Abyssal Angels (Luca and Abbadon JTT)

[Abaddon]

Abaddon from above saw that Luca of all people was here, he was curious as to what this man was trying to accomplished, hadn’t he learned that he was too weak to harm a menos with his attacks? Silently he watched as the fullbringer actually did something smart, using a fire hydrant to strike the beast. Abaddon watched as the stream of water assaulted the massive beast. Abaddon himself wasn’t about to simply stand by and do nothing, he knew better than to assume that the hollow would simply fall to getting wet. Abaddon pulled back on his bow and fired out an arrow at the same side as where the water struck, he was trying to get the Menos to fall over in hopes that it wouldn’t be able to stand back up so easily.

The hollow as it took a step felt something hitting the side of it, something moist, wet and fluid. Yet this was a constant pushing force against it’s body. With a hunger swelling inside of it, it turned to the source to find that someone had bent water from a small metal tube. The impact from the water was powerful, but it wasn’t enough to simply knock it down. No this hollow was a bit stronger than that sadly for both parties that were attacking it. Even with the arrows from Abaddon this menos only staggered back a bit from the impact of everything at once. It’s gaze however now turned back to both Abaddon and Luca seeing the two of them as it’s next meal.

“Damn…. This isn’t good” Abaddon said as the menos roared and started to slowly move towards the two of them. He saw the first step come down from the menos right were Luca had manipulated the fire hydrant. With a loud thud he heard the foot come crashing down, it seemed that the monster had slammed it’s leg down against the water in an attempt to crush it. Even though Abaddon had been above Luca after the hollow took a step he couldn’t see where the young man had gone or if he had been crushed by the force of the impact that the menos had done.

Luckily for everyone say for the menos the force of the hollow slamming it’s foot down caused the street to cave in and the menos fell downwards as it’s foot slipped into the swear system. Between the muk and the awkward angle that it’s foot had fallen into it was trapped for the moment, but not for long. Abaddon was busy moving backwards trying to put some distance between him and the hollow, he knew that eventually it would start to move again, for now he was just racing against the clock till someone or something showed up to kill this hollow properly, he didn’t want to kill it as it would mean the destruction of all the souls inside of it.

[Akira Hinosai]

When Luca saw the other man was none other than Abaddon. Yet he hardly had any time to curse his luck before he saw the attacks the hollow was left open to did next to nothing. The hollow was moving forward, and Luca didn't have much time to flea. His first instinct was to run for the alleyway, but he didn't know if he could make it in time until he heard the crash behind him. He looked back to see the hollow's foot stuck in the ground. "HA HA HA!!! NOT SO TOUGH NOW, ARE YOU?!?" Luca must have looked strange, taunting as he ran away, but he didn't care. So what if it's not dead yet? I still have tricks up my sleeve. 

There was a streetlamp not far from him If soul command could help him knock over a fire hydrant, he could do the same here. The street lamp wasn't so close Luca could hope for direct contact with the immobilized hollow, but there was a lot of water on the ground. If he was lucky, a live wire would come loose and the water would serve as a conductor to ensure the menos was fried before he could escape. With a solid shove, the street lamp was knocked over as though Luca had some kind of super strength. Though he wasn't sticking around to see the lightshow, if there was one. Luca ran and ducked into an alleyway. Only then peaking out to see if his attack worked with bated breath...

[Abaddon]

The towering hollow was busy trying to pull out it’s trapped foot from the sewers, so it didn’t notice that Luca had knocked over a lamp pole. As it crashed into the wet street near the menos the hard concrete casing broke apart unleashing the wires inside of the lamp. It wasn’t a moment later that the electricity coursing through the wires stated to electrify the water and by proxy the menos as well. It’s entire body shook in pain as it was being assaulted by the electricity that was coming from the light pole. While this would have been fatal to any normal human, sadly the menos wasn’t a human it was a monster and now it was more pissed off than ever before. Luckily for both Luca and Abaddon with the combination of it being electrocuted and it’s foot being stuck in the sewers it wasn’t able to move for now.

Abaddon had already taken to being much further back, so this time he didn’t see what Luca had done, however he did see the big black monster shaking it’s entire body rapidly as it was being electrocuted. This was good and bad, good that it was taking damage from at least something and would be weaker, bad if a shingami showed up because now it wouldn’t be able to properly kill the menos with it’s blade and purify it’s soul. That was a worry for another time as the largest issue was simply trying to deal with the monster, right now he knew he really couldn’t worry about a future possible shingami that might not actually show up.

Drawing his bow back again he pulled back and unleashed three more arrows, this time he aimed at the mask of the hollow, if he could at least break part of it or damage it them maybe this menos would fall back. He knew that while they normally were mindless and acted on instinct they had a sense of self preservation and having it’s mask broken hopefully would trigger that. Abaddon only hoped that the hunger that it had wouldn’t overrule it’s need to save it’s self. Unleashing three arrows Abaddon hoped that he could put a bit more damage so at the very least this thing would easier if someone or something else showed up to put it down.

