Iatrophobia

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Well, he took the bagel. Zack was relieved he took the small snack, since Zack was the one who paid for it after all. Honestly, the Seven Guns operative should be more grateful that Zack spent his own, hard earned cash on him. It was silly to expect anything else of it. As Pavel-san spoke, Zack watched with a fake entertained expression. "I know. They are no where near us but I know where they are. I will know where they will go. And if need be, we will make sure they are just another casualty in this entire job. That is, of course if they prove to be a nuisance. But we are here for a different priority. What we need is to gain the specifics. Patients have been disappearing. This job, if it was truly as simple as it sounds would of sent someone lower than you to investigate or we would of ignored it, either the client is paying top money to ensure what they want is found and our employers truly do not know what they are walking into." the XSG operative explained. Zack nodded his head, understanding the situation.

"If it were as simple as top dollar I don't believe they would have sent you in, Doctor Xi. I have learned to trust my instincts and right now they are telling me things arnt what they seem to be." Zack said, opening his bag of chips and blinking. The bag was less than half full. The man stared into the practically empty bag with a bland, expressionless face before he looked up at Pavel and chuckled, displaying the bag. Of course Zack would buy a basically empty bag of chips. Of course, the world was after his money.

Finishing their "meals" the two began to move again. Walking through the hospital, Zack couldn't help but feel a tad bit overwhelmed. Here he was, with an Xcution Seven Guns, trying to track down the cause of numerous disappearances within this hospital. The issue was that neither of them had much information to go off of. That never made Zack happy. He was the sort of man who needed to know every little detail about a job or it would make him nervous and anxious.

"I can't speak Chinese."

Zacks eyes went to the back of Pavels head, widening slightly. He couldn't be serious. A Xcution Seven Guns who couldn't even speak a different language. This had to be a joke, right? Seriously. Pavel wasn't the first one, either. Shizuka Sanamizu, during their job in Germany, expressed that she couldn't speak German. Zack had assumed that the top members would have some skills in speaking different languages. The fact that they didn't made Zack a little nervous. Xcution should have at least trained you. I don't like being peoples personal translator.

[/i] Zack mentally scoffed as he stepped into the elevator and rested against the wall. He didn't say anything, or think much, as the elevator went up a single floor. They could have taken the stairs.

Following Pavel, the younger assassin could feel the spiritual presence of the three Shinigami. Narrowing his eyes, he stopped following as Pavel went off to do his thing and get closer. Zack, on the other hand, hung back against a wall. He was hidden from sight due to the cross shaped hallways and because of the crowds of people. Zack decided to take a peak, as his skills in Stealth would keep him from being seen. When he looked he spied the three Shinigami and took their appearances in. The first, who seemed to be the strongest based off his energy, looked to be a child no older than fourteen. Shinigami had children among their ranks? Well, there was a underage member in Xcution so Zack couldn't judge. But, looking fourteen and outputting this much energy was...amazing. Zack watched the kid as his cheeks were pinched, seeming to both enjoy it and detest it.

With his animal like hearing, Zack caught something that the boy said. He mentioned the disappearances and how the Gotei might not have been the only ones to receive the message. Well he was right. They might be here for the same reason we are...[/i] Zack thought, turning his gaze to the next person. A plain looking nurse. There was nothing truly unique about her appearance, save for the energy she also emitted which was noticeably weaker than the boys and fair less in quantity. She seems...normal? Don't underestimate her by her looks, Zack. You've done that before and it didn't end well.[/i] with that, Zack brought his attention to the third Shinigami. His eyes widened with surprise.

Anastasia-san!?[/i] Zack mentally questioned, his face adopting a face of shock as he pulled his gaze away. Anastasia Solis. Zack knew her. Zack knew her quite well. The two had spent a interesting evening drinking together, talking and having fun. Zack, while drunk, had revealed he was a Fullbringer to her and in return had learned a few things about Shinigami and Hollows from her. That was the shortened, to the point version of that story. There was a LOT of drinking, and a lot of flirting between the two. And, if Zack recalled correctly, the young man had asked the attractive Shinigami out on a date. That....had yet to be followed up actually. Why it wasn't yet followed up wasn't important, the fact that she was here was. Zack did not expect her to be here, he almost didn't expect to ever see her again. The fact she was here gave Zack a cocktail of excitement and nervousness. Anastasia knew who he was, she knew his face. That could hinder the mission.

When Pavel returned and spoke, Zack eyed him. He wanted to follow the Shinigami? What was the point in that? They seemed to be here for the same reason. Zack was a cautious man, a man who did things carefully and professionally. The Shinigami failed to pose a threat at this time, as they only seemed to want to investigate the recent disappearances like the two operatives were. So, why stalk them? "Doctor Xi, if I may make a suggestion. From what I heard, those three Shinigami might be here for the same reason we are. Rather than trail them, maybe we should continue on our own mission and deal with them if they do in fact prove to be a problem." Zack offered. He was following his gut, which usually never lead him wrong.

However, the two assassins would not get a chance to do anything. As soon as Zack shut his mouth, two doctors and a nurse suddenly rushed Pavel, squabbling in chinese. One grabbed his arm, trying to pull him and point to a room down the hall. Zack blinked, listening to what was said. “Yīshēng, kuài shànglái! Nǐ kàn qǐlái dà ér qiáng, wǒmen xūyào nǐ de jīròu!” one of the nurses said, as they pulled on Pavel. Zack blinked, looking at Pavel and translating it. ”They say you look strong, they need your muscle. You should help, see if you cant figure something out.” Zack said, stepping away from the four of them with a playful smile. ”I’m going to go do a little investigating, good luck Doctor Xi.” Zack said with a chuckle, vanishing into the crowd as he made his way down the hall.[/size][/blockquote]

Pavel would be lead down a hall, being squabbled at in Chinese. That would end when one man walked up to them, walking beside them. "You don't speak much Chinese, do you? Its fine, you must be a transfer like myself. Welcome to Beijing. My name is Ho-pung. Listen, hate to drag you away from everything and your walk in, but we kinda need your help. You look strong." Ho-pung said as he lead them to one room. Pavel would see quite the site. A man of unbelievable size, spread out like some fat pancake, moaning and groaning in pain. "The patient has sores all over his legs. We need your help getting to them. Can you...uhm...lift his folds?" Ho-pung asked, chuckling embarrassingly.

On the Shinigami side, they would also suddenly be swarmed by busy workers. ”Ah! There you are!” a female voice suddenly erupted, interrupting the three. A elderly women stepped towards Kazuko, taking his hand into hers. Despite her frail appearance, her grip was like iron the young Shinigami. ”Don’t run off deary! You need to come back with me now, don’t want your parents getting worried. It’s just about story time! I got something spooky for my little children tonight~” the elderly woman said. Her voice was full of warmth as she began to pull Kazuko with her. As for Anastasia and Yusuke, they didn’t get as lucky. ”Ahem!” they would suddenly hear behind them. If the two looked, they would see a very angry looking doctor. ”You damn scrubs, don’t even speak Chinese yet they transfer you all the way out here? Well, I guess its better than not getting help! My name is Doctor Browning, and I want you BOTH to come with me. First off, you, that outfit is inappropriate. I have no idea where you got the idea to wear it, but I want it changed as soon as you can!” Browning said, putting his hands on their shoulders and tightening his grip. ”There is a storm out there, people are hurt and sick. Its time to get to work! Forget what you are doing, we need you two.” he pointed at Anastasia and Yusuke”There is a man in room 32-C who needs his IV changed, go do it. And after you are done with that, there is a woman who came in from an accident. Shes in a coma right now, see if you cant do something to make her more comfortable. GET TO WORK.” he shouted at the two.

