Arc 2: Canon 22: Return! [Complete]

[Zou ۞]

Name: [Return!] - The Adventure Name

Participants: [Arrancar, Hollows, Akki, Nakabakki] - Who can participate?

Location: [Las Noches] - Where does this take place?

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

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

Plotline: [It has been a peaceful few months. Both sides retreated to gain more power. All of the Espada and Fraccion have been out, and haven't seen each other in 6 months. As a result, they are only just now returning for this immediate threat. Akki and Nakabakki are newcomers, but everyone is already regular in knowing them, so it's not super special anymore. However, the Escudo are attacking Las Noches again as a preliminary to discover its power. Fusil Escudo is leading this charge. Take out all of the Escudo scattered throughout Las Noches. Feel free to do some catching up on the way. Everyone is different from before.] - Explain the plot of your adventure.

Estimated Enemy Strength: [7-1] 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: [3 participants maximum.] - Any special conditions, limitations, or other things.

[Kyouga Minamoto]

OOC: May Kyouga Minamoto participate, even briefly?

IC: "So Las Noches is bein' attacked, huh? This is gonna be fun!" a harsh voice rang as a strange individual raced to all of the excitement. It was the blonde devil Akki, Kyouga Minamoto. His current enthusiasm is quite typical of one of his nature. However, he had two reasons why he wanted to fight the enemy. First, Kyouga couldn't ever back down from a fight; and second, dammit Las Noches was his home! Regardless, Kyouga wore a wide toothy smile on his face. It was also apparent that Kyouga had sharp animal-like teeth, and a very strong jawline. Anyway, perhaps fate would come into play today in a way he never expected.

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Strength - 100 Points

Speed - 20 Points

Spiritual Pressure - 50 Points

Reiatsu Strength - 50 Points

Light Aura - 0 Points

Dark Aura - 100 Points

Instinct - 20 Points

Senses - 20 Points

Energy sensory - 20 Points

Healing Expertise - N/A Points


Total SP - 280 Points

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Put an intro into this thread and he can.

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She's said it once, and she'll say it again...

DAMNED ESCUDO.

Stupid circus freaks...They were like cockroaches. No matter how many times you've stomped on them, they always seem to be crawling around like the pests they are. Akki and Nakabakki weren't a big deal anymore. Excluding Golak of course. Yeah, he was ugly. Like, holy crap. Asuka still thought of them as the werecow people though. Just because Golak was a shiny werecow didn't mean the others were the same!

It seems as though Fusil Escudo was in charge of this whole thing. What he the emo guy? The one that always had that grim expression plastered on his face? Ugh. Yuck. Now, Asuka was strong enough to take on an enemy or two. Thank youuu training. Speaking of which, has it really been 6 months? My, my..time flies, doesn't it? Well, time was accelerated when she was gone for that month. But still, it was pretty wicked. How was everyone else?

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Strength - [210] Points

Speed - [400] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [320] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [400] Points

Light Aura - [50] Points

Dark Aura - [50] Points

Instinct - [120] Points

Senses [120] Points

Energy sensory - [80] Points

Healing Expertise - [50] Points

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[Zou ۞]

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Suddenly, as everyone just arrived, battles were everywhere. Arrancar vs Arrancar, Akki vs Akki, Akki vs Arrancar. All around, blades and chains were flying everywhere. Cero, Kido, release, etc. People were duking it out. One Arrancar slammed into another, and their blades crossed. The first Arrancar, suddenly did an unexpected twist maneuver, stabbing the second one in the heart. But before that was done, a third came out of nowhere, and carved the first Arrancar's head off. In that rhythm, the battle continued.

Out of nowhere, an Arrancar with a zanpakuto jumped out at Kyouga, and slashed at him. This one looked relatively weak, meaning he was at Kyouga's level. Alright, enemy #1. He had a sword, Kyouga had chains. Let's see who wins that. Then, from out of nowhere, a more high level enemy appeared, attacking Asuka. This one appeared to be an Akki. His whole body was all red and with spiky skin, and his eyes glowed a menacing and evil black. He had the chains wrapped around his fists, and started punching at Asuka from out of nowhere.

And then there was Fusil Escudo. He had the same, usual gloomy look on his face. He was there, stepping out, and looking around at everyone. His eyes scanned things. An Arrancar got cocky, and attacked him. Next second, Fusil was behind that Arrancar, and a dozen slash wounds exploded across the Arrancar's body, carving it up as blood sprayed everywhere. Fusil was strong. "Why did you do that...?" Fusil asked. "You should have been smarter..."

