at her leisure. And explore she would.

A Vermilion Torii gate stood out amidst the trees. The orange-red of it’s once lustrous wood had now given away to the forest around it. Vines curled around one of its beams reaching the black of its lintel. Umbra eyed it curiously as she passed through its gate. It was said passing through such a gate marked the transition from the mundane to the sacred. To Umbra she held no such beliefs or understanding of its purpose. She was just curious and it had caught her eye.

An old path warn down by use marked her way. She’d eye a statue of a fox inquisitively as she passed through the gate. Her golden eyes lighting up faintly from the stray shimmer of moonlight through the clouds. The fox held a key in its maw, causing her to tilt her head. Other Torii gates marked her way, and before her stood a spiraling stone stairway leading up a hill. Scattered amongst the steps were other fox statues, holding scrolls, jewels, and keys either within their mouths or under their paws. She didn’t understand the meaning, but she did appreciate the beauty as she walked up the path.

Reaching the top she came upon an old Japanese shrine. A traditional Japanese building also rested nearby. well lit with sliding doors. She could see human shadows dancing within. Perked ears twitched faintly from the sound of them talking amongst another. She could sense that many were spiritual in nature, holding powers perhaps unrefined. From this distance she couldn’t make out what they were saying but they suddenly stopped.
“Who’s out there!?” One of the sliding doors opened revealing an older man. The man wore a black suit with his graying black hairs pulled back into a man bun. His left hand curled around the sliding door, revealing that he was missing the last digit of his pinky finger.

Keeping to the shadows she’d s wrap herself in a cocoon of reiatsu to hide her signature from the man, her form shifting to that of a black fox. Golden eyes narrowed closely to the concerned browns of the older man who still peered around the darkness.
“What is it Taka?” Another man spoke up from within the wooden building. He was seated from what Umbra saw of his shadow. His voice was far older and gruffer than Taka's from the sound of it.
“My nerves must be getting to me Boss. I thought I sensed something just now.” Taka responded.
“Well, lets have my men look around just in case. You can’t be too careful when it comes to these sort of things.”

Umbra saw through the shadow of that sliding door that this 'Boss' had snapped his fingers. She could also hear it as it soundly made its way to her perked ears. Moments later about ten men in black suits began to skulk around the clearing of the shrine. All armed with firearms and what looked to be katanas. All held spiritual power in some way, yet to what extent, Umbra could only guess. Just who were these men? Such curious creatures. Nonetheless Umbra would ignore them. They were but dogs in service of an older master.

She was far more interested on what was happening inside between Taka and this ‘Boss’. Easily she danced between the shadows, until jumping onto the roof of the building. The men outside were non the wiser as she passed them by. And with a single tap of her paws of a wooden grate, she was inside atop the rafters. As she eyed the two, Umbra took note of their scent. Their breath reeked of sake and they were playing some game. Were they having some sort of celebration perhaps?

Vizard Mask (1/3)

[Teresa]

Being back in Karakura, Theresa had believed that she’d be able to find those that tasted well enough to eat easily. Although it was undoubtedly better than the deserts of the so-called Hollow world, Hueco Mundo. This was different than how it had been. When she’d first arrived in Karakura she’d been able to hide out waiting between feasts in order to let the Shinigami give up and then leave. Since she’d returned though things had been going differently in an irritating manner.

It seemed like despite doing the same things Teresa was being found by others more often now. She was coming across those that did what they could to keep her from eating and some of them had proven to be enough to actually succeed. This was something she’d been pondering over for the last two days while staying in the woods on the outskirts. A new location that she hadn’t hide within up to this point. Usually staying in the sewers, although unpleasant it was enough to keep the average form finding her. The woods didn’t have the same sort of natural barrier, something she was worried would lead to others finding her much faster.

Thankfully the last week hadn’t been a negative, returning to the place she considered the best hunting ground only to face off again at something new. Something that she hadn’t seen before, someone exceptionally annoying. It’d been a male based on voice which was all Teresa could go on considering the entirety of its body had been concealed in black cloth. It’d acted like the Shinigami, doing its best to keep her from feeding. Specifically on a little girl that’d been walking with her mother. Although she hated the fact he had succeeded Teresa couldn’t hide her pleasure in knowing she’d defeated him then went on a little feast nonetheless.

