Body Guards On The Run

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

The Bandit did retaliate like she thought he would, but not exactly in a way she would have guessed. If she had blinked she would have missed it; the man reached out and grabbed one of the pant legs of her uniform and threw her towards her ally. By sheer reaction she stabbed her sword into the ground to act as a break. The sword bit into the ground and sent a painful vibration slowing her considerably, but not enough.

The blade caught hard on a large rock that was beneath the surface and jerked Yetsuna's arm roughly, causing more pain and her to lose her grip on the sword. The hit the ground with a hard thud and tumbled several feet before she could get her feet under her again and slide to a halt, and sending one final shot of anguish through her foot and up her leg.

Sweat was beginning to drip from her now dirt covered brow; she was beginning to wear down. She had been in fast-paced fights before, but to shunpo so many times consecutively was tiring. That coupled with trying to mentally shelve the pain in her foot and the new pain in her arm she was getting fairly close to her red line. But she couldn't stop yet, the fight wasn't over and neither was she.

She drove her fist into the ground quickly before charging at her zanpaktou, grabbing it with her right hand. She could see Yvet holding the bandit leader, but she doubted that he was going to be captured that easily. She stood in her battle stance several feet off from the two men, watching the bandit closely, but also taking the time to try and catch her breathe and lower her heart rate a bit.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Well it seemed that the green haired shinigami was to injured to keep up against the real leader of the bandit group and had been sent flying away from where she had been standing. The blue haired beauty though was quite a bit shocked by the fact that she had been able to slow herself down and keep her damage to a minimum. Perhaps there was hope for her yet. However, the true prize that his mind was going around right now was both the old woman and that blonde that he had hopefully not eliminated immediately. He had plans for the both of them and now perhaps the green haired girl as well.

The male shinigami though seemed to be nothing more than a brute who didn't care for the saftey of his allies. Someone that the bandit could actually use as a tool if it weren't for the outlandish ego that the man apparently held in his own regard. The bandit had the old woman held in his right arm now and his katana shealthed there was nothing more for him to do here. If either of the shinigami that he was interested in were actually worth his time then they'd be able to track him down and try their best to get the old woman back. However, that's when he felt the spike in the reiatsu of the male.

He had said it before and it seemed that the male hadn't been listening. All shinigami are the same and all of them make the same mistake as always. That's why when the maile executed shunpo and appeared behind him ready to grab ahold of his neck the bandit vanished causing him to grab nothing, but air. At that point any of them who were watching would have no question as to why this man had been the leader of the gang. He had just executed shunpo and was now nowhere to be seen. Where did that leave them though was the question and how were they going to get the old woman back?

However, that was only the end of him for the two on the path. As he vanished a moment later he would appear roughly seven feet in front of the blonde who now leaned on the ground of the forest. He was starring at her with a somewhat stern look to his face. It was impossible to tell what he actually was feeling. He looked both angry and yet infaticated with her at the same time. "Well now it seems I didn't finish you off after all. Hopefully you and the others understand now that when it comes to real life things don't always go as you plan. You killed my wife . . . and now you will replace her." In the next moment he was suddenly in front of her and smacked her head off the tree knocking her unconcious. He would then pick her up with his left hand and carry both of the woman back to his base.

[Shizuyoko Toraumi]

It was...egging her. That voice in the back of her head. That crackling of indecision that ate into her subconscious thoughts. She had to wait, her attention on the Bandit boss, watching as he engaged her teammates. If only they weren't so stubborn... She slowly rose to one knee, taking a deep breath as she prepared herself to jump in, biting her lip as she felt the sting of her injury. Thakfully it was not overly extensive. She was already recovering brilliantly from it.

However, that very next moment, the bandit leader was somewhat glaring down at her, her eyes suddenly snapping in his direction as she narrowed them, ignoring that inky haze that blurred her vision for a moment, resisting the urge to unmask her reiatsu. That wakizashi of hers practically burning into her skin as it seemed deadly intent on cutting into something. IT was so very afraid of the boss bandit. And of course, naturally the man's words stung. Verbal barbs that twisted their way into her chest and formed a lump in her throat.

