Aggressive Expansion from the Shadows [Closed Social]

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

2300 Hours....


The woods remained still at night. Howling creatures from beyond the endless sea of trees gave what little life that roamed in its vast occupied space. Multiple areas to examine, endless decisions on which direction to take. And without caution one can lose their way or worse, to run into the creatures that come out to play. Harle found a good place for her operations base, or rather -their- new operations base. But -who- was it that the base was intended for, or better yet, why? All of those answers dwelled inside the head of the Squad 2 Captain, Harle Quin.

Clothed in a shroud of black robes the woman proceeded silently from branch to branch, careful with each step, caution to still the vibrating branches she landed on. With every step taken another review of her surroundings had to be taken. People could be following, people could be tracking her. All of the necessary precautions had to be done to insure the safety of the base and what it intelled. Patches of clothing that stuck high above the tree lines carried a faint scent that would lead other animals into numerous directions, and with it small pieces of fabric that have instilled with the captains's reiatsu to lure them away. All was needed before venturing further into the depths of the woods.

A bit further and Harle quickly found herself at the heart of her latest accomplishment, Tsunami's Headquarters. Months had gone by if not a year since the late Kenryoku had died. Harle had been taking the time for people and members to mourn for his passing before actually going about his funeral, which his fellow family members have been heartless to do yet. That will fall upon Harle to do nkw, but before that a little homage was needed. No. It was required. Which was the reason that Harle had to travel so far. The reasoning for why her presence was necessary at the base.

Upon entering the jester was immediately greeted by the Tsunami. Men and women who have pledged themselves to Kenryoku, a group of assassin's that he had created to take on the missions that were of the upmost importance. They were thr true Black Ops division. And now, Harle led them. "My lady, preparations will be ready as you requested. We shall be ready to move out soon enough." The Shinigami only offered a nod as her response before dismissing the individual. The masked man simply vanished with the rest of the assassins, melding into the dimly lit hallway while Harle found her way to her office.

Slick wooden planks decorated the large office. Aside from the pair of bamboo curtains on the other side and the low raise desk it was mostly empty. A single futon bed layer out that hadn't been used in days remained set toward the rear, while like the hallway the room was faint from the presence of light. Harle's legs escorted the woman to the desk to peer through the latest files that were gathered by the Tsunami members. The entire time the base was being constructed, through the funds that the members were able to steal from the gangs and other organizations that operated within the Rukon District, each member of the Tsunami was tasked with information gathering.

The latest reports were stacked on top within the folder. Inside were several documents that contained rumors and reports taken from the other divisions. But piloting several of those documents aside her eyes were fixated on some develops that have taken place with a certain gathering of nobles. That firm gaze of the Captain reviewing the details of what took place during the meeting of the heads. Not every detail was pieced together but some could be easily theorized and made truth. From what she could remember nobles operated with a give and take form of business. Either that or who held the biggest influence among the nobles.

This clearly pointed to the Kuichikis. With the amount of funding, members, land, and divisions that were already under their control, their ability to gather Intel and influence others was found to be quite frightening. More likely tbey were the ones who held more authority than any of the other noble families that were present. And that of course is what led to a decision that nearly crippled Squad 2. The transfer of their Special Operations division. That group that Captain Kenryoku procured and operated without fail, and above all it was offered over to the Shihoins. A family that assisted with numerous coups and have little strength aside from some members. Harle didn't mean to belittle them, after all her own Lieutenant is a member of their family.

She knew who was responsible for taking away something that belonged to Squad 2, and transferring it to another group. Sozen Kuichiki. Someone who is a Captain of another squad decided to meddle in the operations of another squad that he had no control or say over, and done something so heinous to Squad 2. Yes, Captain Kenryoku wasn't the most thrilling to be around nor the most pleasant considering his tastes. Still to this day, she could have sworn that he was gay or something. She'll never know that is for sure, but still. The action itself was a crime. A burst of anger filled hot magma in her veins just thinking about it. A few seconds later she managed to cool herself with a deep breath.