Now though she’d decided to move away from the town and see what was on the outskirts of the area she’d been hunting in for the last few months. Having not been to this country while she’d been alive, the scene that Teresa saw now wasn’t anything she had knowledge about. The way these structures were stationed and built seemed almost like an entrance although to what she couldn’t really tell. What she could tell though were the people in the area. Her hearing wasn’t above anything natural although the voices in the silence thankfully could travel quite a ways alerting the Holow!

Hearing the voices of humans off in the distance, it was almost like something tickled my tongue. It’d been a couple days since I’d last seen one for the cattle moving about unaware of the danger looming beyond their perception. Moving closer it was almost more than I could bare to keep myself from sprinting over. Of course normal humans couldn’t see me although sometimes they could hear the loud others, I doubt they’d just hear me running, all the same though if this was a tasty meal I’d have to savor it.

Thankfully it didn’t take long to find the humans that were being so loud yet they seemed different, almost as if they were strong. My tongue begins to dance behind my teeth as images flash through my head, the flavor of the humans bursting back on my tongue like a memory of that organ reliving for the briefest of times. Even if they didn’t possess power they’d taste good yet my tongue just seemed to want that same flavor as Gust had possessed.

That’s exactly what I was going to get so stepping out from the shadows of the trees onto the steps I began to rise up towards the building. As I ascend upwards I notice the looks of two directed towards me telling me for certain that are SPECIAL! I can feel the edges of my mouth twisting upwards as a smile I can’t seem to control spreads out and my stomach begins to feel as empty as a desert. “I will have you all.”

[☾ Aevus | Umbra ☽]

Yellow eyes stared down curiously from the raftors.
“I don’t like this.” Taka said. “Doing business in a shrine of all places.” He began fidgeting with a lighter before carefully lighting the incense surrounding a large statue of a fox.
“Ah, afraid you’ll anger the gods?” The old man asked raising an eyebrow, bringing another cup of sake to his lips.

“No Boss, it just doesn’t feel right.” Taka eyed the sliding door once more. “We’ve never done business here - are we sure it’s abandoned?”
“Of course, I wouldn’t be selling merchandise in a place looming with bums and the like.” The old man spoke softly. “Perhaps a wandering Spirit makes this place home. Regardless I could care less what the dead think of my business.”
“But Boss-”

“They are of no concern, and don’t question me!” The old man would slam his cup onto the table at that. “You’d be best to remember that, or do I need remind you how you lost that dear finger of yours?”
“Y-Yes of course Boss.” Taka managed to stutter out bowing his head, before returning to sit.
“Good, that’s more like it.” The old man scoffed. “You can really be an idiot Taka when it comes to your superstitious fears. You know as well as I, there are no gods to anger here - only me.” He would narrow his eyes on the younger man. “We’ve enough understanding of this world to know the truth of it.”

[smear:ffd700]“Understanding?”[/smear:ffe34d] Like shadowed water spilling, Umbra slid down from the raftors revealing herself. Catlike her body landed softly atop that lone fox statue with barely even a thud. The sight of her darkly furred vulpine form was faintly shrouded by smoke from the incense burning on either side of the statue that she settled upon. She eyed the two with golden eyes, glowing curiously in the candle light. [smear:ffd700]“Perhaps this one could inquire some of your ‘understanding’ of this ‘world’?”[/smear:ffe34d]

“Begone evil spirit!" Taka rolled away from his sitting position - his hand reaching for his handgun and pulling the trigger before even getting to his feet. Umbra would tilt her head casually as a single bullet whizzed by her head. She would look back to see the hole the weapon left behind before licking a single paw as if a cat. [smear:ffd700]“How curious, you were treating this hovel with such fearful respect a moment ago.”[/smear:ffe34d] Returning those golden eyes to Taka, they would now narrow. [smear:ffd700]“Where did that courtesy go I wonder?”[/smear:ffe34d]

Another shot rang out at that yet it never hit true. Umbra’s eyes flickered faintly from a surging reiatsu as the old man disappeared utilizing bringer of light. Now holding Taka’s forearm, the gun was now aimed towards the floor. ”Boss let go. It‘s Inari’s wrath! I warned you about this place!”
“Don’t be an idiot Taka. There is no mask, but do you see it’s eyes? No mistaking it, this is a Hollow, not your superstitious nonsense.” The Old man would release Taka at that - his eyes now training on that shadowy vulpine. “Though Taka is right about one thing. You are a corrupted spirit. Now where is your mask Hollow?”