However a sudden shift in movement alarmed her, and for just a moment as his hand grasped her skull, her concentration slipped, and suddenly that spiritual pressure would rage outward, that hollow-tainted sensation suddenly shuddering outward, immediately alerting everything that had any semblance of instinctive worry over hollow of her presence before her head was plowed into the tree. The moment consciousness faded from her that dark aura gushed out. Daihachi-bi immediately taking over for long enough for those blackening eyes to glare in his direction before those eyes faded and she crumpled. But it wasn't really done.

That small wakizashi's dark aura, no longer being suppressed by Shizuyoko would wash out in a sudden wave of dark emotion, reaching out like angry claws and grasping the leader as he would suddenly feel a fear that wasn't his. Without her usuall....routine of surpressing the annoying blade, it was allowed to simply continue gushing out that malevolent aura, from both itself as well as Shizuyoko until finally it too went silent. And of course....lastly, with her unconscious, her tails went limp, spilling out onto the ground from the slits in her pants. Though....of course....he wouldn't have much time to admire or sneer at them. That brief little discharge and loss of control over her incredibly volatile reiatsu would have more than alerted not only yetsuna and Yveltal, but if the sereitei had any other agents around, or even had the area monitored for arrancar presence, her.....similar reiatsu would have attention very quickly coming to this area.

And of course.....there were the hollows. Tricked into the impression that an arrancar: A VERY good source of dead shinigami to eat, was in the area, would immediately come out of hiding or hunting. Any that were in the area would likely be converging on the spot if able. And of course.....their sudden clustering might draw attention from hueco mundo if there were enough of them nearby.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna was watching the blue haired man intently, watching for his next move, but then he did something she hadn't expected; he used a shunpo (or something like it). Without using a step technique it took some concentration to try and follow his movements, but with a step technique she couldn't see him at all, even with him carrying the weight of the old lady. She thought for a moment that he had left the area, having grabbed the old woman his mission was complete.

Suddenly she was hit with a tidal wave of negative emotions and reaitsu, making her almost stumble back. It felt akin to a hollows with just a touch of shinigami's mixed in. The chances of it being some random arrancar seemed little to none. That on top of the fact its source was the same direction the bandit leader had thrown some kunai earlier told her that something was up. The biggest question was whose reaitsu was she feeling? Her money was on the bandit leader, or, god forbid, another one of the leaders allies deciding to make his presence known to them.

Her initial reaction was to dash off in the direction, and try to stop him and save the old woman but she suppressed the urge. The blue haired man was a lot stronger than she was by herself and, as cliche as it was to think, unless the three of them worked together there were unlikely to beat him. They needed to regroup, but she knew the red haired shinigami would never listen to her so would have little choice but to follow him as he (assumingly) dashed off into the trees to follow/find the source of the strange reaitsu.

When the other female shinigami didn't make her presence known as they gave pursuit, she began to worry that she might have been captured or, worse, killed. Normally she could get some hint of an allies condition via their reaitsu/spiritual pressure but because the other girl always suppressed hers Yetsuna had no idea where she was or her condition. If Yetsuna knew the girl was injured she would have stopped to help her in a heartbeat, but with no leads on her ally she decided to prioritize rescuing the old woman.

If the reaitsu is somehow blocked or becomes unable to follow Yetsuna will go back to the fighting grounds and begin to check the bodies of the fallen bandits for a lead. She wasn't huge on riffling through a dead-mans pockets, its was disrespectful to the deceased, but she needed a lead to hunt down the bandit and this was one of the quickest and easiest way to (hopefully) find one.

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He screamed out and raged as he saw that the blue haired bandit had ran away from him. “FUCKING COWARD, FACE ME YOU LITTLE PUSSY SHIT.” He was more than upset, the blue haired man talked so much, yet when it came to trade blows he ran like a coward. Right now Yveltal didn't care about the old lady, not about the fallen comrade that was somewhere in the bushes nearby. No all he cared about was punching that fucker in the face. He knew that this wasn't over, he would beat that man down, but first his attention went right back to the green haired female that he had been traveling with.