At the time Harle was only a Lieutenant when her Captain died. The cause of death was unknown, but something that Harle will have investigated, yet, Harle had been doing her job training the troops as well as maintaining the order between the Special division and Squad 2. Even beforr she knew it she could have led the entire Squad on her own, since her Captain had been absent for most of the time. Harle had shown that she was ready to take on the responsibility, although she had a rough time with the Academy. She giggled to herself at those fond memories.

Sozen offered property of Squad 2 form something in return for another thing, a deal that shouldnt have happened in the first place. No matter now, justice would return shortly for that. He fingers retraced back to the main reason why she was at the base to begin with. The rumors of traitors within the Gotei 13 rankings. At first Harle thought of them as minor nuisances that Kimiko's Squad would take care of. However, seemed as though nothing had changed. If something had been altered by the status quo, then more activity had arouse. The Shihoins were doing nothing despite their position and the power they'd received during the meeting of nobles. Nothing was being done about it.

But that wasn't her only wince of foul play behind the scenes. Oh no. What struck the Captain was the talk she had with Captain Kasumi'oji. Between themselves what was discussed was a strategy to defend the Seireitei should there have been an invasion of some sort. Yes yes there have been numerous times which Las Noches has been invading, which was all the reason why each squad was already suppose be prepared for. That was a necessity, and something which Harle had been training her Squad for ever since she was a Lieutenant. But the latest assault on their home came too sudden to be referred to as a coincidence. Oh no. It was as though Taiyo already kne... No. Not yet. Anyone who Taiholds spoke to could have had prior knowledge if not someone she knee could have given her that information. It was too early to tell.

Harle had never been one to lie still when something that amiss. If abyrhi ghee father taught her about magic was to be check every little detail before going on stage. And to her something was definitely out of place. Which was why Harle came to the base. The entire reason why she had been pushing the completion of the base and the training. Harle was going to push Kenryoku's creation even further. The door on the other side if the woman slid open to produce a mesenteric from its dark narrow opening, "My lady, all the preparations are done. We are ready to mobilize." the shrouded man commented.

Harle tucked the documents back into the small drawer and began to ready herself. "Alright zen. Gather everyone in ze main hall. I shall be there enough un moment." Harle ordered. No further exchange of words but slitter silence as the two went their separate ways to do what was needed. The clown stripped herself of her undergarments and robes. Instread, she tucked herself into her Kunoichi garmentd, which have been used rarely. The jesters cap tossed to the side that allowed her neck length hair to hang, but not for long. Just as quickly as they fell they were swiftly tied into a pair of pig tails. Strands of blonde highlights were added to conceal large portions of her natural hair color. Her face paint reconstructed with black eye liner darkened her lips and the edges of her eyes. She was ready.

As the Captain marched her way back down to the lobby of the base the small group of twenty assassins rose to their feets. Their faces concealed by black fabric and shadowed by hoods. Each one tracked their leader as she made her way to the front."Zis day marks ze begining of change for us all. Zis day in ze day zat will mark a new begining for Soul Society. Zis iz ze day that we take back what iz ours. Onwardz." The Captain announced to her team before slipping into the darkness of the woods. Without sound they moved as a single unit up toward the north, and to their begining.

What was there? The lands that would become the foundation of Tsunami. Beyond the walls of the Seireitei resides the lands that the Shihoins had obtained from the Kawadas during the deal, and the remaining lands that were under the Kawada jurisdiction. They were going to take them all before day broke out, or as much as they could. Yes. And just like a tsunami at night, they'll wash over them without a sound.

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

OOC: At this point the thread will turn into a training/social thread, and those with special invites will be sent to enter into the thread. So let's get it on for Ttp.

IC:

2350 Hours

The team continued to move along though the brush with Harle at point. Each member of the twenty man platoon went about following the lead of their Captain. With their reiatsu being suppressed not many if not any could detect their presence. Although with their presence silenced and movements clouded by the darkened sea of trees the team operated with extreme caution when coming about on the first base, a Kawada stronghold located over the ledge of a cliff. Only a hundred meters away before the base would be in sight.