The arrows flew back and struck and the menos right in the mask, while they didn’t kill the hollow or at the very least caused the mask to break, they did cause a few cracks to form on the mask itself. This gave Abaddon some hope that this thing could be taken down, however as he tried to draw back some more arrows the lights flickered in the city and the power went out. The menos was now free from being electrified and was angrier than ever. In its mouth a sickening red glow started to appear as it was forming a cero.

[Akira Hinosai]

The attack worked exactly as planned. It didn't only distract him, it dealt some serious damage. Luca would have screamed some choice words if the hollow didn't seem so royally pissed. It still couldn't get its foot out, but Luca saw the cero coming before the hollow even began charging up. Luca's tricks had allowed him to punch well above his weight class, but he struggled to determine what his next move would be. Abaddon was probably fine. He was always showing off, so it would be kind of absurd to suggest a brute force laser beam would be too much for him. 

Where the hell are the soul reapers? The hollow wasn't exactly subtle. Someone should be here by now! The hollow was starting to feel the attacks dealt to it, so surely whatever soul reaper unit showed up would easily be able to deal with it. Luca on the other hand was out of tricks until the hollow finally got out of the stupid hole. There was still a sign by the fire hydrant Luca was certain he could use as a javelin, but Luca wasn't going near it until the hollow wasn't so nearby. For the moment, Luca would play it safe and stay hidden. As soon as the hollow was mobile again, he'd run and jump over the puddled area to gain a new weapon to pelt the hollow with.  

[Abaddon]

As the red glow grew brighter and larger the menos continued to struggle to get its foot free. Eventually the cero was fully charged and it was ready to fire off, however instead of firing it out and striking anyone with the blast, like everyone thought it would instead it fired the cero right at where it’s own foot was. The red beam enveloped everything that was around it’s foot destroying everything around it and releasing it from it being trapped. To everyone in the area the act of freeing it’s own foot sounded like an explosion happening right in the center of the quiet little town. Car alarms started going off from the impact of the blast waking up the humans of the town.

It lifted it’s own foot out from the now massive hole in the center of the street, it’s foot was slightly burned from the blast, but other than a few singed marks on the hollow it seemed fine, fine and extremely angry. It let out another angry roar as it slammed it’s newly free foot right into the nearest building causing it to collapse and fall with the impact of the kick. Screams of people could be heard by Luca as people were having their home caved in on them, being crushed by the rubble. A small child was crying infront of the massive hole the hollow caused and slowly a large hand moved from the hollow towards the child. The hand wrapped around that child, crushing the kid like he was a bug there was a loud crunch as the crying of the child stopped. The hand moved back over the head of the menos and it opened up allowing the mangled corpse of the child fall into the gaping maw of the menos.

[Akira Hinosai]

This was getting bad. Really bad. The fight hadn't been quiet before, but the damage was localized there was little worry about people being in danger. All of that changed when the hollow broke free. Luca only saw the beginning of the destruction before he ducked back behind the wall to shelter himself from the debris. Luca heard the screams of a child before they were silenced. Luca felt nothing in that moment but the desire to make this hollow suffer for what it did. Luca ran from his cover, intent to use the sign he had planned. He had to hurt it any way he could. More than that, he had to keep it from hurting anyone else. 

Luca ran and jumped over the electrified pool the hollow was once stuck in. The hollow didn't seem to notice him yet. Luca grabbed the sign, yet as he looked on, he saw something glimmering in the moonlight. Upon closer inspection he realized a soul reaper had already been killed here. That's when the idea crossed Luca's mind. He could purify the hollow with the zampakuto! It was a better suited weapon than most for fighting hollows, and he just might be able to use it. He ran for the sword and dashed to a position away from the building he'd already kicked in, taking his place squarely in the street behind the hollow. "HEY ASSHOLE, IF YOU WANNA KILL SOMEONE, TRY ME!!!" If the hollow came for him, he could buy time for people to escape. If he was lucky, he could jump and climb on it and finally destroy it's stupid mask. He only needed a shot at it. He wasn't going to wait in the sidelines. He was going to do what the soul reapers had failed to do, and protect these people. 

[Abaddon]

The menos heard the screams of the fullbringer. It’s massive body slowly turned to see what was screaming, was it another meal? Something to fight? Or an insignificant ant to squash with his weight? As he looked at the fullbringer who was now brandishing a zanpakuto. The menos didn’t understand that a fullbringer could hold a zanpakuto from a dead shingami so it assumed that Luca was simply another shingami. One that seemed weak and bold announcing that it was here and ready to fight. It let out a loud and powerful bellow towards the young fullbringer and it got ready for a fight. It charged another cero in it’s mouth ready to blast the what he assumed was a shingami.

Abaddon at this point had made his way back after seeing the explosion wasn’t aimed at him. He was ready to try and end this. For the last few moments, he had been charging an arrow making it both as strong as he could and as large as he could. If he fired this off it would be the last of his reiatsu and wipe him out entirely, however it should kill this menos. Yet even as it was ready, he still hesitated, killing a small hollow in the menos forest was one thing, that was possibly only a few souls, but a true menos… that was worth thousands of souls that he would permanently extinguish. He wasn’t sure if he could actually live with that in his mind.

