The First Meeting

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

(Training for SP and then TTP)

Asmoskon stepped off of the plane that he had been on for the last few hours into the country that at one time he had known as home. Germany the homeland of the Quincy race was once again the host to the Renegade Quincy that was doing his best to wage war against the Vandenreich empire of his own race. This time though Asmoskon wasn't off on a mission from Ignore or his own goal of getting information from an unfortunate Vandenreich member. No this time he was here looking for someone that one of his informants had told him a few days ago.

A few days ago his informant had been in this section of Germany which lead to him sensing the reiatsu of a very faint Quincy one that based on what he had sensed and sent to Asmoskon was either very young or hadn't yet developed her abilities. Having no information on her family or anything else Asmoskon had ordered his informant to keep his distance due to the possibility of the girl being a member of the Vandenreich. The young Quincy had come to investigate himself hoping that even though it was a low possibility this one might be a member of his family.

1 Hour Later

Making his way down the streets of one of the many German cities a half breed of the native people and the people of Japan that would stick out fairly easily to anyone that bother to look his way. The Quincy that he was looking for would hopefully be out and about and with his moderate energy sensory he'd be able to pick the individual up and from their judge whether it was a potential ally, someone that might need protection or simply another foe. Only time would give him the answer.

[Ruhe Krieger]

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Young Ruhe Krieger had been wandering around Germany for nearly a week now. She had come from Copenhagen via boat, and she had quickly learned there were ups and downs to life; especially when running from ones home. The young thirteen year old had been exploring the land aimlessly. Luckily around the Quincy community. A kind couple had given her lodging in their home after having explained her story and why she was in Germany. Sympathy and charity did exist in the world it seemed. She couldn't possibly see an alterior motive to why anyone would take another mouth to feed and lodge. It had been a bright afternoon on a Friday as Ruhe had sought to improve her skills as a Quincy.

Walking through the streets of the city, she had been holding a book inbetween her right arm. It was known as the" Book of War." She had thought of her short like and she pondered what her future would turn into. There were still a few months before school started again, so she could enjoy life for now. Making several turns, the girl had walked out of the city into a near forest. The fauna had been pleasant as the sounds of chirping birds filled the air. Seeing she was now in seclusion, the young blue haired girl had gently slid her book into a satchel she had been wearing. It was time for her to create her bow.

Focusing her energy, she had breathed deeply as her reiatsu manifested. A blue energy had come forth into existence as it took shape. The signature weapon of the Quincy had formed, a bow. The bow was unlike standard Quincy bows however. It was by all means still a bow, but it had been thick, and the string had been more like a cable. She had admired the result of her hard work and effort to reinvent the Quincy bow with her own little unique twist. This bow represented her growth and progress.

Sliding her arm back against the string, she used her middle and index finger to form an arrow to notch. Ruhe Krieger had focused on the target in front of her, a maple tree with a strong thick trunk. Releasing her arrow, it seemed to blur and leave a large thunk where it had impacted. Ruhe had still been ecstatic over this fact. She had pulled her string back once more, and again after that as she would train her abillities.

Honing her skills was something that Ruhe enjoyed doing and not just in the Quincy arts either. Whether it be in her education, her musical expertise, or elsewise. If she were being followed, she would never notice nor suspect a spectator to her training. She had simply continued to work as she would try to improve on her firing speed and accuracy. She wanted to be the very best Quincy she could be.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon for awhile now had been walking throughout the streets of this Germanic town searching for the young Quincy that one of his sources had informed him of a few days ago. Copenhagen wasn't a bad town by any real means it was nearly as nice as Karakura in Asmoskon's opinion with the Japanese town winning out only due to its familiarity to him. It was taking to much time though to try and find this Quincy while walking on the streets so Asmoskon decided that it'd be best for him to get a better vantage point.

He made his way into a small alley where two building were only a few feet apart and then once a few feet into the alley so that onmly those that actively looked down it would see him he began to jump from one side to the side while getting higher and higher until he got to one of the roofs. Once on the roof of the building that had been on his left Asmoskon turned around and started to look at the citizens of Copenhagen. He wasn't the best at sensing reiatsu and to be honest he wasn't even half way decent at it only ever picking up the basics on how to accomplish it.