A flicker of the woman's wrist have the order to halt while they went about reconning ahead. The team waited until the clouds enveloped the moons light before the team went to using binoculars to scout out the perimeter guards. Looking back it had taken the Captain a long while to memorize the layout of the structure and the individual guard posts that the base possessed. Captain Kenryoku had a habit of being detailed as humanly possible when it came down to documentations and operations. Everything from habits to timing of each individual guard had been noted, which was something that Harle had each member of her team memorized as well.

Nothing could be allowed to go wrong. To be caught would mean imprisonment if not death for treason. No matter what their reason was treason was still considered reason. That was fine, and a norm of how Tsunami ran their missions. To be discovered would mean that the opera time will have to take their own life. That was the painful truth about Black Ops missions. They knew the risks. Yet, that wasn't going to stop them. To stop now would mean failure and countless lives lost ease of their failure. Harle couldn't accept it. No way.

Another flick of the wrist gave Tsunami the notion to spread out, and ready themselves. Like a water the team spread themselves out to surround the complex. Not necessarily an outpost but surely smaller than a operations base. Oh no. This was a base that contained Intel about the area, reports on individuals, and a key position for controlling the area. It really was ideal when it was able to view the entire land from the cliffside, which was all the more reason that the team avoided potential openings within the tree line.

She had to lessen her breathing, lower her heart rate with shallow baths of air until it became nonexistant. Harle wasnt one who was talented in analyzing the situation nor a strategist during combat, so she couldn't make up plans as they went along. Thankfully she had Kenryoku's documents. The Intel that those papers provided allowed Harle to assess the entire sitaution with time before they went out to carry on the mission. It was during the time of their bases construction that Harle reviewed them and came up with a strategic take down for each base. All of it was going to be put to use.

Her forward team consisted of ten individuals that moved about through the thick brushes of the trees. Their purpose was meant to silence the guards without sound. A secondary team, which consisted of five other members align with herself, their group immediately went in to apprehend any strays that may have spotted them to warn the others. However, there will be not much running while the two teams operated on tangent with the other. While the second team neutralized the next set of guards, the first team would rush in to pick off their strays. Thus, issuing a endless wave of silent take downs after another. But what about the remaining five team members?

Their job was deemed crucial as they were tasked into observing and elminating messengers who will attempt to escape. In other words they were meant to contain the operation into their area and nit allow it to spread further. So, they shall wait within the shadows outside the perimeter of the base to keep a close eye on things. While they did that the first and second teams crept their way up the cliff sides. Harle's movements were precise and cautious as she made her way up. Each pull made drew her closer to her position. Her team following behind the first wave as they strapped themselves along the cliff side and prepared for their take down.

There were no means in committing with each other, so they were forced to use hand gestures to prevent open chatter and further unnecessary noise. Proved quite useful, but the only thing that they lacked was insuring that everyone moved in unison. Harle had came up with a solution for that as well. After a single member had given the "ready" order he or she would pause for a few moments before moving forward. This enabled each member of the team to check their target's position before their take down. Another single was given when the team was ready or needed more time.

Now of course they had to wait for several minutes before finally being able to use the takedown order. When given each member slithered up over the edge toward their target. In Harle's eyes she saw several pitch black masses moving in unison before falling over the edge wit their specified target. Each member of Tsunami quickly erupted into motion. For the briefest of moments to silence their respective guard's mouth and pull them over the edge to hang. And due to the ml rope that was dug into the rocky surface of the cliff they were able to free fall without worrying about falling to their death and silently fall without noise. Only a quick snap would be heard, and if attention was drawn, then the sitaution would be more beneficial to the second team as the guards would investigate the noise over the edge.

