The Meek Shall Inherit [PG-13, NDE, Adventure]

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Hotaru walked in side-by-side with Asmoskon into the dark warehouse. She looked around the warehouse, noticing the glass on the floors. She looked up and saw that all the lights had been broken. This hollow obviously wanted to make sure that it was completely dark. She looked up and noticed only a small window that light could come through. She was looking around, trying to see if she could see this hollow. When she looked to the center of the warehouse, that's when she saw it.

She tried her best to remember all the details, just in case someone asked her about it back in Soul Society. It reminded her of a giant snake. But, when this snake-thing reared up, she noticed that it actually had limbs about four to five feet down from its head. She had just gotten into an attack stance and getting ready to try an attack, the thing flung itself backwards into shadows. She took a quick sniff of the air. She knew that the hollow that they were looking for smelled fairly horrid, like waste. This one, however, had no such smell, but she heard the scales scrap against the wall and floor of the warehouse.

She heard the hollow, Zakuto, roar out. She assumed it could've been to let them know that the hollow was here. But, it was a little too late for a warning. She heard Asmoskon say that she should stay close to him, since it was going to rely on speed. He also wanted the hollow to be ready in the shadows for a surprise attack. She didn't know if Zakuto would be fast enough to surprise this hollow, but anything would be good. She hoped that this rag-tag group would actually be able to bring the hollow down. She saw Asmoskon prepare his bow, stringing an arrow. She stayed close, so that they were back-to-back, guarding every way. She was ready for this hollow whenever it wanted to rear its head.

[Amagai Kuchiki]

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Generally speaking, the three appeared to be holding defensive positions. Although Asmoskon was shouting orders, fear would likely begin to set into the three. Their foe's reitsu was oppressive, and set into their lungs like a thick tar. Seconds stretched out into eternities, and individual heartbeats sounded like canons. They knew that the Hollow was capable of hurting them, and moving fast, but beyond that, nothing else. As seconds drifted by, and silence almost overtook the warehouse again, the noise started. It sounded like a keening, as if something was in pain, and it came from every direction at once, although it seemed stronger from above. Then, the beast dropped down behind Asmoskon, to the left of Hotaru, and swiped at him with great force using it's right arm. It was unlikely that Asmoskon would have been able to anticipate the move, given his lack of anti-stealth capabilities, and he wasn't physically strong enough to directly resist the blow. However, he could find some other approach to defending.

The Hollow however didn't remain stationary, but shot off to the right of the two, staying in range for barely a few seconds, although it was certainly possible that Hotaru could have gotten an attack off. Once it was a short distance away, it's eyes flickered, and it's mouth widened for a second, a glowing orb contained in between its numerous teeth. A Cero? No, this Hollow wasn't powerful enough to know such a technique. No, this was a Bala, the technique known as Hollow Bullet, famous for it's speed. It fired one off, aimed at Asmoskon, at incredibly high speeds. It was unlikely he'd dodge it, and the force behind the Bala wasn't insignificant. Luckily for Asmoskon, it wouldn't detonate at least, allowing him to minimize loses even if he tanked it. "Quincccccyyyyy." It hissed, anger in it's beady eyes. It shifted again, moving parallel in a circle around the two. This didn't seem good. On the other hand, it didn't seem to have noticed Zakuto yet, and had seemed to be ignoring Hotaru in favor of Asmoskon.

Hollow Reiatsu: 200/250

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What was that sound? It sounded much like a.... CERO! But this hollow couldn't know that technique. It just wasn't possible. But a Bala was! Damnit, he had to stop the hollow before it could fire off the lat Bala. Zakuto pushed himself to the limits, dashing on the concrete ground this time. His claws were now sheathed so they wouldn't make noises to alert the hollow. All that was possible to hear was the constant thump of his massive paws.

He was trying his best to stealthily reach the group before the Bala. Come on, just a couple more feet! Now, the hollow Hotaru and Asmoskon were in sight. There it was, the hollow firing a Bala. Zakuto was too late, it had already been released. Damnit, he was too slow. That didn't stop him from attacking though.