He took a step towards her, still pissed that she tried to stop him from getting information from the bandits before they were killed. Before he could get closer he felt it. The reiatsu of a hollow, no not exactly a hollow, but it was close enough. He growled before turning away from her and ran after the source of the energy without saying a word. There was something hollow related around here and he needed to let off some steam. He was going to beat it down no matter what it was. He left the green haired girl in the dust behind him, he didn't care if she could catch up or not. This mission had gone to hell and if he wasn't going to get paid he would at least make sure he would kill something,
(OOC short post is short due to lack of muse)

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Well it seemed that the blonde assassin of a Shinigami wasn't going to cooperate she was going to struggle and try her best to make sure that the bandit had a difficult time getting away with her and the old woman. It didn't take long for him to knock her unconscious and then lift her from the ground and be on his way back to his base of operations. However, before he could accomplish that feat the Shinigami seemed to lose control of her reiatsu.

The reiatsu that he felt wasn't that of a Shinigami at all. It was as if the girl was nothing more then a hollow disguised as a Shinigami. She could very well be an Arrancar. However, the bandit found that hard to believe with how she had been working with the other Shinigami. He didn't really understand what or how she was doing this and simply chose to ignore it and come back to it later.

So with her unconscious and bleeding rather nicely from her back due to the kunai still being embedded in such an area. He began to make his way through the forest moving as fast as he could while carrying both woman. The old woman was actually much lighter and smaller compared to the blonde now that he was carrying them and he noticed. He was moving to fast for either of the Shinigami to get to him in time.

The both of them would need to find a way to track him or find out about the hidden base. There were multiple ways that they could go about it, but would they was now the question. They would need to calm down and think clearly though or else everything was as good as finished. There was one very easy and clear way to find the bandit though and they would just have to realize it. One act that the blonde had done whether she knew it or not that may just save herself and the old woman.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

As she thought he would the reckless red head ran off in the direction of the odd reaitsu, leaving her little choice but to follow him. As almost anyone would have guessed, she was slower than him, but at least she was fast enough to keep him within sight. Yetsuna slid to a stop when she reached what she figured was the area of origin for the odd reaitsu and looked around to see if there was any hint to what had been its source.

The only thing she saw was a pool of blood and a trail of blood droplets leading off in some unknown direction. Considering the blue haired man had flung kunai in this direction, on top of the fact the other female shinigami hadn't made her presence know since the bandit disappeared she figured it belong to her ally. Normally the amount of blood she was seeing would have caused her to worry, but having experienced first hand how much blood a shinigami can lose and still function she was far from concerned about that.

When she first noticed the pool of blood she would holler at her male "friend" to stop and join her, saying she might have found a clue. regardless of whether or not he did she would begin to head off in that direction. She started at a somewhat slow pace, trying to take some time to pull herself together after the first fight, wouldn't be much of a rescue if she was too exhausted to fight. After a few minutes though she would pick up her pace to something faster, but sustainable. 

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

On the run always on the run it seemed. There was almost never a moment in the life of a Shinigami when one would be able to relax. It didn't seem that this assignment one that many would have thought to be remarkably easy was going to have any moment that would be worthy of relaxing. One of them had been kidnapped along with the old woman that they had been assigned to protect. That meant that now the two of them would have to work together in order to make sure that they would not only rescue the old woman, but hopefully their ally as well.

Both of them were quick to rush after the blue haired bandit that had suddenly vanished after executing a shunpo. The red haired Shinigami seemed remarkably anger that the man hadn't stayed and fought against him head on. He was the first one out of the two remaining to charge off in the distance after the source of the hollow reiatsu. A few moments later the girl with the green hair took off too after that same location. Both of them would get there and find the blood however it seemed that only the female was interested in getting the ally back.

She would track down the bandit using the blood trail that the blonde was leaving behind while she was unconscious. It would roughly two minutes after that fact that suddenly there would be reiatsu and pressure casting down on the both of them. Suddenly the air itself ripped open and hollows began to pour out from the black rips in space known as Garganta. The blonde had as much as she didn't want to sent out reiatsu that mirrored that of a hollow. Now it seemed that her reiatsu had drawn in others and the remaining two would have to put saving her on hold.