To their luck some did and the process was enacted once again. The Captain found her target curiously wandering over to the wood railing to see what the noise was and to see if his partner on duty was fooling around. Not a chance. Harle spurred into motion as her hands opened the noose of her safety line around one of her wrists. That same loose noose would be lynched around the guards neck with her hands gripping his mouth shut and securing it with another hand on the exposed area if flesh on his neck. Her gloves digging into his skin for better grip all the while her main right hand was being pressed against his mouth. It wouldn't take another moment before her legs kicked off the railing and over the edge with her latest victim. The body would have joined the countless that were left to hang quietly.

Harle's body felt a quick moment of weightlessness when took the leap of faith, dragging the Kawada guard with her. As she done so the first wave acted once again to secure their territory on the outside balconies. There were no sounds yet. Her wrist snapped to gesture her team to move up after an all clear was provided. Two sets of guards were removed, but it would have been a matter of time before more would attempt to contact the others. Tbey had to move fast.

Harle's team was first this time around as Harle possessed the skill that worked wondered. Intoxicating High was a odd Baku do spell that did t fair well in battles, but more aided in other areas. At this point Harle had to positing herself in two areas. These two areas were the far counters of the home. Because of the narrow halls and the enclosement of the facility her spell would spread far and wide. That and the fact that they were on top of the mountain which did provided further air to roll in to carry the aromatic further into the base. And it actually warmed. After applying their face masks the first wave went in, sticking with their strategy.

Harle's team, along with the advance team, clung onto the rafters on the ceiling to avoid the crimson gas. In tangent with each other the two teams split themselves off from each other to accomplish their separate agendas. Each team had their purpose and both were necessary in order to assume control over the base. The first team went about in quarantine the base by neutralizing the inner sanctum of the base. This revolved around the guards and all other combatants. While two members of the team would be sent to secure the armory the others will begin sedating the soldiers by whatever means necessary.

As they went about their duties, Harle's team went about to secure the communications center. This meant taking control over the Hell butterflies and coms system that would have alerted the other bases, thus relaying a warning message back to the Seireitei for a response force. However, due to the gas that continued to seep out from the Captain's mouth it would have been too late for the guards to realize what was happening to them. Soon blurred vision and paralysis would take control over the tower's occupants and enabling Harle and her Tsunami to take control. All according to plan.

It would only be a matter of seconds that all of the noncombatants and guards were gathered into a single room. However, not right away as a trio of Tsunami members were also smuggled into the group as guards. Stripped of their uniforms and into guard robes the remaining members of Tsunami hauled in their captives with the same level of agression. This did allow their own members to mingle into the base personnel without much notice. The Kawadas had a bad habit of being overly suspicious of those around them. This led to the constant changing of the guard within certain bases. Harle used this to their advantage to smuggle their own agents into their ranks without suspicion. As for those who were chosen to be those hidden agents were fellow Kawada members.

The Captain thought long and hard as to who was allowed to become the sleeper agents, but the more she thought the more that the answer became obvious. Members of the Kawada knew about the layouts of their own fellow bases since the strict time of Kenryoku. They hadn't been able to study on the more secured bases but their limited information on the regular bases was more than valuable to them for the time being. Now some Kawadas would be spectacle as to betray their own kind. Quite difficult really since the purebloods among them were purists to the highest caliber. To them it was hersey, but Harle managed to persuade them toward her cause. Well, she pretty much had to since a majority of the Tsunami unit was made up of Kawadas. Those who were absolutely faithful to Kenryoku. And now, it would be told to those captives in the base.

Harle herself couldn't speak of it herself since her identity had to be kept secret, so she remained in the shadows and allowed the false leader take the stage in her place. Someone had to appear as though they were commanding the stealth unit. This little detail was entailed within their individual briefing to prevent any possible leaks in information. The selection for the false leader was actually like a game of duck duck goose. No one would know who the leader would be until the time came, and yet, even so each member was masked and clothed entirely the same to prevent individual identities from being revealed. And that was when he approached the shackled captives.