Leap was his first thought, but then again it always was. That's how Asmoskon and Hotaru had beaten him before. Zakuto unsheathed all his claws now. Readied his tail, and prepared for an attack. Only having 3 feet away from the hollow now. He reared up on his hind legs. Then using all his weight, and momentum he came down. Zakuto had his claws going for the side of the neck. Don't forget about the tail. Going at the highest speed possible for Zakuto the tail was going for the front right leg.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Patience was one of the few things that Asmoskon hadn't learned well enough from his grandfather. The Quincy was ready for the hollow to appear anywhere for even the slightest hint of it's movement in from of him. Utilizing his peripheral vision just as he had been trained he would never allow a single mistake to go unseen. However, this hollow seemed even better suited for stealth than Zakuto revealing no signs of it's movement as the sounds arrived.

That damn sound was starting to get into the Quincy's mind the anticipation of attack was unrivaled something Asmoskon himself wasn't use to dealing with. Feeling as if at any moment his mind could snap and his legs would follow leading him into certain death. This wasn't how he normally went through battle all his life he had killed and defeated enemies some stronger than this hollow, but never had he been focused to wait this long with no sign of his attacker. Just as his legs began to tremble along with his right hand a single line and sweat ran down from his forehead to his chin then dropped to the cerement flooring.

That single sound had broken through the veil. The veil that had been placed over Asmoskon's mind and logic. That had clouded his resolve and courage was gone. His head shaking once at the sound of his sweat hitting the floor was enough to halt the trembling of fear and anticipation just before the hollow dropped down beside him. Turning to the right just after the hollow landed Asmoskon saw he had given the beast the opportunity it was looking for and cursed himself inside for his failure. As the hollow swung Asmoskon knew he wasn't fast enough to effectively dodge the slash. Instead the Quincy jumped upward.

The slash that had been aimed toward him was targeting his head a method of utter mercilessness. By jumping Asmoskon took away that plan from the hollow causing it's attack to slash into his upper right arm just below the shoulder. Shouting out in a great deal of pain Asmoskon's eyes focus into a stern steel resolve that few had seen. Seeing the hollow leap backward and open it's mouth Asmoskon knew what it's plan. Although he didn't know exactly how powerful the beasts reiatsu was he was confident that it would be nothing compared to his own. Pulling back on the bowstring and channeling his reiatsu into a arrow filled with determination and courage the Quincy releases his grasp firing off the arrow aimed at the orb of reiatsu in the hollow's mouth itself.

Remaining Reiatsu: 780/800 ~Class 6 Arrow~

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

She waited for the hollow to show itself. From what she had learned of hollows, they usually didn't wait around in the shadows. They were more like Zakuto, running headlong into battles, not really thinking too much about battle tactics. But, it seemed like this one was one of the exceptions to the rule. She hated the waiting but knew that she had to endure. There was nothing that was going to make the hollow come out any faster. She concentrated on her breathing, deep breaths and looking around every now and then to see if she could see him. She kept an eye on Asmoskon as well, to make sure the hollow wasn't trying to surprise either of them. 

When she thought that she couldn't wait anymore, she heard a noise. It made her think of some animal dying. It was annoying, but thankfully it didn't last long. After he made the noise, it fell down from the rafters and landed to the left of her. When she saw it land, she moved so she was facing the creature. She saw that it went after Asmoskon but, thankfully, he was able to jump up, avoiding the attack first attack, but he was hit with the next. Right after the attack, however, the hollow tried to get out of range. While it was still in range, however, she was able to quickly get up close to the creature and practice her feint attack. She made the slash come out from the side and at the last minute, right before impact, she slashed upwards, hoping to catch the hollow off guard. 

Once it was out of range, she went back to Asmoskon to provide assistance if needed. When she got back to him, she noticed that the hollow was getting ready to shoot something off towards them. Before she could even process what it was trying to do, it seemed the Quincy did. As quickly as he could, Asmoskon let an arrow fly towards the orb of reiatsu in the hollow's mouth. It was then that she also saw that Zakuto was coming in quick, attacking with claws and tail. She decided to try the back. She quickly moved around to the back of the hollow and made a downward slash, hoping to hit the beast.

