No Sins as Long as There Is Permission [Adventure, NDE]

[Lagos Oscuras]

Now, Lagos most certainly didn't expect someone to sneak up on the two Arrancar especially not someone with such a talkative nature. Perhaps this man would have been able to sneak up on her, but to sneak up on Shikihitsuko is a feat that one should be proud of boasting. The man talked nonsense asking if either of them were Kouhai and or if either of them had sent him the letter. It seemed everyone had a letter here or something of the matter. She ignored all the various peoples that came here and their racial backgrounds as honestly she could care less. However, it seemed that the annoying man named Tom had been annoying Shikihitsuko with his ridiculous inquiries, and also as a result annoyed her. She had drawn the same conclusion as her master that the man knew nothing of the man named Kouhai. He had no such needs of mercenaries like this as he had the accessibility of all the forces of Hueco Mundo at his disposal if he so wished. The Espada namely as his greatest supporters although of course there is support of the Exequias as well as the Lanza. Although that was an entirely different issue entirely. Lagos did not bother to speak as it seemed that Shikihitsuko-Sama was going to deal with the issue of the imbecile in front of them. Lagos took the time to close her eyes and rest as she wore a large white trench coat with gauntlets and her sword was clearly visible on the right side of her body. Her hair was a silver grey and her skin was pale white. However, her cold cerulean eyes opened as she heard the next bout of stupidity.

“Obviously you don't have talent in sensing spiritual pressures. This man in front of you has a stronger signature than I. I am not Sonken Kouhai and I did not send you a letter of summons you imbecile.” She then walked up to the figure with a look of cold resentment in her eyes. “Scram...or else I’ll kill you.” It wasn’t a request, it was a warning. Even more so, it was a promise. She was tempted to kill this annoyance and be done with it, but she didn’t want to cause trouble with all of these other interlopers. However, something interesting occurred as soon there were gunshots at the mention of Shinigami appearing on the bridge. A gate had opened to drop in a group of Shinigami to engage the mercenaries and Lagos had widened her eyes in interest. There were namely four powerful individuals around the area, and the rest were such trash that they weren’t even worth facing for her.

There was a Shinigami that seemed to move remarkably fast and had deflected several bullets before attempting to escape the close proximity. This Shinigami was the closest to Lagos and Shikihitsuko and so she turned to her master. “Your orders my lord?” She would await a command before doing anything else, but she had an interest in chasing down that Shinigami that was running away. The weaker trash didn’t really matter to her. Lagos needed to save some of her stamina for later on she was sure, so she would try to refrain from releasing. That might be a wise decision. ‘It seems that we have plenty of enemies around us. Hopefully that failure doesn’t cause us all to blow up...might be rather disappointing.” The woman had her hand around her blade before she would draw her sword to split a Byakurai that was flying in front of her, and then swung down at a fast speed to slice a Shakkaho in half to explode behind both Shikihitsuko and herself. ‘How annoying all these Shinigami are. Being here right now is only worth it for Shikihitsuko-Sama.’ Thus, Lagos remained silent but yet impatient as she awaited a command.

As the bridge was destroyed, she had simply used the airground to stand on a surface of the loose spiritual particles in the air. It did not impede her in any way and now she was ready to receive an order. Blood and death was something that she usually relished, but after her last meeting with her Espada, she was looking to refrain from her...ahem hobbies until there was a better time. She would just focus on the mission assigned to her by Shikihitsuko if there even was such an order. Now was the time to follow the orders as compared to indulging on her guilty pleasures.

[Kitai Yoru]

Kitai watched the other on the bridge with a veiled interest. He never considered himself a people person, but he could tell that it wasn't exactly normal to be standing on a bridge at nearly three am. Or maybe that's how they did things in France, who knows? Regardless, he was going with the first one, because he spied something that caught his interest immediately. A woman, or what he thought was a woman, standing on the bridge, with skin glowing pink. Was... was she a failure like Impo was? Oh, he had to go talk to her now, he'd make sure she didn't escape his company.

Then he heard a beeping from his pocket. He blinked, unused to such a thing happening. Humoring the device, he pulled it out to see what it wanted. It was a warning, he noted. Those filthy heretics were here, and they were receiving backup. So, this was what his mysterious contactor wanted? To have him and these other worms take the fall for the crimes of another? If Kitai was honest, he would have admitted that it was a good way to throw those disgusting ghosts off a trail. But Kitai wasn't honest. He was a black hearted liar, who lied through his teeth so often that they broke.