As the three Shinigami were spread apart, they would have no idea they were actually being watched. Above them on the wall, was a single creature watching them. A small wasp crawled along the walls, flexing its wings as it watched them with its hexagon-plated eyes. Never blinking, not making a sound, not even giving off a blip of reiatsu it watched. It watched and it recorded. The insect tilted its head as it flicked its wings before moving them at a speed no other being could match. It took flight, downwards into one of the vent shafts in the floor. Down it flew through the maze of ventilation tunnels, never making a mistake. Within a few minutes, it flew into a darkened and open room. The room looked to be a lounge. Three couches, a table, a fridge, a tv, a sink, and even a bathroom. Three figures sat around on the couches, watching a “comedy” on the tv.

The wasp flew and landed on the shoulder of one of the figures. It crept along its shoulder, up its neck and face, and then into its ear and vanishing. The figure shivered then smiled. ”We’ve got some guests.” the figure said with a clearly female voice. This drew the attention of the other two figures. ”Oh? I thought I felt something but I couldn’t be sure.” the second, smaller figure said as it sat forward. The third, a massive figure, was silent. ”Three Shinigami it seems. A little boy, and two delicious looking ladies. Mmmm~” the girl replied, moaning a little with her words. The other figure chuckled ”Fucking Shinigami eh? Hah! What a joke. Ah well, I will be adding three more to my collection! Are there any others?” ”I think their might be two or three other guests, but I cant tell. They’re hiding their reiatsus quite well.” she responded with a “tch”. ”Heh, no matter. Soon, we will make sure those Shinigami check into this hospital…permanently.”

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It would seem her new partner in crime had a name! Her name was Yusuke Kobayashi and she would be her first mate! Raion? Oh! She and Raion were co-captains. This wasn't going to be an issue. Wait. Anastasia blinked confusedly for a moment. Yusuke was a boy's name. Not a girl's. Yet, this attractive lass...looked, talked and walked like one. She said she looked a bit different in a gigai but what did that mean? She could be anything under there and Anastasia wouldn't know....Or really care. All that mattered was that she was going to make her new friend enjoy the shit out this weird mission. "A great pleasure meeting you" she said offering him a suggestive smirk. There she goes again! Hitting on people and making them uncomfortable. Hrm. Something's definitely up here.. Although Anastasia got briefed on the objective of the mission, there were a great deal of unknown factors. In fact, all they had to do was uncover the whereabouts of a certain man and get to the bottom of everything. Quite frankly, it bothered Anastasia. The lack of details made her feel as if that there truly was a storm greater than the one outside brewing in this very establishment.

Ah~ What can ye do, aru~? Her other new "friend", the adorable whom she could just hug to death, also had a name. Kazuko Shiba....of Squad 9!? She gasped with excitement. "Yer Raion's lieutenant! Oh I love that lion~! We're great drinking pals....I and him...He and I~...You've got a great cap'n on yer hands, mate~"' she grinned. Well, that just made her pretty happy. She noticed that gulp of his when she showed him the x-ray of the four toed foot. After seeing that, she mischievous shinigami made a mental note to bug the lieutenant more about other little things and generally just be an embarrassing pain in the ass. Even better, Yusuke, now affectionately nicked named, Yu-chan, followed suit; pinching the young boy's cheeks on the other side. She picked a perfect partner in crime, eh!? He was definitely the type to have his feathers easily ruffled.

Anastasia watched the embarrassed lieutenant scramble away from their little assault with an amused smile. She rested a hand on her hip, listening to him be little mister "I'm in charge". “I think its best we commenced with our objective. I assume both of you have been briefed on the disappearance at this hospital and the mystery around it; stealth, for the time being then, is optimal. We need to be weary of any other people who could have received the message as well. The Gotei were not the only ones who received the message, after all.” Kids were so damn cute when they tried to act all tough. It made Anastasia want to take him even less seriously than before. Not that there was any malice or ill intention behind it.. He just looked all adorable trying to be the man in charge. As he spoke, Anastasia bit her lips, raising a hand to cover them. She couldn't help but snicker. She looked at Yusuke wondering if she was thinking the same thing before returning her attention to the little leader. She reached a hand over and ruffled his hair, totally messing it up. "Yer so cute, you little captain commander you!" she said, grinning amusedly.

She let that set in a moment before her expression visibly changed to a more serious one. She folded her arms across her chest and sighed. "There's a lot we don't know about then. I can't help but feel like we're going to walk into a major shitstorm so we should all be careful, aru~" And just like that, her expression was goofy again. "In the meantime, I'm going to drink and ask around about the mystery of the four toes foot~ ...It looks like it once belonged to a kid that looked just like you...Aren't I right, Yu-chan~?!" she pointed at Kazuko, waiting for an answer to her nonsensical question. She wanted to scare him now. Whether Yusuke decided to answer or not, Anastasia was going to march herself right up to someone who was not too far away. He was at a cabinet not too far off, pulling files and what not like a good doctor should! "Right, mate?! This amazing foot with four toes looks like it belonged to a kid!" She shoved the x-ray right in front of his face, allowing him to take a good look at the foot. She'd pull it back and look at it with a pout. "...Hrm. One less toe and would be a crow's foot...Caww~! ...I knew a man named Caww-chan...I miss him." she said, sad, walking away from him and back to her group.

Welp! That's enough harassing people! She'd hang around for a bit and then she heard a nice loud, obnoxious voice. It was the voice of authority and boy, oh boy....Did Anastasia love to NOT listen to it. Being insubordinate was fun. Well, she wasn't like that with So-chan. Never! But anyone else? She didn't give a crap about. They weren't her captain and neither was...erm...Doctor Browning. He pointed out her outfit as well as Yu-chan's. Anastasia frowned. Yu-chan's was decent...It was HER outfit that wasn't appropriate, not Yu-chan's. What were they supposed to wear if they couldn't wear scrubs like Yu-chan was? Not that it mattered, Anastasia had absolutely no intention of taking the risque mock-nurse outfit off. It was fun parading about, getting looks of "ohmygosh" and "What the..." were the absolute best~! This man going to have one hell of a time trying to push Anastasia around.

She couldn't help but stifle a laugh at the thought of him losing his mind trying to order her around. He put his hand on her shoulder and oh man was his grip tight. Anastasia wasn't sure if she liked that...”There is a man in room 32-C who needs his IV changed, go do it. And after you are done with that, there is a woman who came in from an accident. Shes in a coma right now, see if you cant do something to make her more comfortable. GET TO WORK.” She blinked. Well, there wasn't really much to do aside from talking with the others. Maybe, she'd find something interesting if she went off on her own. It actually might be ideal if they split up. They could all gather information when they were on their own and meet up at some point, share and proceed or something silly like that. She heard that quack Browning grumbling something about 14-C with the coma patient. "Rightio~! 14-C I go~! Adios! Let's meet up later~!" she said, quickly heading off in that direction.

