The First Meeting

[Ruhe Krieger]

Ruhe had wondered what he was talking about. It was when she had seen several low level hollow appear that she had known. Two of them had appeared to be hollow that could fly. One had been awfully crow like in appearence with extremely sharp talons. It had flapped it's black wings as its plague doctor like mask had looked down apon the quincy. The next flying hollow had been a simple humanoid hollow with black leathery wings along its back. Another set of howls had come rippling through the air as Ruhe had done as instructed forming her bow.

The hollow down below on the ground were much different. One had quite literally been a cockroach whilst the last had been a spider with rounded sharp legs. They had gathered round as they hungered for the rich and powerful spiritual pressure they had sensed. One of the things she wanted to know was why she needed to shoot at them. None of these targets looked particularly easy to shoot anywhere else than the face other than the ones in the air.

Pulling her fingers back on her string, a arrow had been notched as the crow Hollow had spoke. "I want the girl! She looks so sweet and juicy! I'll eat the meat off of her bones dry and then leave the bones to dry before I eat the marrow." The spider on the ground had spoken with a malicious tone as it had chuckled. "I enjoyed young men than little girls anyways. He smells so delicious, I want to just rip him piece by piece." all of this had alarmed Ruhe as they had decided not to waste time much longer.

Rushing forwards, the spider hollow had been the fastest on the ground. Quickly it had dashed for Asmoskon from 15 meters away closing distance quickly accompanied by the winged man hollow from his left flank. The cockroach hollow had made its way to Ruhe at a decent speed as the crow had flew quickly for her. As she had aimed, the crow had quickly swerved and made spins as to throw her aim off. Ruhe had been having a difficult time seeing where it was going. It was then she remembered one of the rules of battle that she had read from a book. Staying in one place for an archer was suicide. She had to move and make her target go where she wanted to.

Quickly, she had ran backwards as she had fired her arrow to the right of the crow. It had dodged her attack as it flew torwards her. Notching a second arrow, she had forseen the hollow would fly straight in for the kill while she was reloading. She had seen the talons aim to slice her, and quickly she had rolled under the slice as she had then quickly fired while skidding through the dirt. It had yelled in pain as it's wing had been pinned to a close tree. Not wasting time, she had fired a second making its right leg also get stuck to the tree.

Ruhe's heart was beating faster and faster as she heard the crow hollow curse at her saying all sorts of obscenities. It seemed she had forgotten the cockroach hollow as it had formed a small red ball along its mask. A Bala had been formed as it had planned to shoot Ruhe right in the back to end her short life. It had planned on eating her and then the hollow she had so graciously pinned to the tree for it. It was then the beam had fired as a small but extremely fast and precise blast would fly for her.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon stood awaiting the arrival of the Hollows that had managed to come to the Human World in search of spiritual individuals to devour. He didn't know if they had somehow learned of both his own and Ruhe's presence from Hueco Mundo or if this was just their endless hunger driving them towards food. It didn't really matter in the end for the only thing getting fed would be Ruhe's knowledge and experience today. These Hollows had absolutely no chance of eating either of them, but for the time being Asmoskon had to give Ruhe the experience of fighting for her life.

These Hollows when they arrived were looked over by Asmoskon and he came to the decision that these were very basic Hollows that couldn't have been Hollows for very long for they didn't evolve much past becoming one. In all truth based on the strength that he was sensing from them and going off of their appearance just placing his gravitional pressure upon them would be enough to crush their bodies into mush. Once again though Asmoskon had to allow Ruhe to practice in this type of situation or else when the next time came she might not be ready and could pay the ultimate price.

Like many Hollows these that were present talked far to much in Asmoskon's opinion they didn't get right to the point they decided that they had to claim which one of the two possibily sources of food they wished to eat so that the others wouldn't get in their way. There was some Jeepers Creeder looking Hollow along with a Crow like Hollow in the air that seemed to think that because they could fly so easily they had it made just brought an ill taste to Asmoskon's mouth. On the ground there was a spider Hollow and what looked to be like some sort of roach with a shell that might prove to be an asset against Ruhe's arrows.

