Around The World: Part 1: Taj Mahal [PG-13, NDE]

[Zou ۞]

Name: [Around The World: Part 1: Taj Mahal] - The Adventure Name

Participants: [Anyone, 3 participants maximum] - Who can participate?

Location: [Agra, India] - Where does this take place?

Difficulty Level: [Medium-Hard] - Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme. How difficult is this adventure?

Setting: [NDE] Is this DE or NDE? Death Enabled or Non Death Enabled?

Plotline: [Gathering around the New Seven Wonders of The World, Kuroi Naito is exploring not just the routes of modern civilization, and piquing his own interests, but searching for new powers. Perhaps it will be C-weapons, perhaps not. He has invited two of any species to come with him on this journey, a secret journey only a few received a notice about, and that not even Kouhai is aware of the full purposes over. Kuroi himself has not revealed the full purposes of this trip. But, he plans to go through all seven current wonders. The first one, is India's Taj Mahal. Any that come with him might find power. Whether it be power to grow, whether it be the power to bring down the Escudo, or even the Vizards, none know. Enemies will surely intercept, but they shouldn't be too much of a challenge, or so Kuroi thinks.] - Explain the plot of your adventure.

Estimated Enemy Strength: [4-1] Estimate the strength of the NPC's people will fight in this adventure. Class 7-1, what is their strength on average?

Estimated Time Until Completion: [6 pages] - How many pages do you think this adventure will run for until it is over?

Starts: [Now] - When does the adventure begin?

Special Conditions: [None, 3 participants maximum] - Any special conditions, limitations, or other things.

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[Xaifer Regneis]

Ahh India. Spice capital of the ancient world. Home of the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. It was here, that a Senkaimon Gateway opened up. The Senkaimon was decorated with rune like patterns of the sun and the moon. Out of this gateway, a figure stepped. This figure was none other than Zanken Gairan, Vice-Captain of Third Division. Zanken had received a mysterious invitation from one Kuroi Naito. What the Arrancar had planned out, Zanken had no clue. However, this trip might be one to gain power enough to defeat the Vizards. That alone was intriguing, however, new C-Weapons could be found, stronger more powerful C-Weapons to add to the arsenal. Yet another good reason to come on this little venture.

Zanken was standing in front of the huge structure, before going off to a bush and retrieving his Gigai that had been miss sent again. Zanken hurriedly put it on and then got to the spot where the invitation had instructed him to wait, maintaining a casual appearance while waiting for his... host, for lack of a better word.

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Strength - [100] Points

Speed - [250] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [170] Points

Reitsu Strength - [170] Points

Light Aura - [75] Points

Dark Aura - [25] Points

Instinct - [100] Points

Senses - [50] Points

Energy Sensory - [20] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points


Total SP: [855] Points

[Izuki Kiroki]

Izuki was standing in a large open area, surrounded by little but desert. He had wondered what the purpose of such a journey might be. Though he had confidence that whatever the purpose was it surely had good reasoning. He looked around cautiously awaiting the others to follow on this quest. The buildings around him were vast, and more then he expected in such a country.

Izuki was wearing his a new set of clothing now. He had on dark brown, baggy pants. A large shirt that was unbuttoned in the center. His bandages were still wrapped fully to his elbows though. He had the sash wrapped around his waist only it was tan now rather then black. His boots were tan aswell and the laces were a dark green. Other then his clothing his appearance was the same as it usually was. His katana hanging from his side as he wrapped his fingers around the hilt.

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Strength - [100] Points

Speed - [400] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [150] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [50] Points

Light Aura - [0] Points

Dark Aura - [100] Points

Instinct - [100] Points

Senses [150] Points

Energy sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points

[Zou ۞]

OOC: The available spots INCLUDE Kuroi. So basically there's no space left.