When she finally got there, she quietly slipped into the room and stared at the coma patient for what seemed like 5 minutes. It was creepy but Anastasia didn't really notice that at first. Then, she'd hold the x-ray up in front of the coma patient and in a low, hushed voice..

"You ever seen a foot with four toes~?"

[Yusuke Kobayashi]

Yusuke leaned back on her heals as he listed to the other two banter. It was mostly Ann talking with Kazuko putting a thing or two in as he did. Yusuke knew Ann was a chatter but he never knew she was this bad. Sighing softly to himself Yusuke as he looked over in some direction sensing something. Yusuke blinked as his eyes skimmed the area before turning his attention back to the other two but as quickly as he did the young shinigami vice-captain was quickly scooped away by an elderly lady while Yusuke and Ann got yelled at by an extremely angry doctor. Rubbing the back of her head Yusuke headed to the room to which an IV had to be change. It didn’t take long for Yusuke to find the room. Knocking gently he would opened the door slowly and peek in. A young man was fast asleep in his bed. Yusuke admired the room since it was larger than most and he had a beautiful view the garden below. Yusuke walked over to the window and looked down. The storm hid away the beauty of the garden but it was still an amazing few of the city as well.

”Are you going to stand there or are you going to do something?” came a curious voice. Yusuke jumped slightly since he assumed the other was asleep. Turning his head to look over his shoulder he saw that the man was very much awake. He was probably pretending. Turning back to the window Yusuke gave the stormy outside world a quickly glance before walking over to his patient. Grabbing the clipboard from the end of the bed Yusuke read over the man and saw that the nurse who was previously here had wrote down his IV had to be changed in four hours. The patients name was Ling.

”I am sorry was just admiring the view you have. You are pretty lucky most patients get the worst views,” smiled Yusuke as she placed the clipboard back and started her work on the IV. ”Is your hair naturally that color?” asked Ying as he studied the young woman before him. Yusuke placed the empty IV bag on the metal table next to the stand as she turned her attention to the man. ”Ah yes it is. I know it’s a bit strange isn’t it,” giggle Yusuke as he looked down at his patient before getting to work on putting up a new IV bag. ”Then I will just call you Bai Se,” chuckled the man as he picked up a Chinese playboy magazine. Yusuke mentally rolled his eyes as he finished putting the bag up and connecting the IV to the back. ”Is there anything else I can get for you?” asked Yusuke with a soft smiled. The man peeked up from his magazine and shook his head. Yusuke bowed slightly before leaving.

But as she rushed out she ran right into the chest of someone. ”Oh I’m sorry,” apologized Yusuke as he backed up from whatever or whoever he ran into.

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Bai Se: White

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Kazuko nodded his head, clearly cheerful, as Anastasia mentioned that she knew his Captain; apparently, they were good friends, drinking buddies even. Moreover, she even called the boy a Captain Commander. This made the boy a bit sheepish him and caused him to blush somewhat; he wasn’t used to compliments such as these. Even though the other Vice-Captain was simply babying Kazuko around with her comments, the boy did not immediately catch-on. For all intents and purposes, he thought she was serious… even when she said that the picture with the four toes once belonged to someone who looked like Kazuko… he gulped again. Maybe the disappearances had something to do with toes as well. He would have to look into it later when the time came, however, since a voice poked itself in just then.


“Ah! There you are! Don’t run off deary! You need to come back with me now, don’t want your parents getting worried. It’s just about story time! I got something spooky for my little children tonight~” An elderly woman was the one that said this. She tugged on Kazuko’s arm, dragging him along with her as a group of workers passed by. Oh boy. “U-uh, I'll meet up with you guys later, stay out of trouble!” Kazuko managed to say back at his two companions before both of them rounded a corner and down another hallway. The Vice-Captain did not fidget with the lady and he did not complain either for that matter. He was on a mission, after all, and this could be a valuable opportunity to find information on the hospital and the mystery that enveloped it. Besides, the story might be fun to hear… well, after he finished his work though.


Both elderly lady and boy ended up back in the playroom that Kazuko had been in some time before. This time, however, there were a lot more kids sitting on the colorful carpet than before. The lady guided him to a spot where he could sit amidst the sea of children, and he carefully sat down; as he did so, however, the boy made sure to keep his backpack secure and closed – these kids might turn carnivorous if they found out how much candy he had with him. Nonetheless, there were a few adults among the group of children, each there to maintain control and order among all the young ones. The old lady herself moved to a chair propped near the front of the group and sat down, slowly; as she did so, another worker moved and handed her a book, which the lady soon laid on her lap and then opened.


It seemed that story-time would be well underway in just a few moments; the Vice-Captain, noticing an opportunity to gain some valuable insight with his peers, motioned to a few children with a short wave of his hand. Making sure to seem as friendly as he could, the boy introduced himself, “Hi! My name is Kazuko, you guys know anything fun to do around here?” It was not much of an introduction, but he needed to start somewhere in making connections with everyone around him. If he started asking questions, then some people, even the children, might get suspicious and point him out. That was something the Vice-Captain wanted to avoid at all costs; no need alerting anyone to his presence after all. Whether the children answered, and in turn accepted his presence or not, the lady would begin with the story shortly after. He might just get a good story out of this if anything else.


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[Pavel Fedoseev]

"You don't speak much Chinese, do you? Its fine, you must be a transfer like myself. Welcome to Beijing. My name is Ho-pung. Listen, hate to drag you away from everything and your walk in, but we kinda need your help. You look strong." Pavel continued to walk down the hall, the nonsense that Pavel heard from the other doctors and nurses confused Pavel "No. I was born in this country, it was that my mother and father are of Japanese decent. I developed the accent from my surrounding, but in the end the first language I learned was Japanese." Pavel continued to lie, playing the role of Doctor Xi. When they entered the room, Pavel would be greeted with a disgusting sight. A morbidly obese male, he turned to the other doctor who asked Pavel to lift the man's fat as they would put ointment on to treat whatever he was suffering from.

Pavel simply sighed and grabbed a pair of gloves somewhere within the room. Gloves was a necessity when handling something that vile. When he approached the man, he calmly waited for the other doctor to approach him. "While we treat this patient. I have some questions for you. I have worked here for quite some time, and I have been hearing rumors floating around." he allowed time for the man to apply ointment as Pavel carefully lifted the man's fat effortlessly without ripping out a large chunk of it. After he allowed the man to reply Pavel continued his questioning "I have been hearing disappearances." While the man explained what he could, Pavel quietly muttered to himself "К черту семена и племя, что сделал я себя? Я съел, как свинья, a я знал, что это нет хорошо! Дерьмо! И что теперь?" when things were done, Pavel slowly took off the gloves and placed them in the garbage. "These Rumors... They are something that could ruin the reputation of this Hospital." he calmly said as he observed the doctor.

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Kazuko

Being escorted back to the childrens room, Kazuko would see that all the children had ceased playing with their toys and were all sitting upon a multi colored mat surrounding a single chair and small table with a rather large book on it. The kids seemed a little old for a story, but they seemed eager to listen to the elders tale. Some of them chuckled with each other, two little girls were whispering about how the last time they heard one of this ladies stories they had been to scared to sleep. Actually, a number of the kids were whispering about how well this kind old lady could scare them with her tales. Some even looked rather horrified. The ones Kazuko calmed over looked worried for some odd reason. They came over to Kazuko, the two of them, and listened to him. "Hi Kazuko. I am Choy, this is Bak. It's nice to meet you." Choy said with a small bow. "Something fun to do? Well, there are the toys. And the tv! Grandma lets us watch tv from time to time. She says that we only need a little bit or our brains will melt!" Bak said, pointing at the flat screen tv in the corner.