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Alright, so it was war all over the place. Not too great. And yet however, a Garganta suddenly ripped open nearby, and a figure stepped out. His foot touching the ground made a light tapping sound, for he wore dress shoes. He wore a suit in the form of black khaki pants, and a black blazer (three button). A purple dress shirt was underneath, and a black tie. His black eyes scanned the area coldly, but one thing was noticeable. His hair. It was extremely long, going past his waist, silky and back in length. But, despite the new hair, there was no doubt about who this was.

"So what if you got a low level?" Kuroi Naito, Segunda Espada asked. He held his zanpakuto in one hand, and a wakizashi in the other. A calm, small, confident smile played on his lips while his hair remained stationary. "Who said that that made you strong enough to take on the higher ups?" He rushed forwards, his blade impacting Fusil's. Fusil blocked, but Kuroi continued up with his Daisho style, his blades moving quickly, efficiently. Fusil was having trouble defending against such a deep and unorthodox style. Kuroi was better with swords, obviously.

Kuroi noticed Asuka out of the corner of his eye. Even while she fought, even while Kuroi fought, he glanced back at her. "Asuka, long time no see." he said, maintaining that smile. He turned back to Fusil. "Use your full power." he said. "You are my prey after all. If you don't back away, there's no telling how much I might cut you."

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[Kyouga Minamoto]

Kyouga quickly dodged the sword strike, and he kicked his foe squarely in the jugular. "C'mon, I want to feel at least some pain!" Kyouga yelled out of excitement and elation. Sure this was fun, but he wanted to have a little bit of a challenge in this frenzy.

[Zou ۞]

OOC: Kyou, try for some longer posts.

IC:

The opponent in question, with his blade having missed, whirled, expecting a retaliation. In clarity, Kyouga gave one. His opponent grabbed the leg, and held it firmly there, proceeding to chop down on it in an attempt to sever Kyouga's leg. At the same time, his mouth opened, and he spat a Bala straight towards Kyouga's face. Oh, that wasn't good. This guy seemed to have a special ability then. He could spit Bala. This meant that he was at a rather strong standing. Well, of course, Kyouga was going to have to deal with that somehow. In some way, he'd have to do it.

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Meanwhile, Kuroi's fight with Fusil continued. Their blades connected several times, until Fusil was forced back under the flurry of Kuroi's skill. Kuroi had gotten a lot better with his blade. And, though Fusil tried, he was no match for Kuroi's skills in terms of the blade. He backed off, and Kuroi gave that small smile. "You've gotten stronger." Fusil admitted. "But you have also become very cocky, Segunda. Did defeating Shiroi put you in over your head? I'm already well aware of that Tercera Capsule you were given. You don't have another one, and you'll never have a power to equal it. Without that, how can you beat me if I'm stronger than Shiroi?" Kuroi stopped smiling, but then gave it one more time with a small "hmph" type of laugh of acknowledgment.

"I'll win because I have to. It's my duty to Hueco Mundo. My abilities as a living organism are superior to yours. I am proud as an Espada. And this is because I do not surrender." Kuroi rushed forwards again, his blade blasting against Fusil's. The two continued to duel for several moments, until at last Fusil jumped back again to disengage. He started focusing on Kuroi. He was trying to use Gravitational Sickening on him. Kuroi smiled at his opponent. The Gravitational Sickening ability wasn't working. "Those of us that have stood on the same plain as your Forza Adamento, and thus conquered it, become immune to your Gravitational Sickening." Kuroi explained.

"Do not speak so triumphantly." Fusil responded. He aimed his palm at Kuroi, and a green light flashed. But, Kuroi's blade flashed up at the same time. A small needle made of green reiatsu shattered against his blade, and the light faded. "I defeated Shiroi." Kuroi said. "I already know all about that trick." Fusil's Reiatsu began building all around him. Kuroi continued to smile. "Use your power, then. I will show you the difference in our abilities."

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Strength: 120

Speed: 100

Reiatsu Strength: 50

Spiritual Pressure: 30

Instinct: 50

Senses: 50

Energy Sensory: 0

Healing Expertise: 0

Light/Dark Aura: 50/50

Total SP: 400

Kyouga's Enemy's Remaining Reiatsu: 250 Reiatsu

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It's been 6 loong months. So anything was possible. Even Kuroi's hair being just as long as hers...

What?