[Zou ۞]

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"Vice Captain, Octava." a voice noted as a cool wind blew throughout the area. He was here in the blink of an eye, faster than anyone had been able to catch. Standing amid the large, rustic town, with all of the people walking by. They weren't in the greatest of wealth, however they were most certainly in better shape than the rest of India. People here appeared to be middle class, though the palace was obviously high maintenance. Therefore, they were all left staring at the man that had just arrived, the man that wore a black suit, and had his hands pocketed. With a calm, confident, and small smile, he was already here. The Segunda Espada of course, was the strongest, rumors had it. Well, rumors and truth. Plenty of people could testify, but to most people it was just rumors since he obviously hadn't shown his strength to every single person that had ever heard even a peep about him.

"Izuki, you forgot your Gigai." Kuroi said. Depositing a duffel bag at Izuki's feet, Kuroi's smile faded. Izuki would have to slip into that special Gigai, which was of course made for Arrancar rather than Shinigami. Mr. Hat & Clogs had developed them many years ago, back when Shinigami and Arrancar had still had some kind of truce. Of course, since Zanken, Kuroi, and Izuki spoke Japanese, the Indians all around them wouldn't understand a word that they were saying. "Vice Captain, I won't kill you so long as you are on this journey with me." Kuroi said, "However do expect me to attack you once this journey around the world is over, or if you get in my way as I claim the power that these monuments hold. I am the one that started this journey, after all." He began walking straight towards the palace. They were just going to head right on into Taj Mahal. It was a huge place, and they were walking down the central pathway to get to it.

It did indeed take a while to get down there, but at last, they got to the front doors, which opened immediately to reveal a sacred palace, full of huge white marble expanse, and ancient looking furniture and statues everywhere. An Indian with a red dot on his forehead, and a white robe, quickly shuffled over to Kuroi, bowing numerous times. "Kuroi-Sama! We've been expecting you!" he exclaimed. "Come in, come in!" Kuroi took a step in, motioning for Izuki and Zanken to follow. Hot Indian girls in bras and shimmering dresses were dancing everywhere, entertainment. Well, they were actually spirits that had devoted they'd remain here until a Shinigami got them. They were visible to the three though, so that was kind of nice. Obviously, this was no time for Zanken to perform Soul Burial. And, in the meantime, Kuroi spoke once more. "Did you discover what I asked you to?" The Indian smiled. "Yes yes, of course!" He snapped his fingers. The floor underneath Kuroi, Zanken, and Izuki opened. "The tunnels are several hundred feet below us, and continued winding downwards to several thousand feet, a narrowing and descending labyrinth!" he called down. "You should find what you seek at the very end!"

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Strength - [100] Points

Speed - [400] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [300] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [300] Points

Light Aura - [0] Points

Dark Aura - [100] Points

Instinct - [100] Points

Senses [100] Points

Energy sensory - [50] Points

Healing Expertise - [50] Points


Total SP: 1400 Points

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OOC: In this thread, I'll be posting in order with you guys. The order is Zanken, Izuki, Kuroi.

[Xaifer Regneis]

"Segunda Espada"' Zanken returned as Kuroi greeted him. The Segunda Espada, rumored to be stronger than even the Primera Espada. Kuroi Naito was an imposing figure, especially in that new suit of his. However, the Octava Espada was also here. Oh? They had found someone to fill that position had they? The Seireitei had better get a move on in getting more Captains, the Espada outnumbered them as is. Zanken listened to what Kuroi had to say, all the while eying that special Gigai the Octavia Espada was donning. So there was a Gigai for Arrancar eh? Interesting. Zanken then responded to Kuroi, "I would expect nothing less from someone of your stature, Segunda Espada. However, what ever power you may obtain may not necessarily be something that I would take, after all, I need to find my own power." Zanken said.

Zanken began to walk behind Kuroi, looking around at the Indian architecture and stone masonry all the while. Zanken loved stuff like this, it was just a thrill to see old architecture. It was a little bit of a long walk to reach the massive structure they would be exploring. "I wonder... what kind of power rests in the worlds seven wonders?" Zanken asked no one in particular. It was an intriguing question, what sort of power rested in the ancient world? Well, they were about to find out. Zanken listened as Kuroi talked with some Indian guy, asking if they had discovered what Kuroi had asked them to discover. Zanken wondered what it could be, but then dismissed the thought. After all, there was likely more than one power in this place. "Well, a labyrinthine. Huh, wonder what lies in that ancient maze? Numerous traps no doubt about that..." Zanken said. Well, the decent was about to begin!