So by looking at each person independently he had a better chance of picking up whether they actually were spiritually aware or not. It took him awhile, but after a few more minutes a small young girl that fit the description he had been told was walking down the street while reading a book. Asmoskon could sense just the slightest bit of reiatsu from her and yet while that wouldn't have been enough for him to approximate her as the Quincy in Karakura here in Copenhagen there weren't even enough spiritually aware individuals to fill up a single hand.

His assumption was even more sound though when the girl made her way into the forest that was near the edge of the town. Asmoskon would stay on the roof of a near by building watching to make sure that she didn't just disappear. Once she vanished into the cover of the forest that was when Asmoskon would execute Hirenkyaku allowing him to close the gap and appear roughly ten feet behind where she had been a few seconds ago. He wasn't stealthy that was something that Asmoskon never had time to practice no matter how often he could use it, but staying back forty feet or so while listening was enough that he could conceal his presence while following her.

As the girl began her training concentrating her reiatsu into a bow and then firing off a few arrows into a tree Asmoskon took the time to approach. Asmoskon stayed quiet doing his best not to disturb this young Quincy as she practiced. After a few more shots though Asmoskon could see that just like her age her skill was just starting to develop. She was around the same as Anna in terms of capability at the moment yet she seemed to be at least somewhat more determined. "You can onmly get so far by shooting from the same spot at a target you know the location of." Asmoskon said as he stoof roughly ten feet from her on the right. It was time to see if she was just innocent or if one day she'd potentially be a problem.

[Ruhe Krieger]

The young girl had turned to the older man a little more than startled. Losing her focus, her bow had dissapeared as she turned to the man. Looking torwards the man with a childish charm, she had asked the man a question."You can see me shooting arrows sir?" The young girl didn't know there was another Quincy in Germany. However, this man looked different than other people in Germany. He looked more like an Asian man based on his appearence. The young child had looked at the man with a bright smile as she bowed politely as she greeted him. "Hello sir. My name is Ruhe Krieger. What is your name?

She hadn't known the man's reputation as she didn't know much of anything about the spiritual world. She had just been learning the basics of controlling her Quincy powers. She had stood to her full height as she stood below the man's visage. She had taken the man's advice as she had formed her bow already. Aiming torwards the tree, she had began to dash to the left and right while firing her arrows although missing horribly. With a sigh, she had released her bow. It was then that the girl had realized something and she needed to ask a question.

"May I ask why you have come to find me? We are in the middle of the woods and that's...a bit worrying. How did you find me to begin with sir?" It was now that she had been on guard as her bow remained in her own hands. She worried about the man's intentions as it isn't every day a person approaches you in the middle of nowhere. Had this man been sent by her parents to bring her back to home? She oddly somewhat hoped this was true but at the same time didn't. Releasing her bow, it had shattered into pieces as it blew in the wind. Even if it was true, she surely didn't stand a chance against a fully grown man with greater understanding of powers than she does.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

As the girl turned towards him it seemed that her conentration on her bow was lost or she just didn't feel the need to keep it which in itself was a mistake. It seemed that she was quite surprised to see another Quincy in Copenhagen which wasn't anything surprising since this town had such low spiritual activity. "Yes I can see you practicing with your bow." Asmoskon normally wasn't so chatty after only just meeting a Quincy for he didn't know if this girl was a member of the Vandenreich or not. He had to be careful for if she was a member of the chaotic side of the Quincy then this was more than likely a trap meant for him just like many of the others.

She bowed to him though and showing that he acknowledged her politeness and heiretage Asmoskon bowed as well. The girl introduced herself as Ruhe Krieger then asked for his name. Asmoskon was slightly puzzeled though at her last name for he knew of the Quincy family that bore it yet the last that he had known they weren't located near Copenhagen nor were they memebers of the Vandenreich. So now the questions at hand were whether or not she was telling him the truth and if so why she was here of all places or if this was a cover.

"My name is Asmoskon Masurao. It's nice to meet you Ms. Krieger." It was at that point that Ruhe decided to try what he had told her and started to move back and forth from side to side while trying to shoot her arrows at the tree she had already been hitting. It seemed that no one else had pointed this out to her for she missed almost every shot by a fairly large margin. This gave way to the side that she had been telling him the truth the entire time or he was dealing with a Vandenreich that could make it in Hollywood.