Three hollows in total two of which had picked up on the presence of Shinigami and were now heading towards them to eliminate them. The other was after the source of that reiatsu. The green haired girl would be in the forest when suddenly she would hear the sound of twisted laughter. Only a moment later would the hollow lung at her from a tree branch with its long thick claws. A white mask covering its face yet the fur and shape of its body suggesting it was some type of canine. It snickered constantly laughing as it tried to slash her across her chest then her face and then her chest once more.

Just as the Green haired Shinigami would suddenly find herself in combat so would the red head. The hollows that was against him was completely different though. A massive beast that looked to be a buffalo with massive white horns that were connected to its white face. The thing was suddenly starring him down on the ground after it had burst through a tree. Suddenly the beast opened its mouth and in the next instant a red orb of reiatsu was charged and fired off towards the chest of the Shinigami.

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Hyena Hollows
Class 5: 600 SP
Strength: 150
Speed: 150
RS: 10
Sppr: 30
Instincts: 100
Senses: 100
ES: 60
HE: 0

Buffalo Hollows
Class 4: 1200 SP
Strength: 200
Speed: 100
RS: 300
Sppr: 300
Instincts: 100
Senses: 100
ES: 50
HE: 50

Remaining Reiatsu: 2950/3000
Bala: {-50}

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna was just beginning to get her breath back as she made her way along the forest floor following the trail of blood left only by who she could guess was her captured ally. The ground was surprisingly easy to navigate considering how far off she no was from the original mission path. She had been in the wilderness a few times prior and most of the time there tended to be a thick undergrowth that made terrestrial travel surprisingly difficult; her guess was that she was on one, of many, paths the bandits used to get around the forest.

The blood trail was fairly easy to follow, it wasn't exactly a river of blood guiding her, but the droplets had only a few feet of spacing between them, and coupled with their size, even an academy student could have piked up and followed the trail. For better or for worse her "ally" had heeded her call when she saw the blood and followed the trail, though rather than staying near her he dashed off ahead of her at full speed. "He's gonna wear himself out if he keeps moving like that." 

Normally Yetsuna would call after her ally and try to convince them to take it easy and conserve their strength, but she knew it would have been a waste of breathe. The fact the ever pissed off shinigami heard her call after him about the blood was likely nothing short of a miracle in as of itself. Yetsuna did her best to keep him within visual range, but she prioritized her recovery over keeping a reckless shinigami from doing something stupid.

She had all but finished recovering from her prior engagement when she felt the presence of a a hollow intrude the area. It was close, though she couldn't exactly tell where it was, She redrew her weapon and began looking around. She heard a laugh and that was she needed to know where it, though it would still manage to attack before she would. It jumped from its perch and attempted to claw at her chest, but she managed to bring her sword up to meet its claws before it they could dig into her skin.

The hollow had a fair amount of strength behind it, she felt the sting of the vibrations resound though her arms as she defended herself. She pushed back against the beast and jumped back several feet so she could get a quick read of her enemy. It drew to mind a hyena in its basic appearance, but it was much larger, and its claws much sharper, she couldn't tell for sure yet, but she had a feeling its speed likely matched its strength based on its somewhat lanky appearance, then again appearances were never much to go on when dealing with spiritual creatures.

If this had been any other day she might have decided to mess with the hollow a bit, but she a mission to finish and an ally to rescue so she wasn't in much of a mood for games. "I don't have time to deal with you," was all she would say before she executed a shunpo, though rather than appearing behind the beast she would appear above it. Her legs where compressed against one of the many branches that formed the leaf canopy overhead, using whatever momentum she could conserve from her shunpo she would push off against the branch and launch towards the ground, blade poised to split the hollows mask in one clean stroke.

She hoped the odd angle of her attack along with how she had used her shunpo would catch the monster off guard and let her end the battle quickly, but things were ever that easy. If the hollow somehow dodged her attack she would drive her sword into the ground, before launching off it with her hands to righten herself and reclaiming her blade. If she countered mid air, she would block using her blade once more before using her feet to kick/push off of the hollow, not only giving them distance again, but also providing her a platform so that she could flip mid air and land on her feet.