[smear:ffd700]“One without a mask has simply nothing to hide. As you can see - this one is what you see before you, nothing more~”[/smear:ffe34d] Umbra would tap the head of the fox statue. [smear:ffd700]“Now Inari, how curious - Is that this one here?”[/smear:ffe34d] Umbra would eye Taka with curious eyes. [smear:ffd700]“You thought this one perhaps a wrathful spirit, seeking vengeance on the defilement of this shrine?”[/smear:ffe34d]

“We’ll answer none of your questions evil spirit!” Taka breathed holding his gun steady. His other hand stirred to something in his pocket. Something Umbra sensed teeming with Reiatsu. ”Give the word Boss.”
“Silence Taka, You don’t speak for me!” The old man shouted. “Now my men are outside Hollow. I give the word and you’re dead. You would be best to take your questions elsewhere. Find some poor fool to torment, but I will not be toyed with by your ilk.”

[smear:ffd700]“My ilk? How curious-”[/smear:ffe34d] The shadowy fox would tilt her head at that. [smear:ffd700]“So you did sense the one outside?"[/smear:ffe34d] Both of the mens eyes would widen. And with that Taka would take his hand out of his pocket revealing a paper sutra of some kind.
“Wait!” The old man yelled, but it was too late. Taka had already thrown the paper sutra against the wall of the shrine. A golden barrier formed at that shrouding the entire building within its brilliance. Umbra‘s tail would brush up against it for moment and yet she she would quickly move it aside as she felt a burning sensation. It traveled up her spine and she would shiver faintly as it tingled her very core. [smear:ffd700]”My~ What is this?”[/smear:ffe34d]

“I have marked you as an intruder Evil Spirit. You’re outnumbered and your friends wont be able to help you now." Taka grinned darkly. “I saw you shudder, you know you’re trapped.” Taka spoke bringing his gun up once more.
“Taka you idiot, have you forgotten your own Fullbring? Once you put that barrier up, the intruder needs to die in order for it be put back down again. You’ve trapped us too with no backup!” The old man would yell, his hand reaching to his waistband.
Taka brushed his nose at that. “No worries Boss, we outnumber it now. Plus it’s just an ordinary Hollow like you said.”
[smear:ffd700]“Ordinary? My such confident resolve.”[/smear:ffe34d] The golden glow of that barrier only seemed to compliment the vulpine's eyes. [smear:ffd700]“Be wary it is not your downfall~ ”[/smear:ffe34d] Umbra teased.

Meanwhile outside the ten armed men had begun their search separating into groups of two into the yard and treeline. The night was cold with a hint of frost in the air and a few men shivered as they entered into the forest. Two of the scrawniest men found themselves further away from the other eight.
"I hate that god damn popping!"
"Well-" Pop "My Doctor told me gum is a good substitute for smoking." Pop "So it's either this or cancer and well this gig doesn't really cover health insurance you know?"

"Is this the same Doctor who sells organs we supply him from hits?"
"Already told you I can't afford health insurance man." Pop "Plus he's pretty legit, he runs a clinic and everything."
A clinic we gave him to sell the black market organs..."
"Yeah?"
"And you don't find that weird?"
"Well isn't smoking bad?" Pop
"That's not what I mean man. You're taking advice from some black market Doctor."
"So I should pick back up smoking?"
"It'd be a lot less annoying."

"So you want me to risk getting cancer just so I don't annoy you?"
"When you put it like that I sound like an asshole."
"I mean i'm trying to be healthy. Just because some shady Doctor is giving me advice-" Pop "Doesn't mean that advice isn't legit you know?" Pop
"Okay, okay. But wait - isn't your fullbring a lighter?"
"Oh yeah I gave that to the Doctor. He said something about it potentially causing me to go through withdrawal. If I don't have anything to light up with - I can't smoke, you know?"
"Man... You're even more of an idiot than that superstitious Taka."
"Not just an idiot-" Pop "A cancer free idiot."
"Well I'm not gonna quit." With that the man began to fiddle with his lighter taking out a cigarette.
"Really!?"