And now he was annoyed. Hopefully the Heretics got here soon, because he needed something to relieve his stress on-and oh look, a giant golden woman! "BOOBS! FINALLA!" Jill screeched, taking in the sights, before throwing up one arm to block a yellow fist. She thought she heard someone else get struck, but Jill wasn't exactly the most caring for others. The construct was fast and strong, an admirable combination. Something that might have worked on them a month ago even. The fullbringer grinned an evil grin, as they laughed madly.

The magicly armored woman leapt into the air, escaping Jill's perverse grasp. "Ah nah, teh onla tits in miles, AIN'T GETTIN AWAY FROM MEH!" She yelled in response. Jill grabbed the cross around her neck, and it started to transform. The old quincy cross quickly changed into a silver bazooka, warping and twisting, as it fused itself to the fullbringer's left forearm. Not a moment was wasted, as she fired at the construct, laughing wildly as it flew. Then it changed again, changing from silver to green, as it went from the first stage into its second stage.

Three more shots were fired, leaving four shots flying towards the woman, all moving at 650 speed. But these were no ordinary bullets. No, these were made of... "YEAHAHAHA! YES, FLY MY CHEESE, FLY!" The balls of cheese collided together, forming one massive ball of dairy goodness. For Kitai. It was most certainly bad for anything else. The bullet flew to Kitai's will, following the giant's decent. The ball had a staggering amount of strength, boasting a number of 2200. If it managed to catch and hit the woman, it would quickly tear through her armor, and snare the woman. If she somehow dodged, Kitai would slam the ball over where that glowing gate was, causing mass amounts of property damage.

Kitai was still laughing in twisted delight, even as the bridge began to collapse. Sadly, it was going too slowly for his tastes. His smile widened, and the madman swung his weapon onto the structure. He created a shockwave using his ludicrous 1800 strength, intending on killing and or maiming everyone on the bridge, and by extension those unnatural monsters calling themselves 'god's of death'. Disgusting. Less than human. They need to die! And he'd make sure they did! The shockwave threw Kitai high into the air, with his laughter ringing loud through the night sky.

Stage one release: 200
Stage two release: 500
Remaining reiatsu: 900/1600

[Shikitsuhiko Isayama]

Shikitsuhiko's body became more still than normal. It stiffened, his attention dividing even further. He titled his head slightly, hoping to better sense his surroundings, as one might an antenna. He felt multiple vibrations from the surroundings. The vibrated intensely. "Someone is coming." Just after saying this, he could hear and feel the bullets fired at the foes. There appeared to be four individual soul reapers. Things escalated quickly, so it seemed. He quickly examined his surroundings and those in it. He had located his tenuous alliances, as all who were instructed to meet here were under attack. The attack didn't appear to be directed at anyone specifically. 

He could feel their feet touching the surface of the bridge and those in the distance. As soon as they arrived one was speeding into the distance, only to be followed by mercenaries, and the other had shifted his location considerably. The air became tense as he sensed the senkaimon opening behind him and Lagos. He felt the flare of reiatsu and grabbed Lagos and leapt from the surface of the bridge. He set her beside him, both now in mid-air. "Lagos, eliminate the Shinigami exiting the senkaimon." He ordered abruptly and plainly. He felt the lone shinigami becoming more distant, but would not be so foolish as to pursue him. It felt relatively obvious that this was a strategy intended separate members of the group so they could more easily be take down. It felt premeditated and therefore would not indulge such an obvious scheme. He was far more interested in the threat standing before him. And there were many.

Things had continued to escalate as he kept a close watch on the woman who had recently protected herself with a mysterious aura. It appeared to block the incoming attack while serving as an offensive technique. He turned his attention to the man who had released his shikai. Not only did his release produce a flare in his reiatsu, but created considerable vibrations. Is it possible that his release produces concussive or seismic waves, or some variant, that is capable of disrupting the integrity of particles comprising an object? I can't be certain, but those vibrations were not caused by general movements or a surge of reiatsu. It was something more. Shikitsuhiko then swiftly moved in his direction, but first had to deal with a number of Shinigami blocking his path. 