Ruhe then ceased her bow causing it to disappear and turned to face him again now with worry strictening her face giving away what emotion was going throughout her mind at the moment. It was far to late for it to be of any use if Asmoskon had been a member of the Vandenreich then this girl would already have been unconcious or dead. She'd have to learn to ask questions first instead of taking advice and showing her back to a stranger. "I was told that there was a young Quincy in Copenhagen by a friend of mine so I came to investigate that's how I found you Ruhe. Why I came is to make sure that you're safe."

[Ruhe Krieger]

Now this was certainly interesting. He wanted to make sure she was safe? Looking to the man with an innocent visage, she asked a question. "Safe from what Mr.Asmoskon? Did my parents send you to see how I was doing or to bring me back home? I-If you did, please tell them I'm sorry for running away but I don't want to come back." The girl was currently concerned about whether this man really was going to take her back home. She wondered how much trouble she was going to be in and how much she was going to be beaten. Looking to the man, she had a wild amount of thoughts going through her head.

She had looked to the man in front of her with a look of mixed emotions. She looked confused, conflicted, worried, and maybe a little bit sad in that look of hers. She really should explain her whole entire story before assuming things. Based on what she said, Asmoskon perhaps would be able to decrypt that she had ran away from home for some reason. In Ruhe's mind, she could imagine the looks of dissapointment and disgust from her family and how they would treat her for her defiance. She left with the best of intentions in her heart, but would her parents see it that way?

The young thirteen year old had backed away from Asmoskon several steps as she really didn't know what his intentions were. If he wasn't with her parents, she could only imagine what he was planning on doing to her. The man said he had an informant to inform him of Ruhe's existence. Why was this man interested in her? Why was this man concerned with her safety and what did she need protection from? She had not run into any beings spiritual except for a couple in the town who offered her lodging after hearing her story.

"Who are you exactly mister? I've never heard of you, and you're sort of scaring me. I don't know what you want from me." This stranger could have knocked her out anytime she wanted, but hadn't so surely he wasn't taking her back by force. Was he going to try and convince her to come back to the Krieger family willingly? It seemed unlikely seeing he didn't look like anyone her parents would know.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Well as it turned out Ruhe wasn't as trusting as Asmoskon had originally been led to believe while she needed to improve reguardless it was reassuring that now she was starting to realize that she should figure out how he had found her and why he was here. If she continued to be a Quincy then she was a target for more than one type of monster and would need to learn how to protect herself. Realizing that you can't trust a half told story is one of the first rules to keeping others from hurting you. So as Ruhe began to wonder if her parents had sent him here to bring her back to their home and she told him she really wouldn't want to go back Asmoskon smiled slightly and just nodded his head in agreement to her wishes.

Ruhe began to back up though with fear and confusion written across her face as it was clear she now feared why he was possibly there to find her. "I'm a Quincy like you Ruhe. A Quincy that you have no reason to fear. I'm not here on behalf of your parents or anyone else other than my own pledge. You see Ruhe our kind have been getting attacked over the last few years more and more and I've been doing my best to watch over all of the free Quincy so that everyone can live their lives as they wish. There are others though that want all Quincy to serve a single purpose and it's my job to make sure that no one has to make a choice they don't believe in."

Asmoskon sat down on a large root that was out of the ground from a nearby tree. "Since there doesn't seem to be any sign of danger in Copenhagen that means I have no reason to stay here. Before I go though I'd like to give you a few more pointers and help you out so that if danger ever does come to this small little town you'll be able to defend yourself. Would that be alright with you Ruhe?" Asmoskon in all truth really would rather take Ruhe along with him back to Japan, but it wasn't his choice to make and if this girl left her family then there was little chance of her going with him so this was the next best option which hopefully Ruhe would accept.

[Ruhe Krieger]

That seemed awfully strange to Ruhe. She had no knowledge that Quincy were being hunted and we're generally disliked. How was she supposed to know? The man had first talked of how he wanted to protect her off of his own accord, which was more curious than anything. She had known the organization he spoke of at least. He spoke of the Vandenreich order and their emperor if she recalled. Ruhe didn't know much about the Vandenreich, but she knew some things. Generally she knew that the Vandenreich were disliked by many and were frowned apon amongst the Krieger family.