From the distance...she could see a man with loooong jet black hair. At first, she was trying to figure out if he was one of the Escudo, but when he spoke to her, she immediately recognized his voice. It was...a little hard to believe. "K-Kuroi?..Yeah! Long time no see!" she smiled back. He was fighting the emo kid..oh what's his name again? Fossil? Funnel? Falafel? It started with an "F" and ended with an "L"...maybe it'll come to her later?

Well, it wasn't like she had anytime to give it any serious thought. Her enemy was approaching. Oh hey, its one of the werecow people. Sweet. She'd see his punch coming for her and she'd use one whip to lasso around his wrist and yank it in the opposite direction away from her. This would cause him to stumble forwards, bringing him closer to her. With the blade in her other hand, she'd decapitate his head.

[Zou ۞]

The Akki in question roared, and as Asuka yanked, he also yanked. Her yank was canceled out as she flew forwards. He had superior physical strength. Worse yet, as she was aiming to decapitate him, he jumped, so that her blade impacted his chest in a large slash. But, since her blade was moving across his chest to draw blood, he was able to hit her at the same time. Cupping his hands together in a rock shape, the Akki bashed Asuka on the back, slamming her into the ground, and causing rubble and stone to shatter up and fly into the air. Being from Hell, these Akki tended to have fighting styles that were unpredictable, unorthodox. They did things no one else would do, because predictability in Hell resulted in being devoured, or sent to an even more miserable layer. Since neither of these scenarios was preferable, it meant that they had to get strong. Since he was one of those that had escaped, he was strong.

Meanwhile, eight Arrancar minions surrounded Kuroi. Fusil had taken a step back. All eight were in release. Fusil himself was charging forwards, preparing to slash while Kuroi was distracted with everyone else. He looked around. "Silence, Hora." Kuroi said. An explosion of reiatsu materialized just as Fusil Escudo released as well. A green dome materialized around them, blocking them from view. So sad, no one was going to be able to see Kuroi's release today except for the nine inside of the dome.

Inside the dome, Kuroi had on the familiar black scaly suit, but he had on a black leather coat over it this time, with long coat tails. It was zipped up, and he was looking around. "C-Fusion: Muerte Cuerdas + Hora." he said. All eight rushed at him while Fusil was coming forwards. The wrist slits that Kuroi had opened up. Reiatsu flared around him as burns formed on his body. "Muerte Cuerdas." Kuroi said. Suddenly, all eight of the little minions dissolved into dozens of pieces, blood and guts and pieces flying and landing everywhere. As Fusil was reaching forwards, his arm was suddenly severed, the sword arm turning into nine different pieces.

Fusil gasped, roaring in agony as he stepped back, disappearing with great speed to evade whatever it was that Kuroi had used on him. "W...what was that?!" he demanded. Kuroi remained silent. Muerte Cuerdas, or Death Strings, was a technique that took Kuroi's Enma Cero, and released it from his wrist slits, but as a hundred invisible strings instead of Cero. It condensed each Cero into a very thin, cutter form as a string whipping around Kuroi. People that got close to him during activation would be sliced like butter. Outside, people would probably feel the intense flare of reiatsu, and hear Fusil's scream of pain.

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2200 Reiatsu

[Kyouga Minamoto]

Kyouga quickly spinned his chains as quick as possible to block or deflect the bala blast, but he went through great pain as his leg was chopped off. D-damn.... hurts more than I expected.... Kyouga thought as he sweated from his loss of blood. Kyouga was very much aware that he wouldn't have much of a chance of survival without some sort of support. In addition to that, Kyouga noticed Asuka, but she was a bit busy right now. However, Kyouga knew now that getting close to the enemy would be a very bad idea right now, but he couldn't outrun him either. Instead, Kyouga would just have to use his chain to try to snatch away his enemy's sword to give him more of an advantage.

[Zou ۞]

Kyouga's opponent simply rushed forwards, striking out with his blade. Alright, it was now or never. This was Kyouga's chance to get the weapon with his chains. Minus a leg, he wouldn't last long anyway. If he messed up here, or failed, he'd lose the fight. He'd have to keep in mind that his opponent could spit Bala, so he needed to keep one chain in reserve, rather than use both chains. At the same time, he was going to have to beware of his surroundings. Weakened as he was, an ally of his enemy might appear and try to give aid by cutting Kyouga down, killing him. So of course, be on the lookout.