But the man with the lighter would stop staring deadpan into the treeline, dropping his cigarette from his lips. Because of their bickering he hadn't noticed it, and with the fire from the lighter he now saw it clearly. Standing before the two silhouetted under the moonlight stood the Hollow Teresa. Pop But this time it wasn't gum. No The man that was chewing began to unload an entire clip into the Hollow, well at least he tried too. Meanwhile the other man immediately dropped his lighter, taking out his katana, and attempting to cut clean through the creature.

[Teresa]

The words leaving my mouth were met not just with the glances of the two men, no they gave me actions as well. Actions I met in kind as the one who’d been chewing gum, popping it for the last several seconds at least, seemed to bring up a weapon. A gun, something normal humans used against other humans. Would such a thing work against me? My left arm up in unison with that of the human would fire off a bala directed at his chest. Stepping backwards down the steps of the temple allowed me to avoid most of the bullets.

Although I could feel a sting, something like a bee although much more potent. My left arm was the source and now I had my answer. These guns could work on me. A fact that brought anger to the forefront of my being, weapons designed to kill humans worked against me! The sheer disrespect this fact brought against me was maddening. The messenger of this fact was going to suffer. He is the only one worthy of unleashing this anger on, for he is the cause.

The other man closing in on me moving down the steps several at a time wouldn’t have to worry about a bala being fired off at him. No, instead he’d have to deal with my words. “Swallow him whole.” The moment after the last word leaves my mouth the stone steps beneath his feet opens into a large hole. The space equal to the size of a truck allows the man to fall within with the advantage of surprise on my side. Once inside he’d have to deal with the fact the stone moves back into position. If he can break his way out good if not I’ll eat him later.

Remaining Reiatsu: 4900/5000
Bala: (-50)
Influir en el Mundo: (-50)

SPOILER: Click to show

Strength: 50
Speed: 50
Spiritual Pressure: 400 (500)
Reiatsu Strength: 400 (500)
Light Aura: 15
Dark Aura: 85
Instincts: 150 (112)
Senses: 150 (112)
Energy Sensory: 0
Healing Expertise: 0

Anti-Stealth: 2
Battle Focus: 2
Illusion Resist:2
Pain Tolerance: 2
Battle Analysis: 2
Strength of Will: 2

[☾ Aevus | Umbra ☽]

The sound of gun shots rang out outside the shrine causing the echo to carry within. Umbra’s ears would twitch in turn.
”Is-Is that shooting?” Taka asked his gun still trained on the strange shadowy Fox.
”I told you Taka! You’re too rash you idiot!”
”It’s okay Boss. We just take out this Evil Spirit and then we can help our men!"
”Curse the day I ever made you my second."
Through golden eyes Umbra watched the two waiting for the moment they pounced. Taka seemed foolishly eager to attack, while the one he called Boss seemed wary. Smart~ She enjoyed intelligent prey. She could be surprised and learn from their actions. Humans while usually predictable - were oh so interesting~

Another shot rang out outside and Umbra’s perked ears would twitch once more. Whoever this Hollow was - they had come into the perfect feeding grounds. She would have to introduce herself when all was said and done. Outside the two men that had began attacking the Hollow Teresa found themselves in deeper waters than they had initially realized. Their bickering had caused the one chewing gum to become but fodder to the bala that exploded his brain cavity. POP. Meanwhile the other with the katana was so preoccupied with the enemy before him that he didn’t see the ground open up beneath him. He didn’t even have time to release and found himself quite literally swallowed by the earth itself.

The gunshots called the other eight to the scene of the crime, yet two were first to the Hollow. One releasing a fullbring while the other strangely enough released an artificial Zanpakuto. Either way they’d meet the Hollow with the brute strength of the Yakuza. The artificial Zanpakuto belonged to a man with spiky blonde hair. The released blade had become a unique gauntlet with jagged lightning bolt shaped claws attached to his right hand. Lightning shot up the clawed weapon as he brandished it before himself. ”Oh I feel it coursing alright! Take my flashing claw!” The man yelled as he charged forth attempting to rend the Hollow with several shockwaves that formed four lightning bolts, each time he swiped his clawed gauntlet. They traveled at 800 speed tearing through the ground as it leapt towards Teresa with a reiatsu strength of 600. If Teresa looked directly at the lightning it would blind her for a single post.