As the man sat, it was the words he said next that had brought a bright smile to Ruhe's face. He was going to offer her training that she lacked, or at least some tips that she lacked. That was awfully generous as Ruhe would appreciate any bit of knowledge as she wanted to be a skilled Quincy in her future. As he had asked if that was okay with Ruhe, she had nodded and smiled brightly. "Sir yes sir! I would love a bit of training in my education! Please show me what you can!" The young child had cutely delivered a salute as her blueish hair had blown in the light. "What's the first thing I have to do sir?"

Ruhe treasured the offer from Asmoskon as Ruhe had never received training from her family who were all Quincy. Ruhe was eager and willing to learn as she was so glad to have a mentor. This is the first time she would ever have a formal educator in the Quincy arts and she was definitely interested on what advice he had to offer. Hopefully he would teach her something useful for her future. What skills he would give her would be absolutely invaluable to her future.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

It seemed that Ruhe had accepted at least for the most part in her head that he was telling the truth which was a relief given that he was here to make sure that she was safe from the Vandenreich. After seeing her practice though he had realized that so much as a weak Hollow would have a fair chance of killing her if no one else was around to keep her safe. Asmoskon would have liked to just take her away back to Japan where he could always protect her like he did for Anna, but alas Asmoskon knew that such a thing wasn't up to him. He couldn't capture anyone like the Vandereich he had to earn their loyalty by showing them that his words are true.

So it seemed that Ruhe was more excited on being trained then he had anticipated she was pretty much a wiggling bundle of joy as she agreed to the proposal. Her heart was still filled with innocent freedom and faith which only made it harder for Asmoskon to accept that he'd have to teach her enough that at least a Hollow wouldn't be enough to kill her. "Alright then like I told you before when you are in battle your foes aren't going to stand still and let you aim at them. That's why through practice you have to learn to know where to aim without actually aiming. Before it gets confusing think of it like how you breathe without thinking about it. Eventually you'll be able to do the same thing when you fire arrows."

"So like you did earlier after today I want you to try and fire your arrows while constantly on the move. The biggest flaw in a normal Quincy's manner of fighting is that to fire arrows that are accurate they have to stay still which is why you need to learn to adapt to what your foe is doing while still being able to attack them. Let's start things a little slower though. Here I'm going to shoot down a tree branch and I want you to try and shoot the branch while it's falling got it?" Asmoskon would wait for Ruhe to answer and then point at the branch before his small black bow appeared in his left hand. After another few moments which would allow Ruhe to manifest her own bow Asmoskon fired a black arrow at the branch causing it to break off and fall to the ground.

[Ruhe Krieger]

Aiming without aiming? So she was supposed to be able to fire arrows to the point where it was like a second instinct or a reflex? The young girl had closely paid attention to the mans words as he seemed to be an experienced Quincy. Ruhe truly was thankful that the man had offered her knowledge of how to improve her skills. She would then listen to his set of instructions.

Very simply, he wanted her to continue to fire arrows while constantly on the move. Ruhe had known Quincy can't fire arrows accurately while moving easily. However, she never would have guessed people could fire arrows while moving to begin with. She was told she had to be able to anticipate what an enemy was going to do, but they were going to take a few steps backwards. "Yes sir! I'll try my best![ Thank you sir./Color]

The girl had giggled childishly before recovering her demeanor. She has never really felt so happy before just to have aknowledgement from someone. Her existence really was important to somebody, and that warmed her heart and made it shine. As the man had formed his black bow, Ruhe had marveled at it. It was nothing like any other Quincy bow she has seen. It was not only a small bow, but the color was unique. Not wanting to be rude and stare while keeping her teacher waiting, she would form her own bow.

If Asmoskon were to perhaps look closely at Ruhe's bow, he may be able to tell the differences between a normal bow and hers. Her bow was a bit of an oddity itself as it appeared to be much more stiff than a regular bow and the string was much much thicker. Ruhe had aimed torwards the tree branch at first while notching a blur arrow apon the string. She had seen even Asmoskon had black arrows to match his bow. Ruhe would take a deep breath as she would let him fire.