[Amagai Kuchiki]

Although they hadn't been allies for long, the three did a very good job of covering each others weaknesses, and acting like a well oiled machine. Their teamwork was going to make fighting this Hollow much, much easier, especially now that it had given up it's one advantage: surprise. As the creature descended upon Asmoskon, he managed to jump back so that the blow didn't strike him quite as hard. However, as the claws sliced through his flesh, Asmoskon could feel his heart beating faster, and mentally, he felt cornered. Were the claws poisoned? Fear and doubt crept into his heart and shook his hands. Yet the Quincy steeled his nerves, and when the Hollow bounced back, he clearly processed Hotaru's attack against it.

Hotaru wasn't quite the expert fighter yet, but after having acquired some significant combat experience in the form of fighting other Hollows and training with Shinigami. Her attack exemplified this: the flaws were there if you knew where to look, but the feint itself was well executed, and tempered by combat practice. The feint itself was likely unnecessary, as the Hollow didn't appear to be doing anything but retreating, but it didn't detract from the overall effectiveness of the strike. The sword cut upwards into the snake's underbelly, where's it's scales were weaker, and the snake's act of retreating dragged the blade brutally along the stomach, leaving a trail of blood behind it where it moved. Hotaru's movement back towards Asmoskon brought her attention to the arrow that Asmoskon was preparing, as well as the Bala being charged in the Hollow's mouth.

Asmoskon was hurt, he knew that. But on the other hand, he didn't care. In the grand scheme of things, of course, he cared, but right now, that's not what mattered. What mattered was the target, and the arrow. Most people wouldn't be able to hold a bow after the injury, let alone fire, but Asmoskon had a highly trained mind, and the ability to concentrate that began to slip into superhuman territory. Breath in, breath out. Let loose the arrow. The Hollow managed to spit the bala out before the arrow collided with it, which helped somewhat, but not particularly. Asmoskon's superior reiatsu strength caused his arrow to break through the bala, splitting the bullet attack into two pieces which rapidly evaporated. The arrow however continued, and struck the Hollow in the snout, although its' mouth closed so the arrow didn't rip through. Then, like clockwork, Zakuto descended on it.

The Hollow's senses were lackluster, and it had very little in the way of anti-stealth. Conversely, Zakuto, for his faults, was very used to the shadows, and had quicker reaction times. The tiger descended upon the snake full force, bringing it's body weight to bear on the already weakened Hollow, crushing it into the ground. Zakuto's claws raked into the side of the Hollow's neck, but didn't penetrate very far, the scales were too strong. On the other hand, his tail crushed into the right arm that the snake appeared to propel itself with, and the cry of pain indicated that the snake certainly felt that. However, Zakuto didn't account for a counter attack from behind, and the snake's tail crashed into him full force. Although it likely wouldn't inflict much in the way of lasting damage, it would loosen his hold. In that instant, the snake Hollow would push off with it's left arm, sending itself flying back into the shadows, and causing Zakuto to fall off. However, it did send a small parting shot: a Bala aimed to strike Zakuto while he was off balance. Similar to Asmoskon's situation, the bala was too fast to simply dodge, and had enough force behind it that it was going to leave a mark.

Hollow Reiatsu: 150/250

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon had watched Hotaru charge the hollow and witnessed her improvement of swordsmanship since their first encounter. Just as the Shinigami had said to him only about fifteen minutes previously that she had been working on her skills and speed. This had been plain to see with the movements that she preformed against the beast. As the arrow finished preparation and Asmoskon let loose his fingers grasp on the string Zakuto came into view. Asmoskon in that very moment felt conflicted and contemplated attempting to alter the curse of his arrow and avoid striking the hollow. However, the arrow was gone being much faster than the normal ones that the young Quincy utilized.

Watching as the bala was fired from the mouth of the beast following the same course of movement as his own arrow. Asmoskon wasn't very surprised at the sight of his own arrow splitting he small orb of hollow reiatsu and moving past it. The fact was that Asmoskon while not arrogant knew well that he possessed reiatsu that was strong for his age and was confident of his abilities because of the fact. Slightly disappointed when he saw that his arrow hadn’t simple killed the hollow and ended any further injury to his team Asmoskon began to feel the pain increase in his right shoulder. His resolve was fading fast now Zakuto was in sight and on top of the snake hollow a battle of beasts that Asmoskon believed his team mate would win there and then.