Six charged at him. He allowed a sudden burst of his spiritual pressure to collapse onto their bodies, throwing them off balance. It didn't take much with his considerable spiritual power. He simply used it to disorient them for but a moment. That is all he needed. He partially cuffed his fist and slammed his knuckles into the throat of one shinigami. He was keenly aware of his surroundings and both his senses and vibration sense keyed him in on almost everything. The shinigami behind him thrust his blade forward, in an effort to pierce him. Shikitsuhiko moved his body to the and allowed it to finish its motion. He then clasped the man's hand with arm and secured it under his armpit. He grabbed the man who he delivered a blow to the throat by the hair and slammed his head into his fellow shinigami's blade.

Shikitsuhiko twisted his body to the left  and clutched the man's wrist with his left and and used the leverage of his boy to snap his wrist in one quick motion. He grabbed the blade with his left hand by releasing the man's wrist and then twirled him as if they were mid-dance. He knocked the man's head from the blade with a kick and thrust the Shinigami's own blade straight through his chest. He released the blade and with a single strike of his right palm sent the shingiami flying toward the others. He sensed one of his opponents kick his hurtling ally to the side before collecting energy in his palm. He stretched out his arm and began to call out a hado, but was quickly interrupted. "You'll need to be quicker than that." Shikitusuhiko said bluntly as he unsheathed his blade and severed the man's hand.

Shikitsuhiko stepped back and kicked the severed hand mid-air, sending it hurtling into the face of an on-coming enemy. He then decapitated the man with a quick motion before blocking the strike of an incoming blade. Their blades sparked as they ground into one another, the shinigami experiencing noticeable fear. "Just like the others." He said sharply. "I can feel the fear emanating from your body." He begins slamming his sword against the shinigami, driving him back with a seemingly endless onslaught of slashes and swings. He finds an opening and grabs the man's hand with his left  and quickly rotates the blade in his right. Shikitsuhiko then slices off both of his hands at the wrist before grabbing him and kicking him into an incoming hado. The flames struck the handless shinigami, his screams echoing across the battlefield. 

"Hado 33: Sokatsui!" Could be heard from the distance. Fired by a separate shinigami. Shikitsuhiko began running toward the flame speeding toward him. He tossed his blade into the air an clasped his hands together, all his fingers extended forward. He leaned forward abruptly and pierced the flaming kido with his hands. His hands served to part and sever the fire in half, causing the flaming projectile to pass on opposite sides of him. He quickly resumed his assault to the shock of the shinigami. He catches his blade and speeds toward the gape-mouthed shinigami. He clashes swords with him before leaping back and abruptly tossing his sword at him like a javelin. Completely catching him off guard, it impaled him in the chest, his blade still in hand. This freed his hands to catch the blade of the other shinigami. "It would be wasteful for to lecture you on what you still do not know." His tone was indifferent, but ominous. 

Without any hesitation, Shikitsuhiko twisted his hand and snapped off the tip of the shinigami's blade. He clutched it with his other hand and slammed it through his forehead. He grabbed the blade from within the other man's chest and toward it out, causing blood to swarm in the air. He then directed his attention to the man who had released his shikai. "I can't tell you when the last time was that I killed a shikai-wielding shinigami. They're usually dead long before they can release." His words were uncharacteristically haunting, as he seldom uttered such threats without provocation. Shikitsuhiko found himself partly irritated by this intrusion, even more so that it was happening after he had called into question the intent behind the person who sent the notes. This did not feel like a coincidence, which made him all the more intolerant of it.

[Lagos Oscuras]

It was at this moment that it seemed Shikihitsuko was far aware of the attacks of the Shinigami before Lagos had been able to sense them. As the bridge exploded, Shikihitsuko had taken the liberty to grab Lagos and take her to safety before they stood both in midair. Shikihitsuko-Sama had made the order clear as Lagos awaited the orders. She was to exterminate the Shinigami coming from the Senkaimon Gate. “Your will, my hands Shikihitsuko-Sama.” This assault on the group of peoples here was likely orchestrated or at least planned by enemies of their contractor. Either that or the whole entire contract was a hoax and this was just a trap to kill them all. Seeing Lagos did not own the human cellphone, she was not aware of any of this. Lagos had taken the liberty to dash away from her master at a fast speed, with a look of dull neutrality on her face.

There was no satisfaction killing weaklings, and as the various mercenaries fought for their lives, Lagos showed no interest to their kind as she engaged the first few Shinigami as her Espada fought his own battles. She need not worry for him amongst this rubble and trash. He could easily take care of himself without her. It was a shame she was not to be allowed to pursue some of the stronger enemies up ahead, but Lagos had taken the time to casually approached three Shinigami that had spotted her and were already on high alert. Even the weakest arrancar could be dangerous if a Shinigami was caught off guard. “It’s an Arrancar. Kill her and move on to the next!” Two men had charged with their swords prepared for combat as the last one stayed in the back, chanting a spell. Weak...predictable.