The second Yakuza to step up was a woman wearing a bowlers hat and her obvious fullbring being long boots with jagged heels resembling Stalactites. She proceeded to lower her hat to prevent the blinding light from burning her green eyes. ”Good grief Aho... do you always have to make a show of things?" The woman shook her head. ”You know I can’t do anything when you’re making such a big light show.”
”AH SHUTUP Yurei, and watch me tear this bitch up!” Aho yelled sending out more shockwaves.

”Wait Aho? LET ME OUT OF HERE!” The man in the ground would scream.
”Good grief... is that you Kugi? How’d you get down there?”
”THE HOLLOW! WHAT DO YOU THINK!? SHE BLEW KITSUEN’S HEAD OFF! GET ME OUT!”
”Serves him right for selling his fullbring... what an idiot... Anyway..." As the light show ended Yurei would tap her long Stalactite booted heel onto the ground causing the ground to erupt upward like a pillar and shoot the once trapped Kugi like a geyser into the air.
”AHHHH I DIDN’T MEAN LIKE THAT!" Kugi screamed trying to get a hand hold on the air.
”Good grief... just do your thing you idiot.”
”I better get a pay raise for this." Kugi would release his artificial Zanpakuto causing the blade to form into a large buzzing clawmore of light. Like a chainsaw it revved as he fell at 600 speed towards the Hollow. "This is for KITSUEN!"

[Teresa]

Managing to blast the head off one of the humans and then trap another one beneath the ground, Teresa felt like she had things under control. She didn’t anticipate the sounds of gunfire causing so many others to be altered though. She’d wanted to keep things quiet yet now it seemed that wasn’t a possibility, as more and more of the humans rushed to her location. Two more potent looking humans, a female and male that would each make delicious meals.

Teresa had to question whether or not she’d have to unleash a few of her servants to help her, but ultimately decided against it for the time being, if she must then it would only take a moment to bring forth Club. Instead she could see these humans begin to release their true power, the power that would soon be under her command. In response though Teresa wasn’t going to allow herself to be a sitting duck. Extending her left hand out Teresa would only need to concentrate for a moment then speak.

“Strike their limbs.”

A command given as more than a dozen orbs are fired off in rapid succession one right after another at both of the humans. A few of the orbs clashing against the shockwaves and lighting sent her way destroying them while overs would close the distance in the blink of an eye. The male and female would have to deal with multiple bala closing in on them now locked on to their limbs. Teresa would slip away though utilizing Ulcera in order to disappear then reappear sixty feet roughly in the air yet now slightly further away from the building.

Concentrating her reiatsu now in two different places Teresa began to charge up a golden cero between the horns on her skull. At the same time though she focused more intently on her finger and middle fingers on her left hand. These humans weren’t only to be killed nor crippled so easily. It was going to take some of her stronger techniques in order to prepare them as meals. “If these are the guards then just what could be inside?” She had to wonder if this was all just chance or if perhaps, she'd stepped on something that could be worth her time.

Remaining Reiatsu: 4587/5000
Propósito de Influencia: -63
Bala Bombarda: -250

[☾ Aevus | Umbra ☽]

The light from Kugi’s claymore lit up the surrounding forest. Causing a beautiful white light to cover everything within sixty feet of the man as he fell. The buzzing from his claymore was enough to awaken sleeping birds from their nest, and force them to take to the skies. He fell at 600 speed like a comet, striking the ground with a force of a tank, and yet he hit nothing. ”The damn coward slipped away...” Kugi breathed heavily. He had taken a single bala to the thigh before landing. Get back here, so I can avenge Kitsuen you bastard!”

”Good grief, did you actually get hit by one of those you idiot?” Yurei would shake her head. The woman had stood in the same place, and yet several layers of earth were now raised before her like a shield. A bombardment of blows clearly revealed that it took a lot of damage, and that Yurei had to keep raising more and more earth to protect herself. Each time requiring her to stomp her Stalactite booted heels into the ground. She would lean against the raised earth letting out a hefty sigh. ”Aho you there? My feet are starting to get sore... can we finish this up? I can’t run in these things you know?” She complained, raising one of her aching feet out of her heeled boots, she would stretch it out before her.