[Izuki Kiroki]

Izuki stared down at the bag and knelt to one knee. He pulled the bag open and placed his hands on the Gigai. Never had Izuki admired using them, but this occasion did indeed call for it. "Yes, Kuroi, sir. It will not happen again," said Izuki as he took on the Gigai. When Kuroi began walking, Izuki followed him with haste. He was sure this was to be a great experience. Though he was not truly sure why a Shinigami would have been invited with to uncover such power. C-Weapon, Information on Escudo, or Vizards. No matter which it was it was worth what ever they would be put through.

Izuki also waited for Kuroi to finish talking to the Indian. Though never had he seen quite such an odd human. Upon entering his attention was instantly caught by the architecture, then by the many girls residing within this holy place. "Its quite a sight, indeed," He said right as the ground began to open. He moved back slightly to solid ground before the ground had sucked him into it. He looked to the side of him, awaiting Kuroi.

[Zou ۞]

"The tomb of the original designer for C-weapons is found in one of the wonders." Kuroi said. "He had secret designs that the Vizards never knew about when they brought C-weapons into existence, and this is what we are looking for. We will also be searching for weapons that may have been designed by this same man, who, by all means, was a genius in these arts. He was fascinated by all Seven New Wonders, and thus he has most likely left relics within each." Kuroi, hands in pockets, began walking down the long, narrowly stretching corridor. It wasn't until about a hundred feet in descent that something actually happened to the trio. It began as a loud rumbling noise, like some kind of stomach. This would actually be the perfect opportunity for the funny one to make a joke about a stomach. Kuroi wasn't the funny one. Maybe a joke wasn't a good idea after all.

Anyway, what soon became apparent as the source of the noise was shocking. A small, flat break was presented at the end of the hundred feet, leading into a large chamber, through which those walking could rest a bit in the darkness. There was nothing but absolute darkness now. Of course, Kuroi appeared to be wearing some kind of wristband that covered his body in a glow. Earlier, he'd given one to both Zanken and Izuki as well during their walk. The glow illuminated things around, dimly, but just enough to be able to see significantly. And, that was why they saw what was in front of them. A gigantic crocodile. Not just any crocodile, a hollow. A hollow that appeared to have been living for many years in these tunnels, waiting for a tasty morsel. What would happen now?

[Xaifer Regneis]

"So basicly we're searching to raid the tomb of a dead guy that had massive knowledge on creating newer and more advanced C-Weapons and now we're hunting for any of the more powerful C-Weapons he may have left behind." Zanken briefly summarized. Well, that was good. Zanken needed some stronger C-Weapons anyways, all he had the moment was Kaihaku which, although it was very strong, was only one C-Weapon. That and the fact that it lacked a C-Fusion was not good. Well, anyways, on to the creepy dark maze, away!

"Hmm.. wonder if thats the sound of something waiting to eat us." Zanken remarked at the sound. Great, well, they needed to go onwards, so onwards they would go. As Zanken walked through the break, he saw something that was utterly huge. From the light of his wristband, Zanken could see it to be one of the largest gators in existence. Noo noo noo, it couldn't be a regular gator either, it had to be a Hollow. A Hollow that probably lived for a long time to. If something like that existed for that long... how strong could it be? Then again, it might have gotten stuck at a specific power level a while back and might actually be weak. Still, it was not wise to underestimate it. "Anyone else think it might be hard to cut through that gators skin? Though im assuming that you could probably just blast it into oblivion with a Cero, Segunda." Zanken said, drawing his Zanpakuto. Well, it would either be a fight, or Kuroi would slaughter it. One or the other, the Hollow was going to die.