Meanwhile, Fusil's dome shattered as Kuroi returned to sealed state. Everyone would see it now. Kuroi had short hair again, as he'd returned to his short hair state. But, they'd see something else. Fusil was on one knee, panting. Kuroi had actually used Silencio Hazo and Silencio Hazo Genrai. Fusil was currently down to a quarter of his normal speed. Kuroi was back in sealed state because he didn't want anyone to see his release. However, Fusil was in sealed state because Kuroi had beaten the hell out of him. Fusil's right arm was gone completely, and his sword was in fragments on the floor in front of him. Blood was across his body, and several slashes were visible all over him. "Is that really all from the strongest Escudo?" Kuroi asked. "You have grown much weaker in the past few months, Fusil Escudo."

Fusil's Remaining Reiatsu: 0 Reiatsu (Drained by dome use, and Muerte Lanzar.)

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2200 Reiatsu

Fusil's New Speed: 100

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So she managed to slash him. Okay. She got something. But that bash to the back just was not nice. Not at all. Her body hit the ground and she groaned in pain. Ok. Round two here she comes! Asuka rolled over and with both whips, she lassoed them around the Akki's ankle yanked on them hard making him stumble. In that moment, Asuka would quickly bring herself to her feet and repeatedly stab his stomach. It wasn't like she didn't have room to move her blades. They were attached to long chords after all. Once she was done, she unravel the chords and swivel around on her heels to get behind him. Once she did, she dug her blades into the back of his neck.

As she swiveled around, she notice Kuroi and Fusil's fight. The dome shattered. Kuroi was beating him! Well, that was expected. It was Kuroi after all! The strongest espada. Fusil looked pathetic and Asuka would take a moment to laugh a little as his misery. Serves him right! "Finish him!" she cheered on. She wanted him to finish him...so she could say "Fatality" in an epic voice for her own amusement.

[Zou ۞]

Asuka's enemy caught sight of Fusil too. "B-BOSS!" he exclaimed. This meant he didn't have a chance to react as Asuka stabbed him over and over again. He could have defended, had he not noticed. But, too bad. So, with him dead, it became apparent very soon that the Escudo were fighting a losing battle. Perhaps it was just a turning point. Normally they were a superior force, but they were demoralized. Kuroi was crushing Fusil. Demoralization was a horrible thing for people to have. Fusil roared. Kuroi stood there. Fusil's reiatsu was beginning to rise!

He was clearly going to use 5/5 very shortly. Kuroi however, seemed very calm about it. Meanwhile, a powerful wind blew Asuka's clothes off. It came out of nowhere, and it was most likely from someone that moved fast. Yeah, Asuka was naked. Again. So basically though, in the long story short, Kuroi and Fusil were fighting. And Kuroi was winning. Asuka should remember. Last time Kuroi had met Fusil, he'd been ultimately inferior. But now, because of whatever Kuroi had done to himself, he was stronger than Fusil. And the difference was very great. It was obviously very daunting, it really was.

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[Kyouga Minamoto]

Kyouga quickly wrapped his chains around the Arrancar's sword, and yanked it out of his opponent's hands. Just to be safe, Kyouga kept one chain in reserve in case of another bala attack. Regardless of everything that was going on, Kyouga was still alive in this situation. Regardless of what was going to happen, Kyouga now had an upper hand with actually having a sword to use now. Right now, it looked like his side was winning, but would Kyouga be alive long enough to see their victory.

[Zou ۞]

Okay, Kyouga's opponent had lost his sword. In response, he just waited, backing off. He didn't do anything. Kyouga had two chains, one sword. But how was Kyouga supposed to attack? He had one leg. His enemy seemed to realize this, and smiled coldly at Kyouga, jeering at him with his eyes. How was Kyouga going to attack? Short one leg, this battle was going to end eventually if Kyouga couldn't do anything. One way or another, he had to be creative, and find some way to attack his opponent while on one leg.

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Meanwhile, it started. A huge golden blast of light filled the room, blinding everyone for a full thirty seconds, and stunning them too, leaving them immobile while it enveloped them in its glow. The light soon turned white, and began fading away. Giant slides materialized all around Fusil. There were thousands of them, large, holographic maybe, circling all around him. Each and every one of them played out a scene from a story, from one of his past lives. Fusil Escudo's first life was not this. He'd gone through the Soul Society-Human World reincarnation cycle many times. Everyone's memory was always wiped at the start of a new human cycle, so it was only natural that someone lasting through over a thousand cycles would become strong like Fusil.

His spirit's origin, the very start, was one of those minor humans working in the caves. Then he died, and helped as one of the footsoldiers of the Soul Society, among the first Shinigami of the original Gotei Thirteen. That was his first life. And then, as he died, he was born anew. This time he was a man that owned a small crop of land. He had a wife and children. Then when he died, he became a Shinigami again. When he died then, he was a blacksmith. Then a Rukongai shop owner. And then a senator. And then a Shinigami. His lives kept on repeating over and over again, the same old cycle bringing him higher and higher up the ladder.