As the snake screeched and swung its tail knocking Zakuto to the side and once again fading into the darkness Asmoskon knew that he had made a mistake. While it wasn’t a mistake to place trust in someone else even a temporary ally like Zakuto at the moment it was a mistake not to simply finish off the hollow with a single arrow while pinned down. Now it was free once again and any of them could be the next target. Asmoskon looked around the warehouse as he placed most of his weight on his right knee. Kneeling on the cement flooring of the warehouse Asmoskon could feel the warmth of his life running down his arm and drenching his jacket while his vision began to slightly sway.

He knew that he was hurt pretty badly especially for a Quincy like himself who favored to fire with his right arm. However that was an obvious weakness to be expected and because of that Asmoskon did possess the talent to fire off with his left as well. That wouldn’t aid him now though for he could hold his bow in his right hand. Multiple plans and strategies flowed through his mind trying to think of something that would allow him to continue onward and lead the group. Moving his right arm with what little control he had left Asmoskon unbuckled his belt and than placed his bow on his right knee. Using his left hand Asmoskon tied his belt above the wound on his right arm in an attempt to slow his blood lose, but leave his right arm completely void in the conflict until treated with medical attention.

“Hotaru we have to finish this soon. I can’t use my right arm so if that hollow does the same thing as before strike it down immediately. Zakuto try and keep it in one place and remove its arms.” Asmoskon knew that without the limps the hollow wouldn’t be able to fight them as effective and most likely would lose considerable speed atop of the pain it would suffer similar to his own at the moment. Asmoskon contemplated for a moment on whether or not to utilize his mouth on the bow string and fire off his arrows in that manner. It wouldn’t be the first time, but such a shot would be far less accurate and less effective no matter what. Coming to the decision Asmoskon held his bow only for the pitch black weapon of doom to vanish into nothingness as if it too had become one with the shadows of the warehouse. Asmoskon knew that he was no longer one of the targets that would instill fear, but he could still play a role in its down fall. Had for the beast to drop down at any moment Asmoskon prepared himself to fire off the Versteckte Pfeil from his left index finger.

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

She watched as her attack hit home and sliced the snake's belly open. She was glad it connected, but upset that Asmosken was hurt so badly and she couldn't stop it. It made her feel ashamed, but she knew that she couldn't be everywhere at the same time. She watched as he amazingly was still able to fire off his bow. She could tell it caused him a great deal of pain to fire it, but it made her proud that she was fighting with a man this strong. She was happy to call him an ally.

She then watched as Zakuto attacked the hollow. She could tell that his tail did more damage than his claws. The right arm of the hollow seemed to get severely injured, which was good. But, what came next was interesting. The snake hollow was able to push off, knocking off Zakuto and then the hollow shot a bala off towards Zakuto while it hid in the shadows. She knew by the speed of the attack that even with Shunnpo, she wouldn't be fast enough to help him. While she watched, she heard Asmoskon said that we need to finish it soon. She should strike it down if it does the same as before and that Zakuto should try to keep it in one place and remove its arms. 

It sounded like a plan to her. It was too bad that the hollow went back into the shadows. She glanced around to see if she could see the hollow. But, just like before, it hid in the shadows pretty well. She didn't want to attack wildly and be left open for an attack. She took up a defensive stance near Asmoskon. "I just wanted to make sure you're okay. Did the hollow cause permanent injury?" She kept her stance and looked around, waiting for the next attack.

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Good, the claws and tail had connected! The claws hit their target. But it was way too shallow. They were much too tough to penetrate. But the tail. The tail had been wonderful. It connected, with the front right leg of the snake. Now Zakuto might be able to match it's speed. The leg was now crippled and gave a sort of limp. But it would still be able to use the other.

He was glad to see Hotaru also attacking. A feint attack was her plan. Her Zanpaktuto whooshed through the air horizontally. Under the hollow was the direction in which it went. It looked as if she missed. Nope, Zakuto was completely wrong. Using the element of surprise, she changed direction. The blade went upwards towards the hollow's lower belly. Perfect hit, it cut right through.