”What the fuck is this...? I didn’t even see em coming at me.... fuck me I forgot my sunglasses in the car...” Aho’s bloodthirsty expression would turn to shock as he realized he couldn’t move his clawed arm. His vision was slowly returning... Funny enough his artifical Zanpakuto’s blinding effect had worked on him too. The man had been given a particular pair of sunglasses that made him immune to the effects of his lightning claws. As his vision returned, he had realized why he could no longer use his right arm... And from that realization came regret. Because no, Aho didn’t forget his sunglasses.... He just thought he looked stupid wearing them at night. "WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO MY ARM!!!?” Seared black, several small explosive blasts had torn into his right shoulder and arm. Each explosion had been small, but multiple had struck the same place leaving his right arm a broken ruin.

”Good grief... you too Aho? You forgot your stupid sunglasses again huh? Am I really the only competent one out of you two?" She would slip her foot back into her boot, and tap her toes on the ground this time, sending a pulse of Reiatsu through the ground. Her ability acted as a sort of tremor sense, allowing her to feel vibrations in the earth, and she couldn’t sense a damn thing. Which meant only one thing... Yurei’s green eyes would narrow as she looked up. ”The Hollow’s in the sky. My abilities are useless up there. So bring it down here, so I can hit it. K?

”Shut the fuck up Yurei! These claws aren’t built for my left hand you know? But fuck it.." The blonde would fidget with the clawed glove, and awkwardly fit it over his left hand, forcing his fingers into all the wrong holes. ”Well this blows... But we ballin." Disappearing in a flash of light the man would appear on the air ground right in front of Teresa. ”Aye what’s up bitch!? Take my flashing claw point blank!" Aho shouted sending forth a shockwave of lightning towards the Hollow at 800 speed. That wasn’t where it ended though. Kugi had roughly recovered from the injury on his leg, and having activated bringer of light, he now appeared behind Teresa. With his buzzing claymore of light, he would attempt to cleave her in half at 600 speed. DIE!”

[Teresa]

Although Teresa had been lucky enough to slip through her Ulcera, she could tell one of the humans possessed some sort of ability involving light. The sheer luminescence in the area now told her as much, she’d seen one that preferred to use his hands and immense physical strength, another that used the environment similar to herself while using her lower body as a sort of medium. The last one, although she hadn’t really seen him, must be the source of the light.

Looking down on them like the insects they were, Teresa continued to channel her reiatsu into the two separate techniques, that’s when she took notice of the damage her previous attack had secured. Although her physical senses were fairly average while being admittedly minor compared to many other Hollows, she could still pick up on the fact these humans were speaking to one another. Whether or not they were formulating a plan though she couldn’t surmise. Instead, she just had to continue channeling for a couple more seconds.

That’s when she’d feel the signatures of these humans and the wavelength that would suddenly jump. Figuring out how to feel the core of one’s energy turned out to be a major accomplishment now. Closing the distance immediately Teresa gained an extra moment to respond as both Fullbringers swung on her yet would hit nothing between them as Teresa moved herself through the air with a sudden burst of speed from the soles of her feet. A technique that had definitely turned into one of her most useful now enabled her to move upwards out of harm.

The attacks from the Fullbringers though would now be aimed at one another as they attacked right after enhancing their own speed to reach her; it was unlikely they’d have the reflexes to adapt to her suddenly being gone. Either way though she was confident it wouldn’t matter now as she extends her left hand downwards. There were now only a few feet of space between her and the two humans with her having the highest point in the sky. “Pierce them both!” Teresa shouts as she unleashes the technique known as Cero Traladora.

A golden cero thin in size unleashed from her turning hand downwards at the human with the claw only to turn after reaching him with the goal to pierce through his chest then continue onwards at the other one to accomplish the same attack a second time. One of Teresa’s more powerful techniques, yet one that she was confident could kill these fools immediately if they didn’t find a way to evade it. While its offensive power was superior to her normal at a potent 1000 its speed was still limited to the natural speed of a cero at 800.

As for the cero that Teresa charged between her horns she wastes no time in gazing down at the female who believed herself to be too good to come up off the ground. Unleashing a wide golden wave of reiatsu with the low heavy thum. She more than likely could evade it with the distance between them, but either way it would keep her busy for a moment while Teresa anticipates the delicious taste of her allies. Teresa wasn’t thinking about it at the moment, but at the back of her head she had to question why humans of this caliber were gathered in such a place together.

Remaining Reiatsu: 4087/5000
Propósito de Influencia: -100
Cero Traladora: -400

[Col Arana]

60 paragraphs; and as this was reported prior to the end of the year, I'll still allow the Christmas bonus.

600 TP awards to both participants.