He watched as the Hollows rushed the both of them making sure that while he was watching over Ruhe ready to do whatever he would need to in order to protect her he wasn't letting his own guard down either. The spider and the Jeepers Creeper Hollow both rushed him while the Crow and the Roach rushed towards Ruhe. Asmoskon in truth didn't want to handle either of them yet he had to do something so in an instant his short bow materialzied in his right hand and then swinging his arm two arrows were fired at each Hollow. The Jeepers Creeper lookilike would fall to the ground in pain as his legs had each found an arrow. The spider would now lay on the ground as it's front legs had been shot off causing it to fall to the ground only five meters from Asmoskon.

The one eyed Quincy turned the majority of his attention back to Ruhe who was currently fighting the other two Hollows. He could see her react fairly well against the Crow Hollow that had just tried to use it's talons to slice into her as it past over her. Ruhe had been able to roll in the opposite direction while firing an arrow that had luckily clipped the wing of the Crow and pinned it to a tree. She was showing truly great promise as to what one day she might be able to accomplish. It seemed though that she still had a great deal to learn about her surroundings though as the other Hollow was charging a bala.

Asmoskon stood and watched for a breif moment yet could see that Ruhe wouldn't react in time to evade or contest against the reiatsu attack of the Hollow with an arrow. So as the bala was just about to be fired from the mouth of the Hollow one of Asmoskon's pitch black arrows peirced through it's center causing it to be destroyed. The Hollow wouldn't be able to do anything for a moment or two and that would hopefully give Ruhe enoguh time to either put distance between herself and the Hollow or for her to fire an arrow virtually directly in front of it to maximze her chances of wounding it critically.

[Ruhe Krieger]

The cockroach hollow had frozen for a moment as the Bala it had been charging had exploded from a pitch black arrow hitting its red center. The cockroach had twitched its antennae as it had been disturbed by how easily his comrades were dispatched. The spider hollow had howled upon having its front legs shot off by Asmoskon. "Damn you! I'll eat you alive Quincy!" The hollow had started to regenerate its legs as it had aimed to shoot a sticky thread to bind Asmoskon in place. The spider's mouth was wide open as a blackish thread would fly from the gaping hole. It had the intention of being the one to eat this powerful and rich Quincy.

The young Ruhe had ran at her full speed towards the cockroach hollow as she had seen it rush to her. Her bow had another arrow notched on the string as she had leapt in for a shot on its lower body. The arrow had in fact penetrated, but instead of a reddish blood coming out, a yellowish acid would spurt all over the floor. The cockroach had squirmed in agony as Ruhe had narrowly avoided being covered in a corrosive liquid. Quickly backpedaling to gain distance, Ruhe had notched another arrow as she fired it towards its body only for it to roll over as her arrow sank into the stone. The cockroach was unable to speak as it simply had a beast like mentality.


The other hollow had cursed at their current states as pain had filled their bodies. What was going on? Why wasn't she allowed to shoot the masked beings in the masks? Why did these things want to eat them? Why did they have such odd abilities and forms? Ruhe had began to backpedal towards Asmoskon as the cockroach had followed her seemingly unharmed. "I hope that I can do this instead...Strike the enemy with hollow steel. Hohle Schneide!" Thus her bow had shattered as she had used the only other spiritual technique she knew.

Twin blades had formed in Ruhe's hands as she had fallen into a brawler stance. The cockroach had aimed to follow her as she had then quickly thrown her blades towards its legs. as they were sliced off, the cockroach had squirmed as the blades had sliced through more than just the front legs. She was learning from Asmoskon's actions as she had done what he had done to the spider hollow. The cockroach however was tenacious as it was already regenerating. "W-What do I do? It won't stay down...Asmoskon sir?!"