"Oh, though. Whatever you do, don't go outside the room at night. Even if you wanna see your mommy and daddy, dont go outside..." Choy was beginning to say when Bak elbowed him. "Stop trying to scare the new kid. Just ignore him, he's nine and had a nightmare. He says he saw some doctors wheeling out the old lady from a few rooms away." Bak said with a shrug. The younger Choy looked at Bak with a irritated expression. "But they did! The Old Lady was fine before then. She was smiling and happy and about to leave! Why would they suddenly do that...and their faces..." Choy was saying before Bak elbowed him again. "Like I said, a nightmare. Oh! Sorry, you shouldn't have to listen to us argue you know. Grandma is about to tell one of her scary stories....hey whats in the backpack?" Bak asked, reaching for Kazukos backpack.

"Alright dearies! Gather around gather around. Lulu, get the lights please! It's time for the super spooky story!" the elderly lady said as the kids began to finish gathering around her. She smiled warmly as the lights went dark and she turned on a flashlight she held in her hands, illuminating her face. Unbeknownst to her or the children, a small wasp like insect crawled into the room from the air vent before taking to the air and flying for the back of the woman's neck. "This is the tale of the haunted hospital! One of my favorites! It all began on one dark, stormy night-oh!" the lady suddenly exclaimed, slapping at the back of her neck. "Sorry! Mosquito bite. Now...oh I feel dizzy...now where was I? Oh right, it was a dark and dreary night when..." the lady suddenly went oddly quiet as she slumped her head downwards. "Grandma?" Choy asked, nervously. The kids were looking at each other, concerned for the elderly lady. They froze when she let out some sort of loud moan, and a sudden cracking sound as her shoulder lifted up oddly and she raised her head. Something was wrong, something was very off. Kazuko would suddenly feel a very odd reiatsu signature coming off of her. And she was looking right at him. "On a dark and dreary night...a Shinigami came wandering into something that didn't involve him...and paid for it." she said before opening her laughing. Her back then seemed to split open, as some sort of being pulled itself from her back in a similar fashion to a Shinigami exiting a Gigai. But...this thing wasn't a Shinigami.

The creature before Kazuko looked like some kind of Hollow as it pulled itself partly out of the woman, then lunged. It slammed a arm into Kazukos Gigai, but rather than damaging the flesh suit it pushed Kazukos true form from itself. The Hollow then pulled itself fully from the woman, causing her to fall to the floor and moan in pain. "Kekekekeke~ silly Shinigami. You shouldn't have come here! The Hollow laughed, giving Kazuko a good display of its form. It looked like some sort of caterpillar human hybrid. Around where a caterpillars head should have been was a human torso coupled with four long and hairy arms, but rather than a head the chest was the Hollows mask. The Hollows length filled up its entire side of the room. It stared ahead at Kazuko, laughing as its sharp dagger like "feet" moved around in excitement. The beast then opened its mouth and fired a large quantity of white sticky threads at Kazuko, looking to ensnare him. The children rushed to the Grandmas unconscious body, shaking her and trying to get her up. Between Kazuko and the Hollow where the children. What would the Shinigami do?

Yusuke

On the female form gigai wearing Shinigamis side, she wasn't so lucky either. The man she bumped into was, in the plainest terms, a mountain. He wore an all black suite, coupled with sunglasses indoors. His muscles were gigantic, and he had to be at least eight feet tall. He was a monster of a man. He stared down at the Shinigami with a scowl. Yusuke would suddenly feel his massive hand wrapped around his throat and the sensation of strangulation. The man was choking Yusuke and pushed him back into the patients room. "Hey! What the hell is going on!?"[/color] the patient shouted, instantly reaching over to press the Urgent Care button. The tall man reached with his other arm and grabbed ahold of the patients neck.

The man then extended his arms, lifting both Yusuke and the patient high into the air, just inches away from the ceiling. The sensation of being hung, almost, as he looked at the patient who was kicking and gasping. The mans scowl deepened before moving his thumb upwards, followed by a definite crack from the patients neck. He stopped moving and hung loosely in the giants hands. This giant was stronger than Yusuke, and the Shinigami only had a couple of seconds to do something, anything, to get out of this things grip. The man tossed the patient back into his bed, letting out a grunt...as if he was displeased with himself. But, instead of choking Yusuke he decided to do something else. He spotted the rooms window and threw the Shinigami towards it.

Pavel

"Disappearances? I'm not really sure what you mean Doctor Xi. I can't really think of anything even coming close to something like that." The doctor said with a chuckle. "If something like that was really happening, dont you think a police investigation would have happened? The hospital would have been shut down." he said as he finished rubbing in the ointments, signaling for Pavel to cease holding up the mans fat. Ho-pung suddenly made a confused face, as if remembering something. "Actually, thinking about it. There have been a lot of instances of comatose patients...even for things I found strange. A woman came in a few weeks ago, a small car accident. She, apparently, walked onto the ambulance before arriving. And yet when she arrived she was in a coma. There have been a lot of things like that happening, which is quite odd in my opinion." the doctor said, washing his hands at a sink before nodding to Pavel. "Thank you for your help, Doctor Xi. I will see you around." Ho-pung said as he wandered off into the sea of people.

Pavel was left all alone in a chinese speaking hospital. What was he to do? The intercom suddenly screeched to life "Paging Doctor Xi to the west wing of floor fourteen. Paging Doctor...Xi." the voice suddenly said with a hint of sarcasm. Someone knew about Pavel other than Ho-Pung and Zack? And it didn't sound at all like Zack, so who was it? If Pavel heeded the voices calling and went to the requested floor, he would see that the busy hospital with the hundreds of people vanished in this wing. It was empty, quiet, and seemed to be completely abandoned. Clean, yes, but abandoned. The halls were quiet and empty, eerily. The intercom would come back on and the voice would speak again. "So, you magically show up...can't speak a lick of Chinese and want everyone to believe you are a doctor? Not good man, not good. You might be wondering how do I know? Well, I got a lot of eyes and ears man. How about you tell me who sent you?" the voice on the intercom asked. It was up to Pavel to answer or not.

Annastasia

The woman did not respond to Anastasias question, since she was in a coma after all. It would have been silly to assume she would be able to, since being in a coma meant you were basically in a deep sleep that you couldn't wake up from usually. The woman who occupied the room with Ana wasn't to special looking, she seemed to simply be a normal chinese woman in her mid thirties. She had a bandage wrapped around her head, which seemed to be the only viewable source of injury. There seemed to be nothing of note with the room, so she was free to leave or do whatever she want. However, she would suddenly be able to detect the spiritual pressures of both her comrades and her foes if she tried really hard. If she was able to detect the fighting going on in the various floors, she could choose to go assist Kazuko or Yusuke.

Just then, three doctors entered the room. The one in the lead, a man with slicked black hair and with a long and creepy smile looked at Anastasia. "Well, hello nurse. Thank you for checking up on the patient. You may go." he said as the other two doctors stepped to the other side of the bed. They disconnected her from the equipment and began to wheel the bed out into the hall. The creepy doctor gave the Shinigami a long, hard look before following the other two. She could choose to follow the doctors or go and assist her comrades. The three doctors would be taking a hallway that not many others took, going into a deeper part of the hospital and away from the crowds.