The two men had used Shunpo at very mediocre speeds that Lagos had found was fast enough so that she could predict their movements without too much hassle seeing she had high speeds and decent instincts herself. The two Shinigami had appeared at both her left and right flank, but within a flash, the Shinigami seemed to be frozen as Lagos’ blade had been sheathed. These fools were pathetic. Blood had sprayed from both of these Shinigami’s chests as there was a gasp. “Hado#31:Shakkaho!” Within the moment that the red hot ball of unstable energy had been fired, Lagos had grasped both of the arms of the Shinigami she faced, before spinning and throwing them out into the head of the fiery ball. Smoke would rise into the air before the Shinigami in the back had widened his eyes in surprise. The smell of sweat, blood, and fear began to spread across the battlefield. It was a comforting smell, almost smelled like Hueco Mundo.

She had sneaked through the shadows before appearing right by the ear of this frightened Shinigami. “I found you.” There was a scream of terror before she had stabbed her hand with the strength of a bear, and a Hierro harder than steel through the chest of this Shinigami, before then twisting her body and flinging him out into the crowd with a thud...more particularly into another Shinigami. Lagos approached closer to the Senkaimon to where there was a greater concentration of Shinigami. A woman Shinigami had rushed behind her in an attempt to stab her in the back, only for Lagos to sidestep, grab the back of the woman’s head before kicking her back forward and stabbing her in the back of her neck with her sharp fingernails before then rushing into the crowd. Several Shinigami were now wary of her before they began to charge thinking that superior numbers would make any difference.

Raising her spiritual pressure, she could be one of the more notable figures out on the battlefield as soon, she had ducked her head underneath a sword slice before lurching with her back turned and putting both her arms underneath the Shinigami’s shoulders to wear him like a backpack. “What the hell is this! Put me down!” Lagos had chuckled in a near sadistic manner before turning in every which way as the people around her were worried about attacking seeing they might accidentally kill a comrade. All the while, she pushed her way through the crowd. However...soon a Byakurai hit the throat of the man on her shoulders killing him. With that done… the man stopped moving as he choked on blood, and the soon to be corpse was released. However, she had picked up the Shinigami’s Asauchi to use as her weapon.

A man had charged at her followed by several figures in every direction before Lagos acted. A Shinigami had come charging with an overhand swing only for her to sidestep and slash the man down from the back. There was a yell of pain before that corpse fell into the waters with immediately a man leaping into the air and slashing diagonally in an attempt to cut her head off. Lagos had pushed outward before entering a high kick to slam into the man’s stomach to send him skidding back before immediately charging into a crowd of four Shinigami. The female Arrancar had slashed horizontally to slice a man’s upper head clean from his mouth with a spew of blood before throwing the borrowed blade at fast speed and force to stab through a man’s stomach. With a yell, another Shinigami was behind her with a blade aimed to slash down on her body before Lagos sighed and leaned backwards to slam her elbow into the stomach of her assaulter and then grasping his arm before flipping him into the waters. This was no fun when there were just weaklings lying around. Normally she wanted a challenge, but she was satisfied doing as Shikihitsuko commanded.

[Kiera Bright]

Keira heard the chuckles of some of the other mercenaries around them. Well at least I was able to brighten up someone's night, she thought amused. She was expecting the mercenary that she just insulted to become violent at her, or at least shouting and trying to intimidate her into silence. She didn't know if it was because he knew she was a failure, and what she was capable of doing when harmed, or she miss judged his character either way she didn't care. She kept looking at him the entire time keeping a close eye on him. “Your loss, girl. Stay safe. Don’t get us all killed,” Keira smiled a little and leaned back into her reiatsu hand relaxing. 

"Its sweet of you to be concerned about my well being, but I am as capable if not more so than most of these hired guns." She would have continued, but her phone buzzing in her coat pocket interrupted her chain of thought. She reached a slender hand into her pocket to produce an old flip phone. She had modified it heavily so it did much more than anyone would think. She read the text while trying to run a signal tracker to find the origin of the message. If whoever brought her here was capable of getting all these people together, she doubt it would have worked, but it was a good habit to get into all the same. Once she red the message she closed it and let it fall back into her pocket. 