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon's arrows had found their targets easily as these Hollows were nothing more than basic wielding virtually no experience when dealing against spiritual individuals that actually knew how to use their abilities. While the spider leaned on the ground feeling the pain of losing his front legs all he could do was open his mouth threatening an individual that by now he should have realized could kill him at any moment. Hollows though at least in Asmoskon's experience weren't the most relent on their brains only furthering that opinion as the spider began to build the webbing to fire off at him.

Asmoskon had both of his hands out and yet only his right hand was holding a bow which was still his short bow. His left hand had been taken out of his pocket a moment ago. Asmoskon turned the screen of his phone on and pressed a single button on the phone not giving the Hollow the time of day nor the satisfaction that it would seek for being a threat. Instead as the spider cast out the webbing in the hopes of capturing Asmoskon the Quincy fired a single black arrow from his short bow once again. That one arrow moved while rotating so fast that it appeared to be a screw.

In the next instant the arrow split apart becoming two separate arrows that both were rotating in the same direction. The webbing that the Hollow had just fired out was hit by the head of each arrow towards the center. Asmoskon's arrows could have easily tore through the webbing and yet that's not what happened. Asmoskon could ready guess how powerful this Hollows reiatsu was and based off of that had lowered the power of his own arrows to pull off this maneuver against the irritating creature. The webbing would be pulled backwards by his arrows while being wrapped around each of them due to the rotation.

The spider wouldn't be able to move from his location fast enough due to his lack of legs which would mean that Asmoskon's arrows and the webbing that now surrounded them would bash into the chest of the Hollow. Webbing wrapping around not only the stumps that were regenerating into legs, but his middle legs as well. This spider now truly was trapped for he would have no way to move his legs wouldn't be able to regenerate further as his own webbing was in the way.

Asmoskon turned the majority of his attention at this point to watching over Ruhe more closely to make sure that no true harm would befall her and see where she'd be able to improve. She was able to avoid a potentially lethal side effect of the roach's blood. When she got further away from him though Asmoskon witnessed her bow be cast away while she then conjured silver swords through a Quincy technique that Asmoskon knew of. It was promising to see that Ruhe was both capable and somewhat confident yet she was doing things that weren't necessary. She just gained distance so switching to close combat especially after learning of this Hollow's blood was not something she should have chosen to do.

She then managed to throw her silver blades cutting the legs off of the roach ceasing it's movements. Asmoskon could see that just like the spider though this roach was regenerating at a fairly high rate. That was when Ruhe asked Asmoskon what she was suppose to do since it appeared that it wasn't going to stay down. "Ruhe you're doing fine just keep your distance. Stay in control for a little bit longer that's all you have to do." Awhile Ruhe wouldn't know what he was talking about Asmoskon wasn't lying it would only be another minute or so until these Hollows were all slain.

[Ruhe Krieger]

The quincy girl had looked torwards the monstrous beast as it slowly moved upwards. It seemed that she could outrun it if she really wanted to. Suddenly, the back of the hollow had opened to show wings as they flapped and took flight. Another hollow had taken to the skies as Ruhe had seen the Hollow's legs finally finish their regeneration. This Hollow had a greater regeneration than his fellow beasts. A buzzing sound had filled the air as it had flew straight in her direction almost twice as fast as before. Ruhe needed to run.

Forming her bow yet again, Ruhe had dashed off behind her on a clear path. The cockroach had followed after her as she had turned to aim. She so clearly visualized the Hollow's next location as it had been rapidly catching up with her. Ruhe's heart was beating ever faster as she took quick and deep breaths. With an arrow notched on her string, she had fired at the hollow above her. Surprisingly, the hollow had spit a brownish liquid to intercept the arrow in mid air. Upon hitting the floor, the arrow would dissolve as the ground would steam. Acidic spit. This was troubling as Ruhe had to retreat as soon as possible.