As Asmoskon would fire his arrow to hit the tree branch, Ruhe had looked closely at the falling wood. Releasing her arrow under the branch, she had planned on slamming right into it. Her thick arrow had slammed right into the branch as this took all of Ruhe's concentration. The branch had been pinned to the tree Asmoskon had shown. Ruhe had a decent strength in archery, but needed serious improvement. Smiling at her achievement, she had felt like she was at home almost. Lost in her moment of daydreaming, she called. "Papa I di-... I'm sorry mister Asmoskon. Didnt mean to call you my father..." A face of loneliness had covered her face before she had stood tall and at attention. "What now sir?" Ruhe was homesick. Afflicted by a disease that she knew she couldn't fix yet.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Ruhe was more than excited to be told about what she needed to do in order to become a Quincy that would be able to protect herself. She seemed like the subject of learning how to fire and bow and be a true archer was inspirational to her. It was soemthing that Asmoskon had only seen a few times throughout the last few years as he had tracked down other Quincy that needed to learn. Ruhe though was by far the most energectic of them all which was going to make these lessons so much easier for her to absorb and progress.

As he materialized his short bow Asmoskon could see the pupils in Ruhe's eyes widen as she starred for those first few moments prior to her realizing that he was waiting for her to get ready as well. How she reacted to seeing the short bow meant a few different things though. Either her parents didn't teach her anything aboiut being a Quincy both how to use a bow seriously or even the basic knowledge of Quincy much the same way that Anna's parents had in their minds protected her from her own bloodline. That was the more likely of the two possibilities or at least the one that Asmoskon had come to see more often than anything else as the other one was that Ruhe simply didn't know a Quincy could have reiatsu and bows or different color than blue.

When Ruhe materialized her own bow Asmoskon could see that he was correct based on his assumption of her skill level that she was a rather underdeveloped Quincy that still had much to learn and a long way to go before she'd be able to defend herself against anything more than a weak Hollow that might find her. The bow wasn't bad her reiatsu was solid and she seemed to have full control over keeping it that way which meant that she had been practicing at least for a small amount of time. If only Anna were here Asmoskon knew that he could teach the both of them together and hopefully get them to form either a competitive bond or rivalry to push them both along further.

Alas Anna was in Karakura Town at the moment and it would take Asmoskon without the use of a certain technique that he didn't plan on using to get back there so quickly. No instant Ruhe would have to make her dicission eventually on where she would like to go after Asmoskon had taught her what he felt she'd need to defeat a Hollow. As he fired his arrow and the tree branch came down towards the ground he watched as Ruhe's eyes lined up with the branch anticpating where the branch would be in the next fraction of a moment and then releasing her arrow from her grasp.

Her arrow flew through the distance at the full speed that a basic arrow could obtain and Asmoskon was pleased to watch as the branch was pinned to the tree by her arrow. Ruhe was showing great promise at the moment for her future as an archer. She was overjoyed as she herself witnessed the feat that she had just obtained to the point that she seemingly reacted as if Asmoskon was her father. He was taken off guard for a moment yet sadly this had become something that he was accustomed to dealing with in the last few years. While he was still young and recently married he had no children of his own only seeing the broken souls of those that had lost their parents to the harsh savage hands of the Vandenreich.

Asmoskon looked at Ruhe as she apoligized in sadness and could only react by patting her hand gently for a moment. "Ruhe did something happen with your family?" Asmoskon would wait a moment to see if Ruhe was going to be able to speak to him about such a subject. "You can tell me Ruhe I'll listen and then do whatever I can to make it better." His duty to the Quincy race wasn't just to train those that wished to be free that wasn't what he planned to do. Asmoskon had to pick up all of the pieces that the Vandenreich and all the others had stepped upon and slowly put it back together and the only way to do that was to help them all with their emotional weight even if it added to his own.

[Ruhe Krieger]

The young child had been surprised when the Quincy had first tapped her hand. It was a gentle touch that she was unfamiliar with. "Ruhe did something happen with your family?" That question had made Ruhe freeze for a moment before she had slowly nodded. It was about time she would explain something to her new teacher about why she was so far from home. It seemed he had cared for her safety and well being more than anything else, and so she trusted him with her backstory. It was then that he had even said that she could trust him with that information. He said he was going to make it better for Ruhe.

For some reason...she couldn't believe that. The young blue headed girl had slowly teared up for a moment, but then spoke. "I ran away from home mister Asmoskon. I ran away because my family didn't want me and I was a disgrace. They didn't care if I lived or d-died. I just wanted to go somewhere where I could be noticed!" There was much more to it than that as the young girls bow had cracked slowly along the edges. So much sadness she had been wanting to share. So much in her isolated life. Had God sent an angel to free her of her burdens? Her focus was being lost as she felt her heart thump hard.