The only significant difference from his attire would be the hood that shrouded his mask. He easily sized up a six foot slender man without issuee, and when he spoke it demanded respect from the other members of the unit, "Look at you. All of you, vermin." he sounded as though he was scoring them. "How docile and weak have the Kawadas become. In these times, after the time of Lord Kenryoku's death has the clan become pathetic and tainted. How shameful that a mighty clan such as the Kawada could have been brough down so easily in a single night. For the late Lord to see how easily this place has fallen I wouldn't doubt him to return and slay you all for such meager strength."

If anything that Harle had learned from her late Captain wa that the Kawadas were indeed proud, and that they many of them, like most nobles, were purists and didnt take outside influence well. This was a weakness that was easily exploited because they remained at a everlasting standstill. There was no room to grow or to branch out, and in term they turned on each other when an outsider was brought into the family. Am individual not of noble birth, like herself. That was what Harle played on, that very weakness "Look at what such pride and arrogance has brought upon you. The constant betrayals and lack of trust is what caused this base to fall so easily against a smaller unit, a unit that understands what the strength of others can bring us."

It didn't take long for one of those purists that Harle knew stood up from among their captives to speak, "Disgraceful, the Kawadas do not require the assistance of the common welps, for we are stronger united under a single.. Your arrogannt notion of unity is stale and false, for you only believe in the strength of narrowed minded fools, who cling to their old ways. And those ways are now dead." the false leader spoke. Clearly the man's words struck a nerve and caused the captive to enter into a blind frenzy of insults and screaming. "Foolish man, how dare you speak of such things. Who are you to say that our ways are weak, huh, who are you?" The masked man thought to himself for a moment. A long pause took the scene which Harle knew that the leader had to make the difficult choice, he peeled off white mask that concealed his very person, "I am Rentaro Kawada sir, and you are nothing more than a relic of the past that continues to drag down the many with you to their graves." the Kawada said before stepping toward the man and dragging the sharpened edge of his dagger across the captive's throat.

The man gargled for air as blood seeped from the slit opening. Less than five seconds the man no longer moved, and issued a question for the remaining captives. "You can choose to cling to the past, to die along with those that continue to shame us all, or, live along with me and reclaim the strength we once wielded." the man proposed to them. The grouped mingled amongst themselves whether or not to join. Obviously there were those that would remain true to their purist ways, while others wished to maintain their pride. It was a cycle of interconflict that had pros or cons to either side. Yet despite the bickering the answer was clear from all of them. The first base was brought under the control of Tsunami.

Harle thought about it while reviewing the database on their next target. True that the cowards would have surely said whatever if it meant them surviving the ordeal. No matter since the sleeper agents were already put into place to insure that nothing was leaked. The entire wave of Tsunami regrouped back to the Captain's rear.to ready themselves for mobilization. At least until Rentaro briefed the Capain on their latest victory, "Captain, we have found several potential candidates to join Tsunami from among the guards. To add on, how would you like to proceed with this base's operations and the files we discovered?" the man's blonde hair swayed with the night's breeze. His blue eyes and rugged facial features glanced toward his Captain and waited for a response, "We zhall proceed on wiz our misscion whilst two of ze members will take ze new recruits back ze base for inspectcion and testzing. Az for ze base it zhall maintain it current operacions as it normally would, zo ze base will not be acting strangle o raise suspicion either. And az for ze files have un other member take it back to ze base for later reviewing." the jester answered.

The Kawada would only nod his head before returning into his position by the jester'sides. A base had fallen to Tsunami, their first base away from Kawada control and into something more positive. Whether they knew or not the base was now the base belonged to Tsunami under the guise of a Kawada estate. But now wasn't the time to leisurely standing by, after all there was another Kawada base that was positioned by a revene further East. That was their next target and Tsunami was already on its way to strike again.

2400 hours...

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

0400 hours...

