Back to Berlin [Social/JT/Closed]

[Masaaki Kenji]

 

Kenji had actively avoided coming back to Berlin since the last time he went looking for his colleague and he went through hell and back and admittedly, he never wanted to repeat that night again. He had failed his colleague that night and the allies that he made on the night and ever since that time, he had been training and made sure that he was getting stronger. He couldn't repeat that night ever again and he certainly wasn't going to repeat it here in Berlin... and it seemed like his superiors wanted Kenji to prove that again. So off they sent Kenji over to Berlin with the task of killing a specific hollow that had been causing terror around Berlin and he was also tasked with reporting on the Black Market while he was there. Afterall, Kenji had to be doing other things than just hunting a hollow in Berlin.  

So when Kenji arrived in Berlin, he immediately got himself aquainted with the local Soul Reaper while he was there and he immediately got to work investigating and killing hollows around the Berlin area, however, these were nothing more than just common low level hollows, nothing like the one he was tasked to dispatch of. It was clear that this hollow was more powerful than these, considering he was dealing with low level hollows and the occasional gillian, rather than dealing with the adjuchas that he was supposed to be hunting. Maybe it had realised that two Soul Reapers had been trying to track them down and it had been laying low and waiting them out. However, Kenji had other things to do while he was in Berlin.


Ever since that night, Kenji had been thinking about that club in Berlin, the night where he couldn't save all those souls that were trapped there ad forced to become augmented hollows. He knew that someone in the Black Market or maybe something even worse had a hand in it but Kenji decided that he had to investigate it while he was here. So there he was, standing outside the club that had it's doors shut, sealed with the Reiatsu Blocking Door that had been shut by someone from the inside and it looked like there was no way of getting back into the building. However, due to the pure sorrow of the place, it had appeared to have attracted a few hollow stragglers. Perfect way to pass the time while he was on the hunt. 

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Unfortunately, a natural part of the afterlife can be that someone goes down the wrong path, isn't purified, and transforms into the monsters known as Hollows. Some could be friendly or tamed, and others became killing machines. Either way, it wasn't the best outcome someone could have. As much as Shizuka detested the thought, some may be sent to Soul Society and trained to become Shinigami. Others could be reunited with their families and stay there forever or become reincarnated. In this case, the souls were forced into becoming Hollows. The Fullbringer remembered how the room made her feel. She shuttered at the thought.

The Xcution Rifle had been called out by an old friend asking for assistance and a possibility at revenge. How could she say no? Shizuka was on her own revenge mission, after all. She couldn't possibly deny this guy the chance at taking care of unfinished business. That, and she was stronger now. She could handle even the worst case. But the biggest twist that she still couldn't stop thinking about was the fact that the friend she was meeting up with was a Shinigami. After mentally rolling her eyes, Shizuka decided to stay on the positive side of things. Kenji was a good person. She had no quarrels with him.

So when he asked for her to go to Berlin, requesting her presence as a client through Xcution as to hide his true identity, Shizuka obviously had to accept without question. She knew what he was going after and she wanted in on it, too. There was someone she had to try to take and convince them to join her and her ranks, though she had no clue if this person was still there or not. Her honest thought was that she doubted it heavily, but you could never be too sure. So long as they were in the area, perhaps Kenji and Shizuka could figure out a way back into that spiritually locked building. She had some crushing to do.

Once she reached the location, she noticed Kenji kind of meandering about. She smiled kindly and called out to him as she excitedly waved her hands. She had to admit that seeing him was pretty nice! Shinigami or no, she wasn't going to complain. Not about him. He was too sweet for that even if he was over-powered when they came here the first time with Luke. Actually, come to think of it, they were all a bit over-powered, and not in the best way. They were out-matched. Even at her level of abilities, there was nothing she could do. That, and she had to protect Kenji. He wouldn't have made it out otherwise.

"Shinigami! Nice to see you again, man! Where've you been?"

[Masaaki Kenji]

Kenji did really enjoy being out and about in the Human World, well usually he would but in this place, Kenji would have been happy to leave this place behind him forever however, when duty called, he couldn't really say no. That didn't mean that he couldn't attend to other business while he was here and he knew that Shizuka would be able to provide more information on the hollow situation. From what Kenji could remember when he was fading in and out of consciousness, he could remember that Shizuka had been shouting at the voice intercom and that it appeared that it was some Xcution related operation. He had to find out about this as those poor souls deserved some sort of retribution and vengeance.

Judging from the way that Shizuka looked and felt when they were in that hellhole that was a nightclub, he knew that she was angry as well, mentioning something about being the First Rifle and the fact that she was going to kill that person whoever they were. He just hoped that Shizuka was serious about that promise because he really wanted that person brought to justice as well. He just hoped that Shizuka could tolerate him as she didnt appear to be particularly fond of Shinigami as as whole but alas, he couldn't really complain. She had saved his ass more than once in that nightclub so he was thankful that she was even showing up today.

Kenji was milling outside the building and minding his own business until he spotted Shizuka from the distance, waving at him rather happily which he had to say was rather shocking to say the least. He wasn't expecting such a happy and pleasant meeting, well initally. Afterall, she certainly gave the impression that she really didn't like Shinigami however, Kenji decided to take her happiness while he still could so he gave her a big wave as well, looking at the woman with a big grin as he smiled at her. She seemed rather happy considering what building they were standing outside of but Kenji couldn't judge. She had probably been in much worse situations.

"Hello Shizuka! How are things with you?" Kenji asked her intially however, when she asked where he had been, his grin slightly faltered but quickly sorted it and smiled wildly once again. "I've been trying to avoid here as much as possible. I've been mainly spending most of my time out in the Soul Society training people however, I've been asked to come out here to train someone. However, I thought I could use this time to speak to you about this place." Kenji stated as his expression became more serious as he looked at Shizuka. "From what I barely remember, I distinctly remember you getting angry at it and the fact that it had something to do with Xcution. I figured since you showered the same disdain that I did, that we would hunt that bitch down."

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Shizuka laughed. Kenji was always so cute. Even for a Shinigami, and that mattered a lot. Shizuka's heart was still relatively closed off when it came to those creatures. She never understood them. Not really. They were confusing and always claimed to have the right ideas, but their follow up was severely lacking. Mostly. Kenji was different, though. It wasn't very often that Shizuka came across people who were exceptions to her typical rule, but he was one of them. The Fullbringer smiled. His demeanor was welcomed and she was pleased that he was different from those soul-stealing weirdos who loved to brag about their jobs.

"My memory is a little foggy, but yes. I do seem to recall something about the giant door being one of ours. That much was disturbing."

Ah, yes. That heart-crushing day. Though it had been a bit of time, Shizuka wasn't completely over it. Knowing that her organization had something to do with all of that was terrible, and she never even got to figure out why. Normally, nothing happened in Xcution anymore without her knowing about it. Having something like that going on was disturbing. Whoever ended up defecting was as good as dead to her, and she was going to make sure of it. Shizuka didn't like it when her subordinates didn't listen to direct orders. If she remembered correctly, that's exactly what happened in that case, too. They didn't listen to her.

"Hold on there. We can train, but I'm the only one of us two who can presently take these people on. Whoever it is, either they're posing as a member of Xcution or they really are someone who belongs to us. Either way, I agree with you. They need to be taken down. Unfortunately, that means this is going to be more complicated than we originally thought. You have to be willing to support me as I do the same for you. What do you say?"

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Sorry, Chesh. Let's do a thread together when you're a bit more active again, okay? I'll look forward to it!