The man had evidently got a similar message if not the same one. For when she looked back up, she saw that his ring had transformed into a pistol. So he was a fullbringer. She had not been able to experiment on a fullbringer yet, maybe she could run some tests on him when this was all over. She could sense the shinigami around them bringing her senses to bear on everything going all around her. A gate had appeared in the sky above them, and more shinigami were pouring out of it. Some were casting kido, others had their weapons raised for battle. They were little more than nuisances compared to the four that the stranger shot at earlier.

First thing was first, she noticed that the bridge was crumbling from under her. She created three more arms underneath the one she was sitting on to keep herself well above the water. She created another one, attached to the tower of hands, in order to catch the stranger. She would hold him flat hand in her reiatsu arm. "You can thank me a later." She said absently focusing on the shinigami descending upon them. Two more hands would be grown higher up on the tower towering over Keira and swatting away a dozen or so shinigami like a bunch of flies. Once they were taken care of, she would focus on the more powerful one that destroyed the bridge. She would create a seventh arm and attempt to grab him and crush his body like a twig. 

[Himitsu Kasumi'Oji]

Chaos swept the bridge. There was shouting, banging, reiatsu signatures shooting off in every direction, spells flying, people fighting, others running. In a matter of a few seconds, their little corner of central Paris had been turned into a battle field. It was nearly impossible for any one person to keep track of everyone’s activities, so it is simplest to break things down step-by-step.

First, Kitai. The madman was a force to be reckoned with. The kido specialist that rammed her golden aura against him quickly realized how powerful Kitai was. She could not hope to compete with him in a contest of pure power, and so she jumped to safety as quickly as possible. When Kitai’s monstrous cheese blob followed her to the senkaimon gate, she did her best to pivot around the cheese with her superior speed and deflect it. Unfortaunately, there was little she could do block its path toward the senkaimon. The cheese would shatter the gate, breaking off the shinigami’s connection to Soul Society.

However, Kitai’s attack yielded no casualties. The final handful of Shinigami emerging from the gate would have certainly been hit by the cheese, but they suddenly began to glow a blue color and accelerated into a graceful flight exit the gate. If Kitai looked below the senkaimon, he’d see that one of the other Shinigami men wielded a large circular shield on his right arm, having released his zanpakuto. It seemed that he was responsible for the soul reapers’ spontaneously flight. Now, that ten Shinigami he saved were flying 100 feet above the bridge, firing kido down at their targets.

Kitai did have one more stunt, though. He swung his weapon down with all his might, attempting to break the bridge before one of the soul reapers could and kill all his “allies” with a shockwave. Unfortunately, he could never complete this action. The masked mercenary near saw Kitai prepare his weapon over his head. Suddenly, his reiatsu signature spiked higher than Kiera’s. “You’ll be the one thanking me,” he told her. As her arm attempted to grab him at the same time that Kitai was slamming his cannon into the bridge, a dark aura pushed off the mask man, repelling Kiera’s arms.

However, this technique did more than that. For that moment, everyone’s eyes would turn to him as his yellow energy surrounded him. That stranger’s aura briefly became terrifying, so terrifying that just being near him was intimidating. At that moment, all that were around him would experience fear. This was the effect of the Martial Discipline: Ken. But Kitai wasn’t just a witness to the stranger’s intimidating aura. No, Kitai was in for a treat. Mid-swing, Kitai’s muscles would freeze up. He’d just stop moving without a warning, staring straight ahead. However, his eyes were unfocussed. He didn’t see the battle taking place on the bridge. Instead, for a brief moment, he was disconnected from the world and forced to relive his most terrifying memory: the one bad day that made him who he was. Kitai’s action was interrupted by that nightmare that the stranger forced upon him, and so, oblivious to the world, Kitai would fall into the river as the bridge crumbled beneath his feet.

Although Kiera didn’t have any success with the masked mercenary, she did manage to create a platform to sit on. Her arms swatted at the incoming soul reapers, but most were capable of avoiding her attack. Still, her arms shattered the bones of 2 unfortunate Shinigami, sending them flying into the river. However, as she reached for the man who destroyed the bridge, he evaded her arms, speeding away in the water like a torpedo before emerging at the surface a fair distance away to catch his breath. Kiera would have to try harder if she wanted to get him.