"When I was very small, my eldest brother had taken me to a park as I begged him to do so. It was in the cold winter and it had been snowing at the time. I didn't know exactly what happened, but within a mere moment...he had died. My parents blamed me for that and so they had stopped associating with me. They never bothered to teach me the art of the Quincy. They had never...cared about my existence. I tried so hard mister Asmoskon. I tried so hard to get them to love me...to notice." Tears had freely fallen from her eyes as she would hold her face into her palms.

She had began to sob as she tried to take deep breaths but they sounded more like gasps for air. "I ran away last week. My papa had beat me hard when he found out I was training in secret. He said if he ever caught me training again, he would kill me..." The girl had sat down on the floor as the tears welled in her eyes greater and greater. She had leaned against a boulder as she hated herself. She would be so emotionally depressed that she wouldn't be able to tell Asmoskon's reactions to her statements. She was hurting too much on the inside. At only her young teens, she wondered what life held for her.

She was in a place she didn't know while only staying with a couple whom took pity on her. Why was life so cruel to those who tried to be good. Curling up, Ruhe's head would be in her knees as she obviously wasn't fit for training at the moment. How shameful it was to be crying in front of this man. He didn't have the duty to listen to her problems, to help her, or even be here now. It had been revealed that Ruhe had learned everything she had accomplished so far by herself. She had reinvented the Quincy bow and had come this far from her determination. That also isn't the only thing that had been revealed.

This would also reveal why she was here, why she had been so worried about him as they met, and what problems Ruhe had in her life. The real question was what was Asmo going to do about it? The poor child in front of him was lost and had emotionally lost it in front of him. Ruhe had normally tried to be a happy girl, and was ecstatic to learn more of her culture, but it seemed that even the happiest of people have skeletons in their closests. The bow shattered, long forgotten.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

It seemed that Asmoskon was correct that this was going to turn into one of those few times where he had to be not only a voice of knowledge and experience for someone younger than himself, but he'd also have to be the voice of confidence and reassurance. This wasn't the first time that someone he knew felt this way, but it was the first time that he'd have to help them revalue themselves and see that the other person was wrong. So as Ruhe began to break down crying and doing her best to explain the situation that she was currently in Asmoskon crouched down in front of her bending his legs so that he'd at least mostly level with her.

Ruhe was very small given her age and even smaller given her gender so even while in this position Asmoskon was still a fair amount higher than her. Asmoskon allowed her to speak about everything that had gone on for Ruhe needed to express and experience this sadness if she was going to be able to accept it and move onwards. Asmoskon had been expecting to hear about how her family had been either captured or slaughtered by a Hollow or the Vandenreich. Instead though it seems her family was so vile that they would turn on their own daughter and essentially treat her as nothing. It caused a fair amount of anger to rise within Asmoskon that could only be quelled out of necessity for Ruhe's well being.

Ruhe had felt the need to run away from her own family while the human world was in such a horrific state of danger. This was what caused the vast amount of anger to actually build inside of Asmoskon. He knew that Ruhe's family was one of the remaining houses of the Free Quincy and thus getting out of their estate would be nearly as difficult as getting in. In his eyes Ruhe didn't run away she had been allowed to go away by her parents. In truth these weren't parents not to Asmoskon they were just people that deserved torment far greater than dwelling over the death of their son.

Ruhe had just finished telling him everything that she could for the time being and as she cried she'd feel his hand once again touch her head as he gave the small Quincy comfort. "Ruhe none of that is your fault. Your brother may be gone, but he loved you. He wouldn't want your parents to act this way towards you or blame you for what happened to him. Since your parents can't accept that it wasn't your fault they don't deserve you. One day you'll make a fantastic Quincy and an even better person."

"Instead of letting them get to you and drag you down to what they see you need to show them that they've been wrong the entire time. That you are the most valuable thing possible and they've mistreated you. I'll do what I can to help you succeed Ruhe and keep you safe from both your family and others that would want to hurt you." Asmoskon pulled a cell phone from his coat pocket while taking Ruhe's right hand giving her it. "My number is programmed into the phone Ruhe. It's yours now so no matter what you can call me and I'll come help you no matter what." Asmoskon tried his best to cheer her up by smiling at the child in front of him.