Enemies

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{Grandma}

Grandma is a Class 3 Hollow(?). The only power she possess is her Ensnaring Web. If caught within the web she spews, the victim will loose twenty-five percent of their speed while ensnared in it. Having a higher offensive stat than her Reiatsu Strength will allow the person to break free, provided they perform the correct attack using that offensive stat.

Strength - 100 = 60
Speed - 200
Reiatsu Strength- 400 = 700
Spiritual Pressure- 350
Instinct - 150
Senses - 100
Energy Sensing - 0
Healing Expertise - 0
Total SP- 1200
Type- RS Soldier, Rank 2


Skills

Pain Tolerance - 2
Focused Eye - 2

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{The Silent Giant}
I want to keep this persons powers a secret unless he activates them. What you may know, at this time, is that he is a Class 2 Fullbringer Mercenary Rank 2.

Strength - 400
Speed - 100
Reiatsu Strength- 200
Spiritual Pressure- 150 = 300
Instinct - 100
Senses - 100
Energy Sensing - 50
Healing Expertise- 300
Total SP- 1400
Type - Perma Release

Skills

Fighting Style - Wrestling - 3
Pain Tolerance - 3
Damage Recovery - 3

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Kazuko listened to both kids, nodding his head every so often as they fidgeted around and told him about what they did for fun. They spoke of ghost stories and the like, which, to the young soul himself, was not too interesting to hear about. Though, for some odd reason, the boy found what they said about the doctors wheeling out an old lady when she was fine, sometime before, a bit strange. People did not just spontaneously get sick, going from perfect health to the opposite after all – well, most people did not at least. Nonetheless, the children in the room began fixing themselves on the floor as the old lady from before prepared to give the children her own brand of scary stories. As Kazuko was settling himself down, one of the kids, Bak, reached over to his backpack, asking what was in it. On instinct, the boy edged away from the prying hands of the monster – err, Bak – making sure he stayed away from all his candy. There was no way in hell that Kazuko was going to lose his hard earned stash of candy to any of the children around him. Nonetheless, with the other kid well out of arms’ reach, the young Vice-Captain settled himself firmly on the carpet as the lights dimmed all around the mass of children.


As the old lady began her story, Kazuko had his attention divided among a few things. The first was his energy sensory; the young Vice-Captain kept it spread around and beyond the hospital, making note of any abnormalities that could arise. So far, nothing dangerous had come on to his screen of awareness; his allies were well, and their spiritual pressures seemed to be relatively stable. The second thing Kazuko was watching for was anything out of the ordinary from the room he was in itself. He made note of how many children were in the room, how many adults, the layout, and so on; the room did not seem dangerous, but if the boy learned what was there around him, he would better be able to deduce if something went affray. The third, and final thing, that the Vice-Captain was keeping an eye out for was his candy… there was no telling when any of the other children would get curious and try poking their hands inside his backpack. It only took one kid yelling chocolate before the whole group would turn into a hungry mob of mouths. Nonetheless, everything seemed to be going well, or at least the Vice-Captain had thought before the old lady swatted something at the back of her neck.


"On a dark and dreary night...a Shinigami came wandering into something that didn't involve him...and paid for it." Immediately, the young Vice-Captain brought his head up, locking his sensory on her presence. The old lady burst open, back splayed, like a soul exiting its vessel, and out came a grotesque monster – a hollow. The creature was massive, taking up much of the room, and reeked of a foul reiatsu. However, before Kazuko could release his own Gigai, he noticed that the boy, Bak, who in his previous attempt to reach his backpack, left himself in the path of one of the approaching arms of the beast. Without a second thought, Kazuko moved upward, taking a knee, and knocked Bak to the side in an effort to get him out of the way. It worked – well, sort of – as Kazuko instead took the blow and was thus knocked backward, soul bursting out of his Gigai. The young Vice-Captain skid backward on his feet, using his expertise in Hakuda to keep himself upright and in balance all the while. At the same time, his right hand gripped the hilt of his zanpakuto at his back, not drawing it just yet as there were humans in the room.


"Kekekekeke~ silly Shinigami. You shouldn't have come here!” the massive centipede-like hollow said, waving its many appendages around. Kazuko took the moment to spread his awareness once again throughout the confines of the hospital, and found that the spiritual pressure of one of his comrades, Yusuke, was fluctuating. Cursing underneath his breath, the boy realized that the Shinigami were being targeted, and that someone did not want them there. Focusing in, the young Vice-Captain noted that whoever was confronting Yusuke was a Fullbringer with a relatively large spiritual presence and strength. For now, however, there was little the young Vice-Captain could do to help his comrade as his hands were tied here as well. Yusuke would have to handle things on his own and hold out for assistance if it came to it. “Fine then…” Kazuko said under his breath, realizing that he would have to deal with the hollow quickly in response to all these new threats to his comrades.


The centipede hollow opened its mouth, releasing a mass of spiritual strings as they all shot outward. However, between Kazuko and the hollow were the children in the playroom, all milling about around the fallen body of the old lady. “Dammit!” The Vice-Captain said as his body moved, a blur of color through the room; moving at his full speed, the boy moved in front of the other children in no time at all, unsheathing his zanpakuto as he did so. Without hesitating, he arced his blade through the incoming string, twining it somewhat, with the movement. The result then would be that the sticky nature of the string would work against it, and the whole mass would envelop the spiritual steel of his zanpakuto instead. Despite the Reiatsu Strength of his zanpakuto, the blade was not able to efficiently cut through all the string, so instead, the whole blade and guard was enveloped in a cocoon of string – his zanpakuto was useless now. The boy had reacted solely on his instinct to protect, and thus sacrificed his own weapon to do so and guard the children behind him.


Kazuko, after intercepting the attack, had then dropped his zanpakuto on the ground, finding that holding the weapon to be a waste of effort. Weaponless, he turned to meet the massive hollow, finding that compared to it, he was nothing more than an insect – mind the pun. Without his zanpakuto, it looked as if the Shinigami was done for, or so it seemed. Instead, with a start, the Hollow would notice the air in the room thicken as by some intangible gray fog. Around the boy, a brownish gray steam seemed to evaporate inward, until it finally settled into a thick gray outline on his body. The boy was merely preparing his reiatsu for the battle. The effect was only momentary, so no harm was actually done to any of the humans. If the boy had instead used his gravitational pressure, then that would have been a problem – a everyone in that wing of the hospital suddenly dropping dead kind of problem. “Normally, I would have taken this battle somewhere else to minimize the potential for collateral damage. However, it seems there are other threats that need to be met… so I’ll to end things quickly.”


Coming from Kazuko, nothing more than a kid, the words he spoke seemed quite arrogant, considering he knew so little of the hollow. Then again, however, he was a Vice-Captain, despite his age, so it seemed he was confident of his own ability at least. Nonetheless, whether the Hollow chose to respond or not, the Vice-Captain moved again, his body again breaking into another blur. He zigzagged across the play mat, moving out of the way of anymore potential onslaughts of string, and moved toward the back of the beast. With his speed, the whole movement would take little more than a second, considering the hollow already took up much of the space in the room, so there was no need to travel far. Moving at twice the speed of the beast, and with Kazuko being so small, catching him as he moved with either legs or string would be very difficult. The boy then would jump, using air-ground to push him higher, and appear at the upper portion of the back of the beast, relative to where its mask was positioned. His left fist, then, would slam into the back of the hollow. However, the strength alone of the hit, as Kazuko was really just a kid, would not do much to something so large.


