Serving the right person [Fraccion decision]

[Kura Syther]

I live to serve, I was given a second chance in life, why am I not taking it? Why am I simply hiding in the shadows, acting like I have no one, I must make the most of this second life one way or another. Kura thought to himself as he sat on the white sand of Hueco Mundo. He was leaning on a dead tree, simply watching the hollows hunt each other, chase each other, eat each other. “Reminds me of when I was a hollow,” Kura said as he stood up and walked towards the huge building of Las Noches. The black sky stared down upon the whole of Hueco Mundo. Kura always wondered why the sky was always black, why it was never morning, why there were never any birds around the dark world. One of the things Kura missed from being alive in the Human world was the sun and natural animals.

Kura was about to reach Las Noches. Suddenly two hollows appeared behind him. Kura quickly spun around. “Look I’m not in the mood for a fight so just piss off before I cut you guys in half!” Kura snarled as he shot the hollows a nasty look. One of them was large and humanoid; he looked like a large transformer. Then second one looked like an adjuchas. They both instantly backed off from the Arrancar and turned and ran away. Kura spun back towards Las Noches and walked through the doors of Las Noches.

Kura sighed as he clutched the hilt on his Zanpakuto. He stood in the huge dark corridors o Las Noches. He rarely actually came here, he was mostly in Heuco Mundo but only came because he felt like it. Kura wondered what he could do here. Train here? Or maybe meet one of the Espada? There was so much he could do in the hallways of Las Noches.

[Shiroi Hokai]

The halls were filled with the strongest reiatsu in all of Las Noches. And by chance, Kura Syther happened to be in that spot at that time. It had nothing to do with him. It was simply that he happened to be there at the time. All of a sudden, not long after the Hollows had run away from him, he'd most likely feel it. It was a reiatsu and pressure unlike any other that he would ever feel. The pressure was incredible. The instant he felt the approaching power, it would become impossible to breathe. It was so thick. It was so vicious. It was like an ocean overhead, with all the pressure of the deep sea crushing down on one who dwelt within the forsaken and black abyss. That was the first part of the agony Kura would feel just from being anywhere near this god-like presence.

The next was far worse. Suffocation. A complete and total inability to breathe. Not only was whoever approached leagues above him in level, but in power there could never be even the slightest hint of a comparison. By matter of fact, none of the Espada themselves had a power that could possibly match this. The might. The incredible strength. It was unreal. There would be suffocation of a kind that Kura had never before felt. It was not that he couldn't breathe. It was that when he did, no air would seem to enter his lungs. It would feel as if he could draw in no air. Every breath simply caused more suffocation. Every gasp simply asphyxiated him even more. This was the beginning of a new agony. It was the beginning of one that he would feel again one day.

Next came the chills. His whole body would feel as if it had lost twenty degrees in outside temperature. The air seemed to grow stiff and cold. He might even notice goosebumps. It was an incalculably strong force. Everything around him was pushing down on Kura. Kura would for certain remark that his body would probably feel as if it was being compressed by countless tons. It was a mass billions of times more persistent than gravity and the atmosphere. If it were not mere pressure from power, then surely Kura would have been ground into less than dust by its existence. There could be no pain worse than understanding an insignificance within another being's power. Just as the Hollows had felt fear in Kura's presence, so too might Kura feel fear in the presence of he who approached.

At last, Kura would see him. Not an Espada, but far worse than most of them. He wore black leather pants at the time, but no shirt. His skin was a tanned tone, and his hair was short, and gray. Despite this, he was young. Very young. In his prime. With a muscular body full of toning not commonly seen in most men. His eyes were cold, and merciless. His Hollow Mask fragment was all but invisible as an earring in a fang shape dangling from one of his ears. They did indeed say that the more human one appeared, the more powerful. And this man's power was greater than any Espada's, by default. He had simply been walking in the vicinity, really. He had no purpose. He was merely walking so that he could get elsewhere.

But still, when the man with the gray hair passed Kura, there would be a crushing pounding, as if one gripped and splattered Kura's heart from inside of his body. Just the presence and aura of this man were strong enough to induce such a feeling. Shiroi Hokai. Not an Espada, but the Leader of Exequias. A man so cloaked in the power of his reiatsu that he exhibited not even a Ressurection. He did not even have a sealed Zanpakuto. By matter of fact, Shiroi had been unable to even attain one. His reiatsu was so powerful that it suppressed any iota of release. This was irrelevant. Because of his powerful reiatsu, the proud Exequias Leader would never need a release. His power was far too great for a vast majority of the Espada to even hope to fight against.

Passing by Kura, Shiroi was meeting with another Exequias member. Just as he passed Kura, he met in the halls with a man dressed in a white outfit. A white coat, buttoned up, white pants and shoes, and a skeletal mask over the face. This was one of Shiroi's disciples. "Report." Shiroi said to his minion. The Exequias member dropped to one knee in front of Shiroi, with his head lowered and one fist against the ground. The other hand rested as a flat palm on the raised knee. "Shiroi-Sama." he greeted. "The mission goes well. I will return to the field after reporting to you. The target has entered the predicted red zone. He is on course to the designated crimson zone. Shortly we will bring him before you. That is all." Shiroi nodded, saying nothing. The Exequias Member stood up, and suddenly disappeared in a burst of black flames.