Quickly another arrow had been notched as the hollow had planned on landing and sweeping her up into the skies. The arrow had been fired as the hollow had narrowly dodged dodged by swerving to the side. This thing was like killing...well a cockroach. The irony of this was the cockroach was going to kill her however. Flying downwards with an open mouth upon realigning itself. It's weight had made it difficult to fly.

The hollow had let off a terrifying howl as it had flown torwards her prepared to bite deeply into her arms which she held out in front of her. She knew that at this close a distance, she couldn't dodge. If she had attacked it, the acid would burn through her flesh. Fear had went through the girl as she was sure she was about to die. As the monster flew closer and closer, she had closed her eyes tightly awaiting the pain. She shook in place as time seemed to slow down for her.

As for the spider hollow, it had stumbled as it had been sent upside down by Asmoskon's arrows. The other hollows wondered why they had been kept alive and not slaughtered, and the spider had clearly protested. "Kuso! Why do you leave us like this Quincy! Raaagh!" It squirmed as the others had attempted to free themselves from their bindings. They of course we're having difficulty with this as the demon winged hollow had slowly tried to sit up to yank the arrows from his legs.

"More of us are coming Quincy. And then you'll be sorry you ever messed with us. We will devour you." It yelled as if claiming something and drool had slipped from its mouth. If there in fact more hollows somewhere, the question would be if Ruhe would be able to defend herself. She hadn't been the best developed Quincy and still had much to grasp of the spiritual world. Assuming she would survive this moment with the cockroach.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Standing in the same position that he had been in since warning Ruhe of the oncoming Hollows Asmoskon watched as the spider Hollow flipped over onto it's back unable to get back up and try once again to attack him. It was struggling to move as were the oher Hollows that were still pinned to various trees. Asmoskon though was taking far more interest in watching Ruhe and how she was dealing with this cockroach like Hollow. It seemed that she was slightly taken by surprise when it started to fly through the air.

He could tell that while she had gotten lucky against the first few that could fly she still wasn't anywhere near experienced enough to hit a moving target. She did manage to get off a rather good shot that Asmoskon felt would have more than likely crippled if not killed the creature right away had it not been for the acid it had used to counter. Ruhe was displaying rather advanced methods of evasion for a Quincy only furthering the fact that in time she would become someone to really make a difference.

It seemed though that she would need further training for just like many of the others that Asmoskon had been able to find as the Hollow rushed her now and she seemed to freeze up in fear of death. As the Hollow was getting close to her Ruhe closed her eyes holding up her arm to Asmoskon as a symbol of defeat. In the next instant the Hollow would suddenly be knocked away by nothingness sent flying downwards to the right of Ruhe skidding across the grass causing it to tear apart and dirt to be cast outwards. The majority of the Hollow's body was torn apart yet as it bled no longer able to move it wouldn't die not yet anyway.

"Not long now only a bit more Ruhe. Try your best and don't let fear decide your actions. Remember you're in charge of your future don't give them that power." Asmoskon spoke to the young Quincy as he held out his short bow and fired a single arrow that would fly over to where the Jeepers Creepers Hollow was trying to pull the arrows from his legs. Asmoskon's arrow shattered both of the other arrows allowing him to move. "Fight her now or die." Asmoskon was actually commanding the Hollow to fight Ruhe. She might not understand why, but Asmoskon was already putting her through training that most her ahge wouldn't be able to survive.

The spider Hollow though felt that a warning was in order against Asmoskon for his actions against them all. Asmoskon simply starred at the Hollow with a look of disgust and contempt. "One Hundred Thousand of you pathetic creatures could appear from Hueco Mundo right now covering the sky in nothing, but ugly reiatsu and all I'd lose would be more of my time. Now shut the fuck up and wait for your turn." Asmoskon's short bow disappeared as he watched over Ruhe making sure that nothing else would interfer with her training while constantly listening to everything around him.