The blow, however, was not the real attack, not by a long shot. Immediately, with his skill in Mental Incantation, the young Vice-Captain would discharge Sai, with that point of contact. The hollow then, if the attack connected, would find that all its arms, which were quite many, would suddenly, and viscously, be pulled backward by some unseen force and lock at its back. This would cause the beast to tumble forward, as there was now nothing substantial to maintain its posture. However, this was done only as means to create an opening. Just as the Sai was cast, another, more devastating spell was in the works. With his fist still locked onto its back, the hollow would feel, as its arms rushed backward, an internal heat. It radiated throughout its body, and grew, at its epicenter, until it finally peaked through its skin in a mighty roar of crimson. The Vice-Captain, after the Sai, had cast Hado #31: Shakkaho, at the front of his fist. However, there was a modification to this technique. With his fist at the monsters back, the red orb that was normally Shakkaho would thus form and expand at the inside of the hollow. This then would destroy and burn its internal organs, including the ones that might have produced the string.


Something like Shakkaho was not inherently lethal, even at point blank range, however, with his Reiatsu Strength, the red orb that was Shakkaho would be about the size of a house. Normally, the young Vice-Captain would never have considered using such a spell, with his massive reiatsu backing it up, inside closed quarters near humans. However, since the spell would be formed inside the hollow, the explosion would be contained inside its very body, which was thankfully quite large and would thus save any of the humans from the resulting reiatsu. With most of the damage being absorbed by the Hollow itself, there would only be a minor backlash of air and heat which would at most knock a few children nearby over if they were clumsy. Surviving the large spell, while it was inside its body, would by difficult, if not impossible by the Hollow, as the expanding, red-hot ball of reiatsu would undoubtedly damage its mask along with anything inside its body. The Hollow was thus in a tough spot of surviving when confronted with this simple, but precise mode of attack.


Remaining Reiatsu: 3875/4000 (-25 for Sai, -100 for Shakkaho)

Combat Posts: 1/8

[Yusuke Kobayashi]

When Yusuke looked up at the person he bumped into a chill went up his spine. Before him was a large man not possibly a normal human. But before Yusuke could react properly he was grabbed by the throat. Choking out number of curses as Yusuke tried to pull the man’s hands from his neck while his other hand was reaching into his pants pocket. Within the depths of his pockets was a special tool given to all shinigami who were out in a gigai. This tool is given the name Gikon or as the woman love to put it as Soul Candy. Yusuke being a feign for cute things got a Chappy Rabbit type. The little rabbit candy dispenser was deep within in right hand pocket of his pants. Yusuke could feel his head getting light and his vision was going out and in from the lack of oxygen. But as the events went on Yusuke watched at the man grabbed the Chinese man Yusuke just help and was holding him the same way. But before Yusuke could say anything the giant of a man killed the patient with a simple movement of his hand breaking his neck.

Yusuke knew he was in trouble if he couldn’t get out of this hold but before he could think up a plan he was suddenly throw. Air fill his lunges as a took a deep inhale as he was flying through the air. With the strength of the through Yusuke broke right through the window. As he was flaling he pulled out his gikon and quickly popped the candy into his mouth. The familiar feeling of being shoved went through his body as he exited his gigai. Yusuke twisted his body around grabbed up his gigai before summer salting through the air before landing gracefully on the ground. Looking up at the window Yusuke grubled to himself as he placed his lifeless gigai under the protection of a giant tree. The rain was soaking him through and through. ”What in hells name is that,” grumbled Yusuke as he rubbed his throat even through there were no visible markings on his actually body but his gigai has a pretty dark bruise around her neck.



Remaining Reiatsu: 750/750

[Pavel Fedoseev]

Pavel took mental notes as the other doctor explained of the strange occurances happening within the hospital. His head perked up a bit and he stared into the ceiling as he mentally though to himself "That felt like a Shinigami's energy being used. I should have known they were going to be a nuisance to the entire mission." He looked downwards "Actually, thinking about it. There have been a lot of instances of comatose patients...even for things I found strange. A woman came in a few weeks ago, a small car accident. She, apparently, walked onto the ambulance before arriving. And yet when she arrived she was in a coma. There have been a lot of things like that happening, which is quite odd in my opinion." and then he was gone. Pavel took the time to analyze and think of a possible action to do. This seems to only affect patients of the hospital. The thundering and howling of the hurricane happening outside seemed to drown out the chatter of people around him, soon he disappeared in the crowed of doctos and nurses. Not having the skill of stealth meant the XSG could not hide in plain sight, but because he had the proper disguise to appear like any doctor, he was able to disappear in a large crowed, and he used this skill to his advantage. He followed a sea of doctors, blending in and acting as if he was a part of the group. During this time the speakers came on, paging for him to appear on the western wing "Paging Doctor Xi to the west wing of floor fourteen. Paging Doctor...Xi." the fact that he could understand what he was saying, Pavel was already suspiscious of this paging, what did it mean? Did it mean someone knew Pavel could not speak Chinese so he spoke in Japanese, and out of the sea of Doctors how would they know Pavel was specifically going under the Alias of Doctor Xi. Alot of the questions would go unanswered, the closer he wandered around the hospital, the trace of Hollow energy got to Pavel as his ears perked. From people knowing who he was to Hollows being in this place to unwanted Shinigami's interrupting. Pavel took a deep breath and tried to stay on track of what he had to do. Figure out what would be his next course of action, from what he observed and what had happened. It would seem that because the Doctors were unaffected by what was occurring, whatever was happening was only affecting Patients. The person that called him forward seemed to have known that Pavel was lying about who he was. He remembered the tone of the voice at the end of the calling, it sounded like it had sarcasm. As if it was mocking Pavel, and this was not okay.

Taking a deep breath he wandered towards the hall and that was where the voice would speak again "So, you magically show up...can't speak a lick of Chinese and want everyone to believe you are a doctor? Not good man, not good. You might be wondering how do I know? Well, I got a lot of eyes and ears man. How about you tell me who sent you?" the entire hall was empty and Pavel simply stood there as the man simply told him that he did not buy his disguise and the paoper work, or at least he told himself that. He cleared his voice and looked around, being sure that he had placed the mask on and the hat on to block his face, only his eyes were visible along with a bit of his skin "Ah. You do not understand sir, I do not speak Chinese because I was recently transferred from another company in Japan here to ensure that I was able to help with the Hurricane Rescue. I have the paper works with me and my identification should be able to give me acess to most things in this hospital. Pavel spoke outloud, he had the skill of acting and that meant he would be able to comfortabley lie with his skill in acting. He looked around and continued tot ake notice of the empty halls that lacked life. "What about you, Mister Voice that speaks through the intercom. The fact that this specific section is empty must meant that you did something to clear the room. And the fact that you used the pager meant you either snuck your way into there or you have been very pursuasive in your adventures here. Pavel tensed up as he prepared himself for what was to come, he focused his Energy Sensory to detect what was out of place around himself. This allowed him to react to what could have happened and how the fight with the hollow and the Shinigami . He did not care who would win, if one kills off the other than that means one less nuisance to deal with. He placed his hands inside of his pants pocket and continued preparing for what was to come. "Now as for who called me here? My superiors from Japan did. Supporting with the brave men and women who dilligently serve the people." Pavel said with his most false smiles. He needed to find Zack and ensure that who ever knows of Doctor Xi is either friendly or will be eliminated soon. But right now he needed to get out of this particular situation.