Shiki had made his way to the edge of the water after massacring the Shinigami unfortunate enough to stand in his path. As he was the new Quarta Espada, the soul reapers had no idea that he held such a high rank in Las Noches. If they had known the Quarta was present… well, they would have certainly retreated. They would pay the price for their ignorance. "I can't tell you when the last time was that I killed a shikai-wielding shinigami. They're usually dead long before they can release." But the man ignored Shiki’s words. It seemed that he had other business to deal with, and so he torpedoed back into the water, eliminating the handful of mercenaries that fell in with him. With a speed of 1050, he slayed all those in the river with ease, slicing their bodies as he sped by. His final target was Kitai, and unless the crazy albino could react fast enough, he’d find that his head had been separated from his body as the Shinigami torpedoed past his right side with his blade extended.

Shiki might be tempted to chase after his target, but if he did, he wouldn’t get very far. It seemed like he had an opponent of his own to deal with. The woman within the golden aura was apparently a kido expert, and beside her, she created a 30 foot tall giant man of lightning that flew toward Shiki. Mid-flight, it began to glow blue and actually accelerated to a speed of 1100, preparing to engulf and obliterate the Espada unless he could defend himself from the assault. He should watch out, for he was dealing with a manifestation of the highest kido tier: Hado #88: Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō.

Lagos went on her own little killing spree, and in doing so, she had somehow won over a fan. Tom, who had also made an air ground platform as the bridge collapsed, followed her as she slaughtered the soul reapers. “Woot! You go, Kouhai! Oh yeah, do your thing. Defense! Defense! Er, offense? I dunno, I'm not a sports person.” Perhaps Tom zoned out earlier as Lagos explained that she wasn’t Kouhai. Perhaps he didn’t care? He made up his mind for the time being and, well, Lagos was a little too preoccupied to correct him.

But Tom wasn’t the only person’s attention the Fraccion had garnered. That Shinigami who sprinted off the bridge had returned, walking on the water beneath Lagos’s feet. “Wanna pick on someone your own size, pipsqueak?” he taunted her, a grin on his face and his katana held at the ready in his right hand. Lagos had a challenger. The Shinigami waited below the Arrancar for her to make the first move. He waited as the remaining mercenaries battle against the flying soul reapers in the sky, as Kitai was being attacked in the middle of the river, as Shiki was targeted by a flying lightning giant, under where the senkaimon gate had been supported his team from afar. So much was happening at once, but Tom wasn’t distracted. He had committed his eyes to the budding battle between Lagos and the swordsman. “You don’t stand a chance, punk. That’s Sonken Kouhai you’re messing with!”

“What? Did you just say she’s Kouhai?”

OOC: Gama’s still got the chance to jump in to whichever part of the action he likes, I just wanted to keep things moving.

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{Updates}
Shinigami 1
No reiatsu used yet, as he has just challenged Lagos.

Shinigami 2
Reiatsu Remaining: 4400
Shikai: 1/10

Shinigami 3
Reiatsu Remaining: 7200

Shinigami 4
Reiatsu Remaining: 1800
Shikai: 2/10

[Shikitsuhiko Isayama]

Hm. It appears my designated opponent has chosen to select a separate target. He thought. Shikitsuhiko could feel all those around him. He was slowly collecting data on his opponents and those instructed to meet at this location. Referring to them as allies, even under these circumstances, felt like a mischaracterization. They were merely present while he was and nothing more. He was assessing their abilities as they fought, but needed to focus more closely on the Shinigami. Having dispatched with so many in such a short time indicated the quality of their forces. Their numbers were larger, but the bulk of their forces were weak and inexperienced. They were no threat, and would remain so if the others dealt with them wisely.

There seemed to be four outliers by comparison.With his original target fleeing, he was soon confronted by something he had deduced as having more potential. He could feel the reiatsu radiating from her as she cloaked herself in the protective aura. The quality of her reiatsu was stronger than that of the others and her use of techniques indicated that she was a competent kido user. Ah, a Kido user of considerable caliber has decided to confront me. He wondered why his opponents made such a switch, and could only assume it was strategic. It didn't matter for him. He would destroy his opponent regardless of who it was. He had not assumed the title of cuarto Espada without having demonstrated his considerable power. 