[Ruhe Krieger]

Ruhe had been saved by Asmoskon from the cockroach hollow about to rip into her flesh as if she were a barbecue rib. The hollow was sent flying away with a ripped and mutilated body as Ruhe had looked to him with a look of gratitude. The young child had croaked a thank you as it seemed though the man wasn't satisfied with her skills. She had seen him free the jeepers creepers hollow from its binds as he ordered it to attack Ruhe. It didn't need to think twice as it had looked to Asmoskon with a look of disgust before turning to the small fry meal. "You don't have to tell me twice Quincy. I'll lick her bones dry
..."

Ruhe had looked almost betrayed as she had formed her bow once again in her hands. As the hollow had flapped it's wings, it had looked down to the young child with an almost sadistic grin. It was then that Ruhe had been reminded of a grin long ago much like that one as she had notched an arrow on her bow. The black eyes staring into her being that had haunted her past. "This won't be the end of me. I'll rise above the rest." As the winged hollow had flown into the air, Ruhe had taken action. This time, the young child had taken the offensive by running torwards the masked monster.

The hollow looked surprised at the sudden change in behavior from the child. "AHAHAH! YOU FOOL! RUN TO YOUR DEATH!" As the hollow had swooped down aiming to slice Ruhe down with its claws, she had absolutely focused. She would bend her head back performing a slide as her bow was aimed upward. The claws had missed her head as she would fire her arrow straight into the stomach of the hollow. This arrow was different however. It was unlike her previous arrows as it had been larger for one part and slightly stronger.

The arrow had impacted with the soft flesh of the hollow as blood would fly from it's wound. The arrow had actually pierced slightly through its back. Falling to the floor, it would crash as it would yell in absolute hatred and agony. Ruhe would have a look of determination as she had been able to defeat the beast. The hollow would look to her with a strong glare as it couldn't believe it had lost to a child. It would refuse to believe it had just lost to a young child whom had barely awakened her powers. It had been then at that moment Ruhe would have unlocked slightly more powerful arrows to her arsenal as the stress and heat of the moment unlocked a greater concentrated arrow.

The arrow hadnt changed by much, but had a bend to it and a slight curvature thanks to the slightly larger size. It's head was ever so slightly profound as it took a bit more energy to form. Ruhe had taken deep and steady breaths as several arrows would form pinning the Hollow's arms as the arrows sank deeply into the ground. "HRAAAGH! I'LL KILL YOU AND RIP YOU TO SHREDS!" The hollow had howled as it shook in anger, only for it to be immobilized in position. The battle had been won it seemed as Ruhe looked tired. Leaving her bow within form, the young child had almost stumbled.

Panting quite a bit from all the running, shooting, and adrenaline...she would need some rest. "D-Did I do it Asmoskon sir?" The young child had leaned apon her bow as she felt exhausted from todays events. Dinner sounded extremely good about now. Perhaps they would go to a buffet. Or maybe somewhere nice and quaint? It didn't really matter to Ruhe at this point. What mattered was that she had survived and had improved her skills marginally perhaps. She had gambled her life with that attack she pulled, and so she was grateful for being spared to live another day.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon watched as Ruhe displayed what appeared to be thankfulness towards him after he had sent the cockroach Hollow off against the ground severely injuring it's body while keeping it from harming Ruhe. However, that very same expression that was displayed across her face vanished a moment afterwards as he had freed the Jeepers Creeper Hollow and told it to attack her. When that had happened her facial features seemed to just freeze in misunderstood hurt as if he had just betrayed her.

Asmoskon would continue to stand in his position while his short bow vanished from existence he watched how Ruhe would handle this other Hollow. This one and the others especially the one that she had been fighting had a body structure that was much different than the other while being more similar to those that Ruhe would probably have to face off against in the future. This like everything else was just another step through the folds of her training something that Ruhe might still not even be aware had already begun.

Ruhe although she was starting to show signs of fatigue wasn't going to give up it seemed or ask for help as she charged towards the Hollow taking the aggressive assault to match it's own in a unique attack for a Quincy. As she bent backwards allowing the Hollow to pass over her Asmoskon was impressed by how fast she was able to come up with an acceptable counter to the attack while keeping the Hollow in the dark about how he was actually moving into a trap.