It was easily noticeable that as the cycles progressed, Fusil's position kept getting higher and higher. His eyes were focused in determination, screaming blasting throughout his slides. For, in some of his lives, tragedies struck. Various, horrific tragedies. Genocide, murder, village destruction. At one point he was a Jew in the holocaust. At others, he was the President or King of a country. A few times he was even a Shinigami Captain. But, the most noticeable part of his cycle was the very end, the last life that he'd led before becoming a Hollow. He was a little 2 year old kid that died in a carcrash. His death wasn't however, what caused him to hollowfy.

A hollow devoured his spirit, but his spirit devoured the hollow from within. In this manner, Fusil became a Hollow. He lived for 800 years as a Hollow. But, one spirit could easily be identified when devoured. Only a few months ago, as an Arrancar, Fusil devoured this particular spirit. A reincarnation of Old Lightning in the human world. One could tell from the reiatsu. The former Captain Commander had been eaten by Fusil when he was a human. And his reiatsu had not been able to surface again. Fusil's Aspect of Death, "Envy", came from his time as a Jewish prisoner. He felt Envy when he looked upon those around him that died.

He tried many times to get himself killed, but he always survived. They spat on him like trash, beat him up, broke him. He tried to starve himself, but in the end he'd been too weak to deny those urges. He'd tried to succumb to filth, but he'd been too weak to do that. All around, people died, and were no longer made to suffer. But Fusil had to continue suffering. And that was why he faced Envy. But, how had he done this if he'd gone through so many cycles? That was when it became apparent. He was directly bred by Asa. Asa, who could live through the ages and remember all of her past lives, and tap into power from them even, was able to continuously create "time riffs" to send Fusil's spirit through time.

Therefore, he repeated time frames many times in the same period in the human world and Soul Society, and thus lived that thousand cycles. As a result, he gained massive power, not nearly at the level of Asa's, but second only to her. Therefore, as the Primera Escudo, bred for the role even, Fusil reigned supreme. And now, with his Forza Adamento, he was becoming more and more powerful. Clearly Asa's plans had always detailed this. There was something about Arrancar life that appealed to her. The 5/5 Policy was this. She'd probably bred all of the Escudo even.

And that was when, with the shattering of the slides, an envelopment of light captured and consumed Fusil. "FORZA ADAMENTO!" A near God-like choral song could be heard as he transformed, crying out in agony as all of his lives, all the power from them, even the emotions and pain, crashed down on him at once. For that was Forza Adamento. This was clear now. And, he was becoming God-like, powerful. No, he really was becoming a God. Monstrous, and powerful all the same. Within mere seconds, Fusil's light shattered away from him, revealing his true form once and for all. It was incredible.

He stood sixteen feet tall, with eight arms, four arms on each side, each with red gems in the palms. His whole body was made of some kind of white metal that was smooth all over, and his eyes were glowing golden gems. Ten horns protruded from his angelic head, his face pure beauty, even as a statue with moving lips. His body was muscular, and dozens of gem eyeballs were visible across it. He had enormous, white fire wings, and his feet were large, also with gems on them. This was Fusil Escudo. In all hands, he held blades of white flames, swords of angels possibly. He was incredibly strong.

"NOW!" he declared. "NOW IS THE TIME OF BATTLE, KUROI NAITO! SHOW ME YOUR ULTIMATE POWER, AND I SHALL CRUSH YOU WITH MINE! REVEAL TO ME THE SOURCE OF YOUR CONFIDENCE, AND AS A GOD I SHALL STRIKE IT DOWN. MY LIGHT ALONE WILL DESTROY IT. AND YOU WILL FACE THE SUFFERING OF A THOUSAND LIFE CYCLES. I WILL SHOW YOU MY ULTIMATE POWER, AND YOU WILL BOW BEFORE ME, KUROI NAITO!" The voice resounded and echoed throughout the area, banging against everything with a scream. "COME!!!"

Kuroi's Remaining Reiatsu: 2200 Reiatsu

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Fusil has gained God-like abilities. He can move at the speed of light. He can process a thousand times faster than the quickest thought in the Universe. He can obliterate a country with a single punch. His stats are all basically infinite. He can even challenge the Spirit King. Those blades can destroy entire worlds. So then you wonder, how will Kuroi beat him in a legit way? You'll see.