[Izuki Kiroki]

"Huh, I'm usually the one putting people into the graves not taking thing out of them," remarked Izuki. Truly the nature of this adventure did not bother Izuki much. His mind was set on what they would find along these corridors. No matter what it was, it was indeed time to move on. Izuki started walking down the old stairwell, taking caution in each step. It was indeed a dark place down here, a little scary too.

Izuki was right, it was indeed scary. Though not really until the large abrupt sound echoed from withing the tomb. "This wont be good," He said. He walked the rest of the way following both Zanken and Kuroi. Then he saw it, the large shape looming over them. "Hollow.." Izuki spat in a disgusted voice, "Of course it can not be a normal one either, always oversized and overpowered." Not that any of it mattered to Izuki. He knew that Kuroi could more than likely finish this thing himself. He unsheathed his katana and waited for the order.

[Zou ۞]

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Kuroi flicked out his twin wakizashi blades in an instant, blocking two slashes, one with each. "It will be up to you to kill that hollow." he said simply. Two ninjas were visible. Ninjas?! Why were there ninjas?! In India, and in a Tomb?! Maybe they were guards for the secrets that were hosted inside, even further proof that the three needed to get to the bottom. Kuroi began moving around in a sort of fluid, graceful dance, his body twisting and turning, dodging and blocking attacks from the quick paced ninjas, while attacking at that same quick pace. He was using everything that he could muster in terms of speed, and the ninjas were doing the same. Of course, it was apparent that Kuroi wasn't using his zanpakuto. It was a wonder why that was. Perhaps he simply didn't want to, and believed the enemy to be that far beneath him. On the other hand, there could well be other reasons. It all depended, in most likeliness.

Meanwhile, the crocodile opened its mouth, and a huge Cero began charging. Not large. Huge. The Cero as a starting orb was already bigger than ten people, and the mouth that had opened to charge it had unhinged like a snake, easily much larger than anticipated. The Cero, when it fired out, was much larger than the Crocodile itself, and probably strong enough to take out Izuki and Zanken in one shot. Maybe not kill them, but seriously injure them. They had to do something about that Cero. Fast. And, also, they had to be sure that they stopped anything from interfering with Kuroi's fight, or he was going to be pissed. The crocodile's scales lit up, glowing majestically as the Cero was fired. Maybe the scales gave off reiatsu in the form of light whenever the Crocodile used reiatsu. At any rate, this thing was as big as a dinosaur. Obviously, it was at least Menos level, an Adjuchas.

[Xaifer Regneis]

"Its always ninjas, isn't it?" Zanken wondered out loud. Zanken turned to Izuki and said, "Oy! Octava was it? We should probably release to take that thing out. Adjucha's are as strong as a Captain in some cases." Zanken said. Zanken then grabbed the hilt of his Zanpakuto with both hands and shouted out, "Reveal the path to the Heavens, Hakumei Juujigai!!", as he pulled hard with both hands, as if trying to break the sword in half. Suddenly, a bright white light was emitted from Zanken, and then was in cased in a sphere. The sphere suddenly broke into a honeycomb pattern, and was blasted outwards from Zanken. Zanken was still standing there, though he had undergone a drastic change. Zanken was standing there with two Kodachi in his hands, one a dark purple color with a black gem on one side, a black and gold hilt, the other pure white, with an even whiter gem on one side, with a white and gold hilt. Both swords had no guards. Zanken's Shinakusho changed as well, it was now a white leather curiass that covered his whole body.

"Quick, we gotta stop it from firing!" Zanken shouted out, moving out of the path of the Cero, just in case it fired. Zanken then quickly slammed the black blade down onto the ground, shouting out "HYOUKETSU SUPAIKU!!!" and suddenly, a wave of black ice rushed out at the crocodile. It raced to underneath its jaw, where a massive pillar of dark ice slammed upwards into its jaw. The spike was blunt though, and would not pierce the skin. This was something Zanken was banking on, he was using the ice pillar, as well as numerous other pillars, to slam the gators lower jaw upwards. Ice started to creep up the gator, black ice obscuring the glowing scales on its back. As it reached the spot, more ice shot out from the top, attempting to close the mouth. It would not be enough for the top though, so Izuki had to get it closed. If this worked, well, the gator would be exploded from the force of its own attack. If not, well, gators WERE cold blooded. Surely the cold ice was not good for it. Zanken, as a precaution, put a hugely thick wall of ice by Kuroi's battle, making sure it would not inturupt the fighting at all. This was there to block the Cero if this plan failed. The ice would not shoot spikes on the other side of the wall, however, it would on the side that the Cero was firing out of. If it didn't work, the trajectory might be altered due to the lower jaw being pushed upwards. What would happen now?