The dawn was coming, and it took the entirety of the night to located the base and survey its condition and surroundings. A base located in the center of a lake that operated as a junction for the smaller rivers and streams that veined all throughout the wilderness. A small base indeed, however, in reality it proved to be one of the vital locations that supported the Kawadas. Evaluating its importance on a scale of one to ten Harle as had to position it as a seven on the scale. Why was it important, it was because many of those streams and rivers led back to the Seireitei, and more importantly it led back to the Kawada estates. So consider it as a I.V line leading into the body.

Nothing need to be said after spending an entire night and nearly the morning in analyzing the base. And based on the blueprints and outlines of the base, and it matched to the physical visage of the base in reality, there was without a doubt that the base matched their intel. Sadly though their mission came to an end with their element of surprise quickly fading away. Harle wanted nothing more bit to push forward, but rushing into a mission without taking the appropriate precautions could doing them more harm than good. The Captain wasnt going to leave to chance. So without much more thought to their plans Tsunami withdrew into the lingering darkness to review what had been learned.

Scurrying through the trees and back into home base, Harle had the time to carefully look through their records in communications and their meeting times. More to the sort that would attract attention. Perhaps the such as surprise inspections, frequent visits from key and low key individals. It was through this process that Harle began to train her mind and senses to discover something that would presumably out of the normal. However, due to her limited resources, and to what was newly acquired, Harle didn't have enough mental strength to actually pull something like this off just yet, but, she knew who did. Someone who she believed in and possessed the ability to do so. Souza Kuichiki.

The young man and future Heir to the Kuichiki name whom Harle had the privilege in training with. And it was from thwork session that she discovered his nack in analysis. So, regardless if he is a noble, Souza is someone that she could put her trust in. Yet, at the same time she had no desire in tangling him in something so big. If word got out that he was in some form of scandal or ply against the Gotei 13, then he would fall under the same penalty as her and Tsunami. She couldn't do that to him, nit up front at the very least. So, she had to do so discreetly. A single letter along with a single copy of the documents that was gathered about the her annoying itch.

"Greetings Souza Kuichiki...
You may not us but we do know you. Please do regard this as a means of reaching out to you, and only you upon a matter that plagues the Seireitei, and even perhaps all of Soul Soceity. To be more precise is the matter regarding the of possibility of traitors amongst the members of the Gotei 13. Surely you may have heard of some rumors of such things and perhaps even declare it as a trivial matter, however, attention was brought forth with the recent assault by the Arrancars, who had managed to enter without notice within the shield of the Seireitei.

To this moment there is no evidence that pertains to such an inquiry. As of this moment a special investigation is being carried out to bring light into the matter. Within the envelope you will find communication and visitor records belonging to a paricular noble family in the outskirts of the Seireiei. In the hopes that you will assist us we leave this information with you, including a strong possibility of a traitor may be those who were involved within the assault itself. We do hope that you will descreetly assist us in this endeavor. Do not speak of this matter to any other for now trust is a leisure offered to a few these days.

We shall know your response soon enough." Harle scribbled on the thin piece of paper. More than likely the young man would find that a woman wrote the letter itself because of the light stencil markings upon the paper, bit as to who wrote was anyones guess, including many women normally interacted with the Kuichiki Heir. Harle sighed. Her mind was definitely being overworked attempting to process everything that had happened. As for the matter at hand it was in high hopes that Souza would undergo his own investigation into the matter and see if he was able to turn up anything.

Despite her being a dare devil and not at all a scholar, Harle found herself constantly looking over the invasion and it did bring a strong clue, however, Harle lacked the athority to actually pursue any form of investigation. That power was up to the justice department, Kimiko Shihion. As if yet she has done nothing to look into the matter. Harle was forced I to action with the best way she knew how. Tsunami was the best means for Harle to remain in the dark about her operations while still maintaining her appearances as the Squad Two Captain. She wasn't simply going to let the issue go and if no one was going to do anything about it, then she would.