Reaitsu -50
550 remaining

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He ignored the calls of his ally, right now he just wanted to take down the source of whatever hollow was in the area. There would be no calming him down till he had split the blood of hollows. No longer was he in the mood to chase down the bandit leader, no right now he wanted to spill the blood of what ever was causing the air to be filled with the taint of hollow. His blood was boiling so much so that he had lost track of where he was running. Then he felt it, from no where two more sources of hollow energy came out from the void.

The first was behind him, the second however had appeared before him. There it was a hollow, not the one he had been chasing, but instead a new one. It didn't matter to him which one it was, to him a hollow was a hollow this one would be as good as the other. All hollows only had one purpose and that purpose was to die. This one would be no different than all the others he had killed. While it's shape was rather different than most, having a distinctive shape of an animal rather than being a combination of things.

The shape of the hollow wasn't something that bothered him really. In the end the result would be the same no matter what what form it had. The moment he saw the hollow he wasted no time. Using shumpo he dashed forward and to the left before the monster even had a chance to use the bala it was preparing. The stepping technique landed him right next to the beast, exactly where he wanted to be. Using his strength and speed he grabbed one of the horns of the buffalo like hollow and held it's head straight forward as he took his other hand and punched his fist through the neck of the hollow with a tremendous force. If his attack made contact it would not only shatter the spine of the hollow, but also cause his fist to pass right through the hollow.

If his strike against the neck of the buffalo would prove to be useless or for some reason it would miss. The hand that atempted to strike the beast would then grab at the neck pushing it's body back while the hand on the horn of the mask would pull, atempting to rip off the head of the hollow with one swift motion. Either way he knew that this beast would be dead soon and as soon as the lack luster hollow was dead with it's blood coating him he would laugh before trying to pick back up the trail of the other hollow based reiatsu he had been chasing before hand.

ooc: remaining reiatsu 2700/3000 -50 for shumpo

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Well it seemed that both of the Shinigami had been ready to sense the arrival of the hollows. The female had just barely been able to react in time. The claws of the hollow smashed off against her zanpakuto. She was able to disengage prior to the hollow getting off the slash against her chest though. It was quite assuming he thought watching her move. It's tongue hanging out from its mouth and past its mask as he chuckled at the Shinigami in front of him. That was when the Shinigami's reiatsu suddenly spiked and he could sense that familiar sensation.

As the Shinigami disappeared the hollow knew that she had used Shunpo in order to launch some kind of attack against him. He couldn't tell where she was due to the speed so instead he did the only thing on his mind. He moved. Lunging forwards towards the ground the hollow managed to get out of the way of Yetsuna just as she was bringing her zanpakuto down towards him. His body rolling over the ground and then turning around on all fours. He chuckled again now starring at her. In that next moment he rushed towards her a small orb of red in his mouth. It would be fired out towards her chest at roughly seven feet away. It would grab her attention long enough that he'd get in close and make a slash for her dominate arm this time.

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As for the red haired Shinigami he had rushed off against the bull looking hollow. Not bothering to give it any of his time he had executed shunpo almost right away in order to try and eliminate it. He succeed due to the position that he was in. The head of the hollow cut clean off. However, he had rushed into combat and allowed himself to overlook something that now put him into danger. He hadn't been the only one to see the bull hollow. He was the only one to rush in to attack it though while the others had gotten set up to strike.

Now he was the target and he had no way of telling that there were others. The bandits that had run away from the battle field after the arrival of their leader. They were in the trees now and in the denseness of the forest. There was just something different. Suddenly arrows were being fired from all direction from both sides and at an angel from above. The red haired Shinigami would have only have a moment to react before his torso and lower body were impaled by half a dozen arrows.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Seemed she was right about it's speed; it managed to dodge her attack, though its reaction told her it was more blind luck than actual skill. As the beast dodged backwards her blade drove several inches into the ground, slowing her to a stop, before she quickly kicked her legs out, pulling her blade out from the ground and turning so she landed feet first. Her timing couldn't have been much better, just as she landed she saw the telltale red shimmer of a cero charging. Only a few few from her the hollow would fire the beam.