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The pirate pouted mockingly at the woman in the coma. She looked at her patient information. It was in medical jargon she didn't completely understand but there was a name, surely. Ah...Such a shame; the woman missing out on the glorious four toes foot. A four toes foot that more than likely belonged to Kazuko Shiba. Maybe the child was afraid of speaking out. Maybe he was embarrassed; admitting such a thing could probably change his life. Could change it spiritually... ecumenically...grammatically. All of which are pretty big for the adorable, little "captain commander". Anastasia looked at her precious x ray once more and tilted her head. Hey, she was going to torture someone mercilessly and she had a target picked out. Was that so wrong? ...Was it even worse to pick on a kid? No and no! It's never wrong. It was just as right as picking on a handicap. No mercy.

"Well, hello nurse. Thank you for checking up on the patient. You may go." Anastasia quickly spun around on the heel. She hadn't expected anyone to come in here and yet, she maintained her calm demeanor. She cocked her head to side, offering a sultry smile to the very creepy doctor. He gave her a bad vibe but she was in a gigai. In a sense, her hands were tied. She leaned against the railing of the bed for a moment as she locked eyes with the doctor. It all seemed like fun and games but the look that she gave him was a challenging one. "Doctor~..." Anastasia didn't move, even when he dismissed her. When he looked at her, she looked at him with that smile still etched onto her face. The lieutenant was fearless for one but this wasn't her battle. Not yet.

After a few seemingly long moments, she started to walk...and talk. "...Is she even yours? Hm. I wonder~" her voice trailed off. She walked towards him and stopped directly next to him; shoulder to shoulder. "Be seeing you, doctor...Hopefully, in the morgue, eh?" she winked and left the room grinning. She started down the hall slowly, she wanted to see which direction they went in so she kept her pace slow as she moved. The same doctor followed the two others that handled the bed. She could see what direction they were going in and was about to follow them until she could barely make out a familiar reiatsu signature.

"Yuu-chan...!"

Anastasia was really concentrating, or she was for a few moments until she could finally confirm that it was her favorite "female" nurse-y. Anastasia looked down the hall where the creepy doctor had once been and sighed mentally. Another time. At least she had a general idea of where to go when she got back up. For now, Anastasia would quickly make her way to Yuusuke. Anastasia would run into a closet and quickly pop a soul candy out, getting her out of her gigai...

But she didn't forget her x-ray. No, she carried that with her. That was muy importante.

The x-ray was pocketed immediately. She recalled Dr.Brown telling Yuu-chan to go to 32-C so that's where the pirate would head to. It wasn't terribly far off so Anastasia made a point to mask her reiatsu. When she got there, Anastasia saw Yuu-chan fall and that's when she moved. She jumped quickly, moving and extending her right arm (the one closer to him) to touch his bicep. The other, her left hand, moved to unsheathe her nagamaki. She was approaching him from behind so he'd need to turn around and let go of whatever he was doing to deal with her. Mmm... biceps. Muscel-y -me-oh-my~! Anyways, she reached for the closest spot she could reach and make some sweet, sweet skin contact. "Bakudo 1! Sai" she said calmly. Anastasia moved over half the human's speed and had some decent reiatsu stats going on; There was a decent gap there. Even if he had the instinct and the senses, he needed the speed to back up whatever he needed to do so maybe there was a possibility of her Bakudo working.

The possibility existed, but she wasn't going to assume that all worked or not. She didn't know who or what she was dealing with. For all she knew, it could be Kou-chan or that tiger of a Segunda. Good looking but dangerous...... Mmm~..She still owed him money... In the event that it worked, Anastasia would close in, she'd fully grasp the arm she touched to use her bakudo on and slice it off with the blade of her nagamaki and hop back to distance herself a bit. There'd be no complaining from Shoku-chan. In the name of making the enemy significantly weaker and helping Yuu-chan, she'd do it.

" ...You ever seen a foot with four toes, mate?"

Anastasia's Remaining Reiatsu: 4775/4800 (-25 for Bakudo #1. Sai)

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Anastasia and Yusuke

The Giant inspected the window that he had thrown Yusuke out from. The mountain of a man would have followed Yusuke out had it not been for Anastasia sudden intrusion. He felt her before he saw her, so instinctively he spun and swung his massive fist towards her head. But, he didn't make it that far at all for her Bakudo bound his movements. The Giant grit his teeth, letting out a growl as he struggled to move his body against the invisible restraints. His body trembled as he attempted to use all of his available power to move against Anastasias Bakudo. However, due to the difference in their Reiatsu Strength the man was at her mercy, for now.

When her blade cut through his arm as easy as a hot knife through butter, the man hissed and grit his teeth. Hot blood gushed from the wound and covered the white floor, beginning to form a massive red puddle. He gasped for air as he glared at Anastasia as she asked if he had seen a foot with four toes. As he gasped his mouth slowly formed into a circle. He began to chuckle, possibly making Anastasia confused as to why a man who had just lost an arm would be laughing. Suddenly the mans reiatsu took a slight hit as the area around him seemed to distort slightly. It was if his very body became distorted and fuzzy before becoming normal again. But the most noticeable feature was that his arm had returned. The arm that Anastasia had cut off had vanished from the floor, along with the blood, and was back on the Giants body.

The giant roared as there was a green flash of light. He was suddenly in front of Anastasia, utilizing a Human technique called Bringer Light to get in as close as he could to Anastasia. He brought back one of his arms and threw a heavy punch at the female, aiming to crush her then and there with his monstrous strength. The man assumed he had more strength than the petite women, and with his abilities he was sure he would be able to manage a sustained fight with her if he had to. His punch, if hit, would undoubtedly cause a ridiculous amount of damage to the woman.

Remaining Reiatsu: 2800 / 3000

Pavel

The voice over the intercom went silent as Pavel spoke. His abilities in acting was helping him here, making the voice that had spoken to him question whether he had made a mistake or not. So as Pavel spoke there was silence, no response no nothing. Pavel would be left in silence as the voice that had called him here was not responding. It was a good four minutes before the voice came back on "Well..uh...sorry. Seems I made a mistake here." the voice said, its confidence gone before going back to being quiet. Pavel now had two options: return to the over crowded wings of the hospital or investigate for the voice. If Pavel choose to investigate he would need to explore the entire empty wing. He would have to search the empty rooms, trying to find the security room in order to find the person who had spoken to him. Unfortunately for him he was unable to read Chinese, so he couldn't just follow the signs.


Kazuko

The Hollow that had exited from the older woman let out a pained yell as Kazuko fired a kido into it. The caterpillar like Hollow screeched in pain, spraying blackened blood from its mouth all over the ceiling. "You...damn Shinigami!" it roared, turning its head slightly to glare at him as its insides were being cooked alive. The beast growled, unable to move any of its arms as it struggled in pain against Kazukos powers. Then the Hollow got an idea, a sick idea. If it was going to die it was at least going to make something of its short miserable life. "You may have killed me...but the Queen will make more! You cannot stop the Queen, Shinigami!" The Hollow roared before turning its head towards the children who were occupied by the Gigai Kazuko exited as well as the body of the woman. "My children. My precious children..." the Hollow said before roaring and opening its mouth and lunging at a small girl.