Asmoskon hadn't lied about the phone everything he told Ruhe was the truth and she wouldn't need to pay for anything as it was for this purpose that Asmoskon always carried at least one spare on him. What he hadn't told her though was that on the inside of the phone was a strange symbol inscribed in Asmoskon's blood. She wouldn't be able to find the symbol for it was hidden behind the battery of the phone, but it would enable Asmoskon to keep the promise he had just made to Ruhe. "I think you've had enough training for today. How about you show me around the town and we'll get some dinner?"

[Ruhe Krieger]

A pat on the head was the next thing she felt. Another soft and gentle touch that was foreign to her. "Ruhe none of that is your fault. Your brother may be gone, but he loved you. Be wouldn't want your parents to act this way towards you or blame you for what happened to him. Since your parents can't accept that it wasn't your fault they don't deserve you. One day you'll make a fantastic Quincy and an even better person." She felt entirely conflicted as a warm feeling spread through her body. Asmoskon made Ruhe feel more safe and happy than anyone else ever really had. Her tears had come, but she was surprised at what happened next.

He had given her a cell phone to call him with. She didn't know if she needed to charge it at a charging station or anything, but she never thought he would care enough to come back to her. God really had sent her a angel in the form of Asmoskon. She had looked to him and had very shakily taken it before wiping her eyes. He smiled at her brightly as she had contemplated what he had said. Make her parents regret their actions by becoming great? Yes, this is what she would do. She would continue to train to become the best.

"I think you've had enough training for today. Why don't you show me around the town and we'll get some dinner?" The young child had again teared up, but in happiness. Rushing forward, she would hug Asmoskon with the biggest hug she could deliver. Her arms would wrap around his waist due to her height. "Thank you so much mister Asmoskon! Thank you!"

It had been then at this moment that a large ripping cry had called out from the air. It was unmistakably the call of a Hollow. Ruhe had looked confused for a moment as she had never heard such a sound. It had been in the city and was searching for things to eat. It had then been sounded off with three more howls. Something wasn't right here. What was coming? It was then Ruhe with a child like innocence looked up to the man releasing the hug. "What was that?"

Ruhe had never heard nor seen an actual hollow before. By the sound it appeared to be that there were three hollow that had wandered in on the scene. Ruhe had the feeling she should form her bow for some reason, but she didn't know why. Was what was coming a dangerous threat of some sort? The hollow had smelled Asmoskon from quite the distance away. They needed to sate their never ending hungers.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Asmoskon was continuing to crouch on the ground of the forest in front of Ruhe as he watched her react to the words that had only just left his mouth. She had seemed lost in thought for the first few moments which Asmoskon knew could go either way in terms of whether it was good or bad. He was deperately hoping that it was a good sign though. As Ruhe started to tear up again though Asmoskon felt he had done more harm than good as tears of joy weren't something that he normally experienced or got the pleasure of causing in others.

He was reassured though as Ruhe grabbed ahold of him hugging him with what little strength she actually could muster that she was happy or at least had a better outlook on what had happened in her life than she had a few moments prior. She began to thank him more than once for his words all the while Asmoskon couldn't really do anything nor did he know what to really do. Most of the Quincy that he saved thanked him and then felt they owed him or wished to join him. It was very rare that they were this greatful and he hadn't even saved her from anything.

He had to try and do something though so that the both of them could get out of the forest and proceed with the rest of the day. However, it seemed that fate had something in store for the both of them already as Asmoskon a moment later heard the sound of a Hollow in the town. His ability to sense reiatsu wasn't as developed as many of his subordinates yet his senses had been fine toned passed what many deemed nesissary. Ruhe seemed to hear it as well as after a few more rowls she let go of him and looked to him for information as to what was going on.

Asmoskon stood up pulling Ruhe onto her feet as well so that she'd be able to come with him to see for herself one of the things that he had been worried would get ahold of her while she was alone. "What you hear Ruhe is one of the reasons I came so far to make sure that you'd be safe. It seems that a handful of Hollows has come searching for us. They'll more than likely be able to track us into this forest I can hear them approaching as we speak. What I want you to do is very simply Ruhe form your bow and when you see them shoot for their arms, legs or torso. Unless they're about to get you don't fire at their masks. You have nothing to be afraid of I'm here and I'll protect you, but this is a good chance for you to practice against a real threat."