Remaining Reitsu: 1200/1700 (-200 for Release, -300 for Hyouketsu Supaiku)

Shikai Duration: 1/10

[Izuki Kiroki]

Izuki still slightly in awe from the size of the beast standing before him hadn't noticed what the Shinigami said, all he made out was 'release.' Izuki, however, had other plans. He curled his fingers tightly around his Zanpakuto and ripped it from its sheath. His eyes flashed pale white and a he began running off in the direction of the alligator. Then a moment later its mouth slanted open and the cero started charging. It was massive, unlike anything Izuki had seen, even from an Espada. It was nearing double the size of the alligator.

Izuki had all he could to to throw himself into the air before it was released. After he jumped he moved into a flipping motion and landed flat on the back of the alligator. Suddenly ice shot up under him and to the side. The trajectory of the cero was thrown off only slightly however. Then another blast and the top of its mouth had been smashed from above. Izuki placed his blade into the back of the alligators neck and flipped himself forward. The blade followed ripping up the scales, and was finally brought smashing back down into its mouth, just behind the ice. Izuki pushed himself into it twisted the blade through the top of its mouth.

[Zou ۞]

There was a huge problem with the attacks. The ice shattered against the scales, and some kind of heat emitting from them melted gathering ice. The ice that had been attempted to be used by Zanken could not do any damage to the armoring scales and strength of the crocodile, while Izuki's blade met a failure as well. As it slammed into the crocodile, it didn't go through. The scales were every bit as protective as a hierro, if not more so. Therefore, the Cero that flew out was only targeting Zanken, since Izuki was on the crocodile. The scales opened up, however, thirty Cero charging in total on its back, all aimed at Izuki. Those fired towards him, all converging on one spot. And, the giant Cero left no room for Zanken. A good idea would be for them to blast each other, somehow. If Izuki used an attack to blast Zanken out of the way, and Zanken used an attack to blast Izuki out of the way, they might just get through this.

Meanwhile, from behind the ice wall, Kuroi continued his movement with the ninjas. They were fast and skilled enough that he couldn't dispatch them as quickly as he did with other adversaries. His blades swung over one's head, and that ninja ducked, stabbing towards him. Kuroi whirled to the side to evade this, swinging one blade to block the other one that had been attacking. Clanging, and then his blade moved towards the first ninja once more, who blocked his attack. Kuroi backed off, disengaging, and then moved forwards again, slashing with great skill and speed. The ninjas continued to dodge and defend, clearly also skilled. At last, Kuroi scored a small scathe across one of the ninjas in the cheek area, drawing a small bit of blood. Score one for Kuroi. With this new proof that Kuroi had the skill to hit these ninjas, he began moving with even more vigor, trying to terminate them.

[Xaifer Regneis]

Zanken's eyes widened as his ice melted. Shoot! The thing was gonna fire anyways!! Zanken made the ice wall even thicker and denser, before looking at Izuki, shouting, "SHOOT A CERO AT ME!!" before aiming his palm at Izuki, quickly, and fireing off a Furea-Shintou. It was a Furea-Shintou of mid level power, meaning it would blast Izuki out of the way, and not burn or hurt him TO badly. However, this was assuming Izuki didn't take this to be an attack on him or something, and then him attempting to dodge it. What would happen?

Shikai: 2/10

Admin's Note: Don't forget to keep your shikai duration continuing.

Remaining Reitsu: 1050/1700