Criminal activities were at an all time high and no one was done anything. Hopefully their endeavor will shed some light onto those who dwelled in the shadows. For the time being, as the letter was stamped with the three crimson wave pattern mark of Tsunami, the letter and copies of the documents were transferred to one of the members to deliver it to the Heir. And if it made it to him, it would be found in a location which the young man would only go to look, and hopefully that her request was nit knocking in deaf ears.

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

OOC: This portion will be deemed as a training session, including those whom have received invitations to join the thread. Training for Harle will be for TP until further notice.

Note: This session will moving closer onto the Kawada Estates around the outskirts of the Seireitei, including the outer Estates consisting of the Shihion. A separate thread will take place after this thread to allow others to participate openly without invitations and lead into another thread. That thread may become an adventure thread based on the outcome of the separate thread.

[Kaijin"Harle"Quinn]

0100 Hours....

The night was cold particularly this night. Could have been because of the heavy perspiration of moisture began to roll into the vast wilderness. Or possibly the that the seasons were drastically changing from the once lukewarm air into the frosty nights of winter. How quickly did the time change was what Harle thought to herself, but even more so was the chilling thoughts that rose up to nearly stop her heart in its constant cycle of rythemic beats. That thought was laying siege to three different Manors of two respective noble houses.

Yes, the houses of Shihion and Kawada. An act that the Captain knew was highly punishable as it was consider an act of treason and possibly classified as a coup. The Captain knew the risks, and accepted them full heartedly despite the dangers that was brought forth for her team. Looking back and calculating the previous week Tsunami had done well in infiltrating two other Kawada bases that remained outside the Seireitei , especially the base positioned at the lake. An accumulated time of two weeks had gone before being able to occupy the lake base and the other two supply bases.

The two supply bases were low profile bases that really didnt report often as theit only intended purpose was supplying minor raw materials. Although they were minimal their locations were indeed required for what lied ahead. A narrow entrance to the Kawada Manor inside the wilderness and into a single fort on the edge of Shihion territory. Based on how it was positioned it may be a supply base or a scouting base as it rested calmly on the other side over a one mile chasm. So it was deemed insignificant to say the least but allowed boundless opportunities to Tsunami to begin their investigation into Shihion territory.

Throughout the course of the two weeks Harle had been using her Phantom leader, Rentaro Kawada, as the head of Tsunami. The young Kawada was sent out on the Captain's behalf to supervise the operations in her stead. While Harle assumed the role as the nameless second in command, she primarily used these opportunities to solidify the Kawada as the true leader of Tsunami among the new recruits, and not her. However, regardless of the matter it was only Rentaro and a few key individuals within Tsunami that knew Harle was indeed the true leader of the group. So while the Kawada undertook the field operations Harle spent her time forging her own cover story as a Captain, and assigned the new Tsunami recruits into their new teams. That was Harle spent her time on during the two weeks when Tsunami was active during the nights.

Nonetheless, all of their efforts led them to this particular night to take hold of the Kawadas from the outside of the Seireitei. From the schematics and reports from the captured Kawada bases the group was able to keep an eye on routine inspections on the guard base beside the the wilderness Kawada Manor, and the Manor itself. Often time they'd even report when one of the Head members of the Kawadas was going to visit. Those were the days that Tsunami kept in mind and avoided like the common flu. The same was said about the Shihions and their scout bases. Harle knew she wouldn't be able to keep everything hidden the further they proceeded with their plans, but surely it would take a while before they noticed something was a mist.

As for her plan, the Captain had divided up Tsunami into three separate groups: Group Harle would be taking over the guard base, Group Rentaro will be targeting the Manor itself, and Harle's new allies will be going after the Shihoin base over the chasm. All that was needed was to wait for their allies to arrive, which Harle gave access to a mile away from their target. There they will be greeted by the Tsunami and escorted to their appropriate target. Once they arrive Harle will know, then the young Kawada would give out his order for the siege.

[Noriko 'Asuka"]

OOC: Yay, sorry for the wait. Going on now lol.