Luckily for both him and Luca backup finally had arrived, as the menos prepared to fire out the cero right at Luca a flash of light enveloped the menos. Six massive rods of light wrapped around the hollow keeping it from being able to move. Without anything else a blonde haired shingami swung down it’s blade right at back of the neck of the hollow killing it with a clean swipe. The head of the hollow fell down and blood rained down from the body of the hollow as it slowly started to be purified. The shingami with its pure white blade stood there in the air pulling something out of his coat pocket and eating it above the decapitated hollow.

Without even giving a warning a massive gravitational pressure pushed down on both Luca and Abaddon pinning the two of the to the ground. Luca would feel that this power was much stronger than that Abaddon had done. The Shingami would arrive in front of Luca in a flash. “Sorry kid can’t let ya keep that. Belonged to one of my squad mates ya understand right?” The Shingami said as he grabbed the zanpakuto from Luca’s hand. With the blade taken back the shingami opened up what looked like a set of traditional Japanese doors and left the world, soon after that the pressure let up and everyone could breath and move again.

Abaddon went over to Luca ready to speak to the young man, hopefully this event would teach him something. “That is what power looks like, listen you need to go to UE and ask for help training. I can’t help you; my way of fighting is very different than yours I also have a sneaking suspicion that anything I attempted to teach you would just go in one ear and out the other. Go to UE ask for Yoko, she should straighten you out. We both got lucky tonight, if that shingami had been any later you would have been just food for that menos.” With his bit said Abaddon started to head back home, this was a night where he would have to take notes.

Before taking off Abaddon remembered one last thing he wanted to tell Luca. “If you don’t heed my warning then the death of that child will have been for nothing.” With that said Abaddon finally left, what he said was mean and cold, however it was the truth and he needed Luca to understand that there are real consequences for his actions. Even though there wasn’t anything that either of them could have done to stop that hollow tonight if Luca was going to continue going to fight hollows Abaddon wanted the fullbringer to know it wasn’t a game there were real things at stake doing so. Eventually Abaddon would return to his home and rest, the day had been a long and annoying one, but he came away with a few things that would help him later on.

[Akira Hinosai]

The fight ended in a haze. Luca knew what happened, comprehended it, but had nothing to say. "Is it so hard to believe that I know the odds, and fight anyway?" Luca said as Abaddon walked away. Whether he heard him or not, Luca had to get home. The soul reapers could handle pickup duty. Why couldn't you see that I'm talented at this? This is why I was put on this Earth. I'm special, Uzaki said so himself!. I learn quick, and I have greatness inside me! Please...Why can't you see that?

"Hey...Amare, It's Luca... I, uh...well if you didn't hear it you'll see it in the news tomorrow. Hollow, a big one. I'm ok, not injured or anything. It's dead now, but uh...I was at your place if the cops start asking questions, got it? I was just...having a moment or something and needed the emotional support of a fucking hero or some shit. Tell them that. Lie so good can prevail or some shit, I don't know." Luca was choking back tears by the time he was done. He wanted to tell Amare everything. The crazy bitch in the street, the fallen angel, the people he left for the hollows, Abaddon. "Just...call me when you can, ok?" That was the best Luca could manage. 

The sounds of sirens were maddening. Luca wanted to get away from it all. He walked and walked, just wanting to find some place no one could see him. Every step made him stronger, but it was hard to focus on that at the moment. By the time he reached what look like some middle school he'd decided he'd walked enough, and slumped against the cold metal gates. For the first time in years, Luca wept. He didn't understand why, and he spent the first few minutes of it trying to stop himself before opening the floodgates. To be strong-willed is to have earned the scorn of those who wish you to be their slaves. Luca had met domineering assholes before, but unlike them, Abaddon was spiritual. Of course hollows mocked Luca sometimes, but this...This was different. This was a clash of wills. Whoever lost was worthless and stupid.

When all was said and done, Luca certainly didn't feel like the victor. It was all so clear, and logical. Everything was. Perhaps the only silver lining was that no one could see Luca like this. No one would care. Luca knew that. When he was alone, no one could hurt him.  Though thoughts of the child and Abaddon's utter refusal to admit Luca could do anything right kept the tears flowing, and eventually boiled into anger. 

You spent spent life surrounded by people who thought you were some useless fuckup, BUT YOU WERE'NT! You're supposed to have pride in yourself! It's who you are, who Tom helped you become! Abaddon would have you go back to being some timid fuckwit who gets pushed around by assholes who think they're hot shit! "Oh, Abaddon, I'll shape up alright. I'LL NEVER BE POWERLESS AGAIN! I WILL HAVE THE STRENGTH TO LIVE AS MYSELF! DO YOU FUCKING HEAR ME?!? I WILL STAND ON THE TOP!!!"

[Col Arana]

I count 91 paragraphs here. Halving for Joint training, both Abbadon and Luca get 455 TP