She was slightly surprised to see the hollow fire a cero. That was a Menos Grande level technique, and this hollow looked too small and honestly too stupid to be a Menos. Despite her opinion, it was a Menos, the cero proved that well enough, but she see it was just a distraction. The hollow was charging her, a fairly obvious sign it was looking to close the distance with a distraction, but she planned to use it as her own.

The Reaitsu spike coming off of the creature was far from impressive even by her low standards. Ceros explode on impact, the academy had thought her that, admittedly thought this was her first time dealing with one. As it hit the cero reached the middle point between the two of them she brought her blade slashing upward, contacting the cero, causing it to explode. 

The explosion itself wasn't excessively painful, mostly just a feeling of being shoved back violently, which for the most part she was able to resist. The smoke was what she was interested in. As the cero exploded she would just back a few feet away from original position. Once the hollow broke though the smoke she would charge the beast once more, aiming for its mask in an attempt to end the battle, but she was ready for the hollow to counter again.

[Deleted]

He felt it the hollow quickly died, he was done with, there was no reason to keep here at all. One was dead, but the source of the reiatsu that felt hollowish in nature was still there. Faint, but it was still there. Lifting the dead hollow's body above him he didn't even have to try to avoid the arrows from above and to the side. As the body of the hollow was pelted by the arrows Yveltal turned around and looked up, looking for the hidden archers that dared to attack him. He let out a low growl before he yelled out “come out from hiding you cowards.”

With the threat of the arrows gone for now he dropped the body of the hollow to the ground. Watching it vanish before his very eyes. While he waited for the answer he could feel that hollowish reiatsu getting further and further away from where he was. Still, he wasn't going to pass up a fight here and now if one was going to break out. “I'm waiting speak up or I'll come up there and find you cowards myself.”

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

The cero that the hollow hyena managed to get off wasn't one of any real strength and served a different purpose. One that the Shinigami girl of green hair played right into. She didn't think of evading the cero through the use of shunpo of taking advantage of the position that the hyena was in while charging his cero. Instead she brought her zanpakuto across the cero and caused it to explode. She didn't suffer any real damage from it at all due to its lack of power. However, what did happen was that the distance between herself and the hollow was increased and now there was a considerable amount of smoke that hide them both from one another.

It was in the following instant that the hollow went ahead of put his plan into action. The Shinigami girl charged at the smoke herself ready to wait for the hollow to appear from the smoke. She'd be right there in an attempt surprise the hollow while trying to cut it's mask and kill the creature. She'd be surprised to see though that just as she approached the smoke the hollow suddenly appeared. In that next instant it's body bashed into the girl as a tackle sending her backwards a few feet. The hyena would get to full height again as he pointed at the girl and began to laugh loudly at her.

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The red haired Shinigami was a different story though. It seemed that he had already killed off the hollow that had arrived and tried to defeat him. However, now he was surrounded by the bandits and had only just barely been able to keep himself from getting killed using the body of the hollow. Now it was gone and he'd have no immediate shelter from the arrows. He called out to the bandits claiming that they were cowards and to come out and fight him. "Yeah right dumbass! How bout you just stand there and die." In the next moment another three arrows were fired off. This time two aimed for his shoulders and one for his stomach.

[Yetsuna Yishnir]

Yetsuna eyed the smoke carefully in case the hollow decided to make a move while the smoke provided some additional cover. The smoke was fairly thick, at least think enough to to be able to see through fully, but at the same time it was dissipating fairly quickly. Before the smoke had fully cleared away, however, she saw some movement in the form of a silhouette, seemed like the hollow did want to try and use the cover. 

No sooner had she seen the hollows outline than he broke through the smoke trying to body slam her. She quickly gather reaitsu at her feet and launched off, hoping the the hollows attempted swing and miss would leave him vulnerable, even if only for a moment. She didn't have much time to think of a better tactic option so she went to the most classic of shunpo options and moved behind her target. Blade in her right hand, she swung downwards towards his mask.