Training for CTP

IC:

"How long do we have to wait for?" Waiting in the Human world was all fun but nevertheless having to wait put a horrible restraint on how far she was allowed to go. "Unknown. I don't know Shiryou. All I know is that we have to wait here until the Gate opens. That is what was promised after all." Iraishin was right. No matter how much she felt venturing out into the city of Kyoto to sight see. But, like what her sister brought up was a deal that was made with a clown Shinigami. A deal that seemed a bit complicated to her by all means but hey, whatever floats the boat.

The Arrancar remained seated over the ledge of an apartment complex whilst her sister observed the lil people beneath them. Her legs kicking about in the air as her lil toes felt the freshness of the winter air. From what Iraishin explained earlier was that they were tasked in assisting the clown with some very secret of secret missions. What they were going to do was something that was being kept until they entered the Gate. At least until then they were to remain at their current location on standby, which was quite boring. Although the small pack of High-Chews that she smuggled from the convenient store across from them did help occupy her hunger for some time.

The anticipation of it all was nerve wracking to say the least. What they were going to do, and where they were going to do the mission at? Those were the questions that Shiryou managed to sum up through the vast emptiness of her mind. At least for a bit longer until the light of the world seemed to have dimmed as a Senkai Gate appeared behind them. Like curtains the wooden frame doors peeled open to emit the bright white light to the entry way. "Observation. Seems like we are going to Soul Society." her sister noted softly among themselves. Shiryou's anxiety actually dissipated, to be replaced with both amusement and humor.

Arrancars going to Soul Society to help a Shinigami with something... quite unusual, but soo daring too. Shiryou couldn't wait. As the sisters ventured forth into the new land they were immediately met with a large group of shady characters. "We have been waiting for you two, now we may begin the operation." a feminine voice echoed from among the group. One of the ninjas flashed what appeared to be a hand held mirror to reflect something toward the rear of the group. A signal maybe? Who cares since they were provided with black one pieced suits too. "How cool!" she thought to herself as they were handed the near non-existent cloth. Who cared what they were there for since now things were getting interesting, and that wept up her appetite again.

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Finally, they were in Soul Society. It wasn't exactly how Iraishin envisioned how the home of the Shinigami would be like, but to each their own. After they've donned their new uniforms the pair were escorted toward a valley. "Our objective is located there." The reigning Officer of their group directed to a base over a cliff. "We must capture it without being detected or allow any of its occupants escape." So, the mission they were to assist with was a infiltration and capture operation, or in other words a stealth operation. Needless to say that the mission itself was out of their comfort zone, but not entirely impossible since their team work was quite keen when able.

Thus far the only concern was that the gap between their respective sides. From among the members of their group it seemed as though the Twins were the only ones capable of crossing over and spying on the base. Crossing the gap of the small canyon was simple for them at least. The simple use of their strength and team work was what would allow the group to cross. "Shiryou.. That was all that was needed to say before the transfer of thoughts came about between the two. Her sister replied with a silent nod as both Arrancars gripped their end of their chain before tightening it. Their synchronized gestures, in tangent with their rapid clockwise rotation, spun each other before leaving Shiryou to throw Iraishin across the gap.

Their timing had to be spot on so Iraishin can apply her own strength pushing off the ground with Shiryou's throwing strength. With the two's ability to use each other's senses their timing was spot on. Iraishin's light weight played a bit as a factor into their throw but not by much as Iraishin soared through the windy gap and impaling the rock wall with her Zanpakuto. The wing covered much of her landing so there wasn't a need to be stealthy at all at this point, yet, her movements were slow during climb to avoid stumbling and falling into the endless void below.

Her muscles flexing with each pull up, slowly, carefully. The fibers within stretching and contracting as her objective drew ever so close. Finger dug into the rock formation as she had to throw herself several inches forward to find a better position to climb. Rock climbing was something that Iraishin had never done before, but all that was required was both strength and endurance from what she was gathering from her current experience. Though not much strength was required for her since she was beyond that of an average human being. Once she reached the edge of the cliff she immediately came to a halt and reported her findings to her sister and the others below.