It slammed its body into the girl, engulfing her with its mouth and bitting down. The children screamed as the girls upper torso suddenly vanished and sprayed everywhere. "I wont leave my children! I wont go without them!" The Hollow shouted as its body glowed red and its skin melted into various holes formed throughout itself. It tried to go for another child before it finally just collapsed, letting out a gurgling sound before exploding into blackened ash. Kazuko had slain the Hollow but it had cost the life of one young girl and the elderly woman.

He wouldn't have time to mourn, however, as a voice suddenly came from his left. "Cute, isn't it? Hollows always go after the ones they care for most first. I guess the old bat really liked that little one. I wonder how she tasted, or if that dumb bug had any remorse for what she was doing, hehehehe" to his left Kazuko would find a wasp, hovering just a few feet from him. "Good job killing her though! Really! It must be so easy for you Shinigami to kill something they consider evil, right? Tell me little boy, what did it take for you to become some kind of killer? Was it the death of a loved one? Sense of honor that they brainwashed you into believing? What was it that made you so capable of easily killing something you considered evil?" the Wasp asked, flying around his head.

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{The Giant}
The Giants powers are not immortality, despite what you might think. The Giants Fullbring is "Too turn back time to a period of perfection". For the cost of 200 reiatsu, the Giant can revert himself to a period of time where he was not injured or bound. He goes back one year each time he uses the technique.

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The combination worked well, the binding holding and the fires spreading efficiently; however, in that lapse of time, like a trapped animal, the Hollow made one last vengeful move. The beast lunged, its body, though damaged severely, sweeping over one of the nearby children – a little girl. With its maw, it easily tore through her body, severing it in two, and leaving a spray of blood in its wake, mimicking the black blood of the Hollow. The boy landed on the tile, his sandals clicking as they made contact. Though, there was no abrupt movement from the Shinigami to attempt any measure of saving the girl now. There was no point. Instead, he simply walked over to his zanpakuto, picking it up from the hilt as the string around clung around the blade. He would need to burn the stuff likely, or wait until the reiatsu that made up the substance disappeared from its user dying. The Hollow itself was soon consumed by the fires, burning in slowly in a heap of reiatsu until it faded. Regardless, with his zanpakuto in hand, the boy, his eyes narrow and sullen walked over to the scene of the girl. The other children were obviously terrified, their eyes wide with terror and raw emotion. Maybe this would traumatize them? It would become evident later on in life it did, regardless.

(OOC: Bit Cinematic here; nothing major, just making sure to touch base.)

It was around this time that a foreign voice poked its way into the room; it took him only an instant to figure out that it came from some insect flying nearby on his left. So small and seemingly harmless, could it have been the cause of this tradedy? Or was there more to this than just that? "Cute, isn't it? Hollows always go after the ones they care for most first. I guess the old bat really liked that little one. I wonder how she tasted, or if that dumb bug had any remorse for what she was doing, hehehehe. Good job killing her though! Really! It must be so easy for you Shinigami to kill something they consider evil, right? Tell me little boy, what did it take for you to become some kind of killer? Was it the death of a loved one? Sense of honor that they brainwashed you into believing? What was it that made you so capable of easily killing something you considered evil?" Kazuko did not answer immediately, and ignored the thing. Instead, as he walked over to the girl’s dead body, the Vice-Captain exerted a mere fraction of his Gravitational Pressure; it was miniscule, only exerted for an instant, but even so, the weight and shock of the pressure was enough to send everyone in the room, and in the nearby area, down to their knees, then to the floor, unconscious, but unharmed.


The sound of bodies collapsing echoed through around the room, ending all the screaming and crying immediately. The Vice-Captain was intent on saving them however much pain he could, even then. They were scarred for life as it was; so he wanted to make it all seem like a dream once they woke up later. Maybe it would help them cope with the loss and pain. Nonetheless, once he reached the bodies, one on fire, and the other in half, and searched around, looking for something. After a few moments, he found her: the soul of the little girl. She was unconscious, probably from the shock of just dying, and she was lying on the ground near where she had died. Kazuko kneeled down, extending his zanpakuto up, and tapped her forehead with the bottom portion of his hilt. The movement sent a small surge of light in every direction, before dimness returned and the girl was gone; she had been sent to the afterlife. “Find some peace now.” the boy murmured, his face a bit sad, but he maintained his composure. After a few seconds, the serious and uncaring look he usually wore returned and he turned to face the insect.


“It was not easy,” He corrected, his voice unbroken for once. “It has never been easy, even now. To answer your question, it was all, and still is, for the sake of duty; preserving what is right and destroying what is wrong. That is my duty.” Instead of leaving to help Yusuke, the boy decided to stay a bit. The urgency to help was no longer needed it would seem by him. At the moment, he could feel the pressure from Anastasia increase near the other, so his presence was no longer needed as the other Vice-Captain would be sufficient now. Both of them would be fine; they were officers, after all. The Hollow had spoken of a Queen, and more of its ilk being made; obviously, the insect flying before the Shinigami had something to do with all this, so he would need to prod into things. Had it caused the old lady to turn into a Hollow? If so, were others in danger? Without any form of detection, the humans were oblivious to any sort of threat posed by these strange phenomenons. These thoughts ran through his mind as he analyzed the insect before him, his eyes careful for movement, both in the forefront and in his peripheral.


“Now, it is my turn for the questions. How does it feel knowing your kind can be killed so effortlessly? It shows how weak both you and your cause are in the face of real power.” Kazuko said, his voice coming off a bit more stern. “My name is Kazuko Shiba… Vice-Captain of Squad Nine; if you want to prove me wrong, then take me to your superiors, or this queen that your friend spoke of. I’ll even make the decision easier.” The boy raised his zanpakuto up, still covered in string, horizontal to the ground at the insect. “I won’t even use my zanpakuto. How does that sound? At the very least, your kind can put up some sort of challenge against someone who is weaponless.” Kazuko taunted, his voice antagonistic and challenging. He was trying to coax some sort of response against the insect and whoever else might have been listening. His whole attitude came off as nothing short of arrogant and conceited, and he wanted it to be that way. The best way to test an enemy was to get them riled up and let them expose themselves. Nonetheless, the Vice-Captain finished, “What’s your answer then? Take me to your leader if your done deciding whether to live or die."


Remaining Reiatsu: 3875/4000

Combat Posts: 1/8 (1/2 Resting Posts)

[Kyomei Kuchiki]

If this thread is graded early, rather than continued, it would only be worth 200 TP to the participants, and none to the DM as it neither went to completion, finished three pages, nor has been ended due to inactivity of the members. Most of these members are active, as a result, it would be much better to finish the thread rather than just get it graded.

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(OOC: As I've said before in chat, I don't want this thread to die, so I'm up for continuing this. Do any of you guys want to keep this going?)

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It's been such a long time since I even thought of this thread ever since many of its members decided not to post anymore. Honestly, I say just let it die. Mito seems to have left the site and Rin has 40 other threads. Though we could drop those two, if they want, and just continue with Kazuko and Pavel. So, its up to the players if they want it to continue or not.