Forming her bow while in motion and aiming it properly allowing her to fire an arrow directly into the stomach of the Hollow was a maneuver that was indeed impressive as she had just shown she could eliminate at least one Hollow with an average body that could fly. Ruhe was panting from exhaustion over everything that she had just gone through and while Asmoskon had every intention of keeping this going and learning Ruhe's limitations and allowing her to learn them as well he watched as a Senkaimon Gate opened beside him.

After a few brief moments passed a Shinigami walked out of the gate one that had almost pitch black hair and didn't seem like he was in a very good mood. "Well it took you long enough to get here." Asmoskon spoke the man as the gate closed. The Shinigami turned his head towards Asmoskon and starred in annoyance. "I don't like being told that I need to rush even if it's from family Asmoskon." The Shinigami started to walk towards the spider Hollow drawing his zanpakuto. "Yeah I get that, but remember I'm not allowed to kill them anymore so I got to have one of you guys whenever they happen to cause a problem." In the next instant Ruhe would watch as the Shinigami vanished for a brief moment.

In the next instant he would reappear yet he was sheathing his zanpakuto. Whether she knew it or not all of the Hollows had now been taken care of as the bodies began to disappear moving to Soul Society where they could begin anew life. "Alright well next time give me some more time or else I won't be the one showing up." Another Senkaimon Gate appeared and the Shinigami began to step through as Asmoskon waved his right hand as if the weight of his words were being thrown aside. "Yeah, yeah I know."

What had just happened would seem completely out of the ordinary and yet it wasn't anything more than the norm for Asmoskon. It seemed that Ruhe was tired and would need some food and rest which he could now give her since all of the Hollows were taken care of. "Alright Ruhe let's head back to town and find some dinner. I think you deserve as much as you can eat after all your hard work." Asmoskon started to make his way back towards the town walking slow enough that Ruhe would be able to catch up to him easily.

[Ruhe Krieger]

The first thing that happened was...she was confused. After having defeated the masked enemy she finally had a breather. She could rest and relax her tired body as she panted. It was then that she opened her eyes to briefly see a man wearing black robes with a katana along his belt. Ruhe had wondered if this was one of the Shinigami she had heard so much about. It interested her as she always had wanted to meet one before. Why he was here for, she didn't entirely know. However, it seemed Asmoskon knew this Shinigami well as Ruhe had gazed in on the scene. He matched all the descriptions that she had heard of, but she wasn't entirely sure.

Then within the blink of an eye, the man had vanished as all the hollow around her had been slain. She didn't know that such speed was possible. It was beyond her child like comprehension as she was flabbergasted. She never would have gassed that the man was going to dissapear and strike down all those hollow like that. She was now for certain that this man was a Shinigami. There's no way that a normal human could ever move so fast. However, as soon as he had come, he had been forced to leave. Asmoskon had treated the man as if he were normal...casual...something he saw every day.

Ruhe wondered exactly what the good man could teach her in at a later time. She was sure that Asmoskon could give her knowledge and wisdom about the Quincy much faster than she could by herself. She was sure that the man had trained long and hard in the art of the Quincy. She wanted to reach a level of strength greater than even that however. Power and strength was something she sought and so she would think heavily about her options. Gone was the tiredness and weary feeling from Ruhe as she eagerly followed the man. He had offered her all she could eat for her hard work. This was something she didn't expect whatsoever.

Walking after the Quincy man, she had followed him to the town where they would eat their meal. Ruhe didn't exactly know who Asmoskon was yet on a personal level, but she felt inspired by him. She wanted to be able to become so strong she could defend herself against enemies such as those hollow to be able to defend herself. She wondered what other unique tips and tricks he may be willing to teach the free child. That was for another time as right now, food would be something immediately.

[Johnwaluigi]

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+65 SP and +440 TTP to Asmoskon
+570 CTP to Ruhe