Right after Zakuto had made his move the hollow retaliated. Screeching it helped back into the shadows, while smacking Zakuto with it's tail. Damnit, out of sight again. Wait.... no what was that light? An orb again.... a bala again! Zakuto forced his tail in front of his mask. He didn't want to take any chances. It wouldn't prevent much damage though. So he would need some help in this situation. "SOUL REAPER, QUINCY!!!" he called out.

[Amagai Kuchiki]

While Zakuto's attempts at curling himself in a ball defensively helped him survive the Bala, it was not without costs. The blast rolled him backwards several feet, and gave him a nasty set of burns along his tail and lower body, as they had tanked the majority of the blast. Pain flooded through him, and although he had some degree of pain tolerance, this was beyond anything he'd ever felt before. His cries for help, pleading for the Quincy and Shinigami to help him, were intermingled with screams of pain. It would take a miracle to allow him to function for the rest of this fight, although he'd likely be able to nurse his wounds enough afterwards that he'd be capable of helping fight the primary Hollow.

Asmoskon didn't appear to be in fantastic shape either. He had thought quickly and wisely about cutting off blood flow to his arm, and the wound's bleeding slowed considerably, although it hadn't yet quite stopped. His ability to focus on the battle at hand, however, was nigh unparalleled amongst people of his power, and he pushed the wound aside mentally. Preparing to fire a Versteckte Pfeil, he scanned the area. The Hollow had snuck up on them once, but would it be able to again? If it didn't, Asmsoskon would be ready to terminate it with extreme prejudice.

Hotaru was the only one of the three who had yet to sustain injuries. In fact, given she had also inflicted a serious injury upon their opponent, it was possible that she was the best trained out of the three. Or perhaps it had just made a mistake in ignoring her during it's first assault. As she inquired towards Asmoskon's injuries, and noted the fact he'd recovered quite well, she took up a defensive stance, and waited. Her reflexes were on par with their opponent, but if it snuck up and took her out, she wouldn't be able to defend the others. She couldn't let that happen.

And then, the keening started once more. From all angles it bombarded them, sending shivers down spines and fear into the hearts of both Zakuto and Asmoskon. Their wounds felt as if they'd been sprinkled with glass for a few seconds, than instantly stopped, the pain vanishing but the mental reaction to it not. Did the sound have a property to it related to the wounds the creature inflicted? Regardless, it struck in that instant, when two thirds of the party was off balance, focused on themselves rather than on their foe. Perhaps it believed that all three would be incapacitated that way. It was wrong, and that could be the last mistake it had ever made.

The creature one again descended from the rafters, diving directly down towards Asmoskon to deal the killing blow. However, since it was diving, it's soft underbelly was fully open for attacks from either of the duo that stood back to back. Asmoskon if he was capable of pushing through his pain could respond, and Hotaru had a clean shot. If they didn't react properly however, it would be capable of hurting Asmoskon more, and perhaps killing him. 

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon had heard the pleading of Zakuto just as the bala had been fired off making it impossible to deflect or protect his ally. At the sight of Zakuto in pain Asmoskon felt something he wasn't expecting. Even the fact that Zakuto was a hollow he was still an ally at the moment and that brought up a rage in Asmoskon from his pain. Then it happen the same sound that the hollow had made right before the first attack was echoing through the warehouse once again. Now it brought with it something else a deep pain in his right arm the location of his wound that the hollow had inflicted.

This pain was very fresh as if it had just been inflicted once again. The harsh burn of tiny blades inside of his wound was almost unbearable for Asmoskon. As if the feeling just made his body go limp and every fiber of his being wanted to collapse right there Asmoskon started to lean forward. Fear began to surge throughout Asmoskon’s brain and heart as both rushed into a frantic state of panic. Why was he falling forward and why wasn’t he able to stop it was as if something was blocking his actions his desire to help and continue onward.

There was a veil of pain and fear raveled around the young Quincy’s mind blocking any type of reaction. Just as Asmoskon had felt like he was about to drop to the ground face first and everything was going to fade away after the sight of his grandfather grinning with pride popped into his mind. How could he give up? This wasn’t his destiny. This wasn’t the goal that he had set for himself. He still had far too much to accomplish and there was nothing anything could do to stop him especially some low power hollow.

Stopping at the last possible second Asmoskon rips through the veil and the sound of the hollow dropping from above was all too obvious. Asmoskon knew this feeling it was the same as last time the exact same like this beast wasn’t smart enough to conserve of another plan. Turning in a one hundred and eighty degree fashion by spinning on his heels Asmoskon sees the hollow landing on the ground. Pointing outward with his left index finger Asmoskon aims for the heart of the hollow. “Versteckte Pfeil”

Remaining Reiatsu: 755/800 ~Versteckte Pfeil~

[Hotaru Kuchiki-Masurao]

Before she was able to get an answer from him, she saw the carnage that the hollow wrought on Zakuto. She knew that she was the enemy of hollow but she didn't like that this hollow was able to hit someone that was her ally at the time that hard and that quickly. She saw the burns and knew that the hollow would be out of the fight. He might be able to try to fight, but she doubted that he would be able to do any real damage anymore. She knew he had done enough and counted him out of the rest of the fight. 

She saw that Asmoskon was still injured but holding up well. That's when she heard the noise again. She didn't know if this hollow tried this to scare the group or what, but she was getting tired of this hollow just hiding and calling. She considered it a complete coward to not face them head on. It was then that she noticed what it was doing to Asmoskon. She couldn't tell if happened to Zakuto, he was too far away from her to tell.

Asmoskon started to lean forward. It seemed to her that there was more pain in the wound than he originally thought. The noise was really just annoying to her. She was able to clear her mind, take a few deep breaths and ignore it for the most part. She kept an eye on Asmoskon while still looking for this stupid hollow. She wanted to go for him, but knew she couldn't, since the hollow was still around. 

It was then when she saw the hollow coming towards their position from the rafters. She didn't know if it was going to go after her, both of them, or try to finish what it started with the Quincy. She stood her ground. She was not going to have this hollow end any of her allies. She ran at the hollow, performing and upward slice to try to get this hollow from bottom to top on his belly. She hoped that this blow would be the end of this annoying hollow.

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( OCC: I'm skipping again. Not much I can do. XD )

[Amagai Kuchiki]

The Hollow had made a severe miscalculation, and paid dearly for it. As Asmoskon's arrow pierced through it's skin and into it's heart, Hotaru simultaneously cleaved it partially in half, although she was not quite strong enough to complete the cut, getting stuck in it's spine about halfway through. The corpses momentum carried it forward, landing a short distance behind the two, horribly murdered. As the Hollow's blood ran out of it, both Zakuto and Asmoskon would feel their wounds aching slightly less. Although the physical damage was still there, the spiritual damage would fade with time, until the random spurts of pain vanished entirely. In the meantime however, the group had a chance to patch up their wounds and rest, something that would likely be very needed, given the encounter.

Once the three were done recovering, however, they still had a Hollow to catch. This one, although it was strong, was definitely not the Hollow they were looking for. It didn't have the smell, or the reiatsu type, that matched their suspect. Of course, they could keep running into areas that fit their assumed description, but that wouldn't work in the long run. If one foe hurt them this much, they had maybe two or three more fights left in them before their mission, and their bodies, fell apart. So now, while they rested, they should discuss possible leads and suspects. After all, their mission was one of refined discovery, not simple brawling.

((OOC: Alright, so here's how this is going to work. For each of you, at the end of your next post, you get the chance to post updated versions of your current character, given that there's been significant growth outside of this thread, since this thread started. In addition, I'll allow those of you who are injured to recover partially. This is not a cure all, you will still maintain some of your wounds, if you have more wounds than it is reasonable to be patched up with basic first aid skills. For those of you who change physically in your updates, don't mention it, and others play along. I don't want to get sidetracked by talking about appearances and "who are you and what have you done with _____". Other than update and recovery, it's now time to play detective. Your next posts should be discussing where to look next. If you get locked in a discussion, I will skip my posts in order to allow you guys to resolve it IC. The most important thing is to remain IC. If your character couldn't figure it out, then that's the deciding factor. Once you guys have figured out a place, and agreed upon it, I'll resume posting, and take you to there.)

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon had seen Hotaru's impressive display of swordsmanship that followed up his own assault against the snake hollow. Hotaru's skill had been further developed since their first encounter that became even plainer to acknowledge. Asmoskon felt joyful that one of the few people he could call a friend had become so much more powerful. It was as if Hotaru fought like a different person now with much more intelligence and power. Asmoskon felt though that while her development was formidable to say the least her precision still needed to be developed. Hotaru's strength though Asmoskon felt was way above what he could ever hope to achieve even though she had only managed to cut through half of the hollow.

Asmoskon felt the intense pain in his wound fade to what seemed like nothing for a moment than return to what he originally had suffered. Standing upwards and finding his balance Asmoskon walks over to the hollow and looks over the body making sure that the beast is truly deceased and no longer a threat to his allies. Once complete Asmoskon looks toward Hotaru and grins happily "Nice swing Wakashi.” Walking over to Zakuto Asmoskon kneels besides the large tiger hollow. Surveying the wounds that his ally had suffered from the bala was a simple enough task for the Quincy.

While Asmoskon in truth had very little knowledge of the medical arts he knew the basics. What he could see was that Zakuto had suffered a great deal of damage to his body from the bala. The reiatsu attack of the snake hollow had managed to hit him that was obvious already from the position Zakuto took on the cement floor and his screams of pain. The actual physical damage that Asmoskon could analyze came to be around a good deal of burns around the second degree. Asmoskon by mistake had attempted to aid Zakuto by attending to one of the burns. This succeeded in only managing to burn Asmoskon’s left fingers. Asmoskon had overlooked the very basic; the fact that Zakuto was a hollow and that their flesh was an acid to his own body.

In that moment as he looked at his hand that had just swollen slightly and become bright red he turned his head to the right. Looking down at his wound Asmoskon notices that the bleeding had ceased and that the wound itself was now burned shut. It looked as if the area of his wound was mutilated and scared by method of fire. At the very least his blood had stopped flowing over his arm and he no longer had to worry about such a thing. Asmoskon looked back over Zakuto’s wounds and wished there was something he could do to aid his injured ally. “I’m sorry Zakuto neither of us were fast enough to prevent the bala. The hollow has been dealt with hang on a moment.”

While Asmoskon might not have wanted to accept the idea that had leapt into his mind he knew it was the only chance of aiding Zakuto. Walking back over to the snake hollows body while untying his belt from his arm Asmoskon begins the plan. Wrapping his belt around the head of the hollow Asmoskon begins to drag the body over towards Zakuto. The trail of blood thick and heavy however only a few feet in length it seemed as though there was enough for three small children. Placing the body next to Zakuto’s face “Zakuto we’re still going to need your help in defeating the true threat and reason for our group’s formation. The snake hollow devour its body. I believe it should be enough to aid you in regeneration and get you back on your feet.”

Asmoskon wasn’t entirely sure if his idea was accurate completely. He knew that hollows could regenerate and that they got stronger by devouring souls even those of their own race. So his idea was simply if Zakuto devoured a hollow that had nearly killed him it should be enough to make him stronger and help get him back into battling condition. Even if it was his plan Asmoskon couldn’t bare the thought of watching such an event and turned his back and started to walk away a few feet. Now the problem was finding the hollow that killed the humans and needed to be dealt with permanently.

Now thinking over each and every detail that he knew of about the events Asmoskon tried to think of a more logical location. Pacing back and forth for a few minutes thinking with his arms crossed over his chest in one of his few thoughtless habits he thought carefully. Now just like that something else popped into his head yet another idea. “We’re in the wrong place. Hotaru each of the victims had one additional thing in common that I overlooked. They all smelled the same. I think I know where we need to look once we take a few minutes to relax. I’m betting that hollow is in the swears of Karakura.”

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{Current Stats}Strength - 75 Points - 30% = 53 Points

Speed - 300 Points

Spiritual Pressure - 100 Points

Reiatsu Strength - 185 Points + 50% = 310 Points

Light Aura - 80 Points

Dark Aura - 20 Points

Instinct - 95 Points

Senses - 50 Points

Energy sensory - 30 Points

Healing Expertise - 10 Points


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