He turned to face his opponent, and thought he could not see, his opponent was completely unaware. He moved and fought with the precision of those with sight, and some might argue he outperformed many who were not visually impaired. It was a testament to his skill and prowess. He gripped his blade in his hand as she summoned a rather colossal creature to aid her, one that was clearly comprised of reiatsu. He said nothing as she displayed her cards, choosing rather to comment mentally. Kido users gravely overestimate their spells. I especially pity those who believe the larger the construct the more lethal it becomes. A truly unforgiving fallacy. He lifted his blade quickly and turned it inward. He impaled himself as he called out the command for his release. "Beset, Enjambre." The blade pierced his chest and an explosion of reiatsu emanated from his body as his blade melted into insects and his body skin began to move as insects were clearly comprising his body. Six large, crustacean-like limbs shot out of his back, each with a sharp, piercing end. The insects wriggled beneath his skin and over his body, pouring out like a fountain around him. Over a thousand insects emerged from his release. Many burrowed into the ground quickly as he faced-off against the giant.

The crackling noise caused by the lightning comprising the beast was like a beacon for its location and his vibration sense allowed him to acquire the relative speed at which it was moving. He instantly used sonido, causing his speed to become 3900. It allowed him to vanish for a single movement and appeared behind the woman at a distance of roughly 15 feet. The limbs on his back turned and faced forward as dark cyan-colored energy began to appear at their tips. Unfortunately for this mysterious shinigami, he was also pointing both hands at her as well. It took only seconds and all six limbs and his two hands fired a total of eight ceros, though each were positions in such a way that they were perfectly distanced from one another. He had taken into consideration the width of his cero, allowing them to create a massive cero beam without ever needing to combine them. Together they created what resembled a massive cero, which possess a width and height larger than that of a train.

The sheer force and power behind that many cero has the potential of near-obliteration if it connected with a foe. It would both strike her and envelop the beast she created. The sheer size was difficult to avoid and its power would be something she would have a difficult time defending against. Even if she did manage to avoid it, he had another trump card. The moment his insects began burrowing into the ground, deep below the surface, he activated one of his release techniques. The ground was merely for protection and to help control the release of the gas the insects were releasing. The gas, known as nightfall fog, for its distinctive blue color, was quickly pouring from the ground. The insects had not merely burrowed below the surface, but they made the ground porous so the fumes could readily escape and fill the area. If the the cero somehow missed, it wouldn't matter. Hundreds of insects were traveling below the ground producing this substance that could reach the woman within the aura.

Shikitushiko had already begun deducing her weaknesses from his brief observations. She was certainly protected within the aura, but was semi-permeable, otherwise she would suffocate within her own technique. It would surely be a flawed technique if the drawback was suffocation, and rather useless. She would be readily exposed to the fumes as they danced in the air around her. The moment it is inhaled it disrupts the signals distributed across their body, eliminating their senses one by one. From the moment of exposure they immediately lose the ability to perceive and judge touch an pressure. So, she would not know whether she holding something or acting upon something with the right amount of pressure and would not be able to perceive sensations against her skin and body. It was truly a terrifying technique that Shikitsuhiko had at his disposal. Unfortunately for this mysterious Shinigami, it was only the beginning. 


-400 Release
-(100) Sonido
-(150) Desposeer - B
-(300 +300) Cero Extension
=3950
(=850)
Ress 1/16

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{Desposeer - B}
A frightening application of desposeer, which allows members of the swarm to invade the body of an opponent and manipulate their senses through a neuro-chemical mixture they release into the air. Known by his faccion as the "Nightfall Fog" due to its distinctive dusk blue color, when this chemical vapor is released into the air and can be inhaled by an opponent. This chemical brew disrupts the signals distributed across an individual's sensory nervous system. It completely blocks sensory information from being processed, beginning with touch and pressure. That is, one an opponent is exposed it eliminates their ability to perceive and judge touch and pressure. This does not eliminate pain, but makes it difficult to determine if they have grabbed something or if they are holding tightly, making fighting with a weapon difficult. They won't be able to feel anything around them, not even heat or cold or wind on their skin. If holding an object, they might drop it because they weren't holding tightly enough, or grip it so hard their hand begins to bleed. They will continue to lose access to sensory information during each subsequent post. So, that is, they lose touch/pressure first (upon successful exposure), followed by balance, sight, hearing, and smell. Each sensory modality will be affected for a total of six posts.

To clarify the above senses, balance does not only involve being able to stand, but involves perceiving the body's own position, motion, and state. That is, the opponent will not be able to perceive movement of the part's of the body.

The only methods for evading this chemical cocktail is to blow it away with a heavy wind or completely conceal oneself in a seal-proof barrier. The swarm, however, can continue to produce the chemical, which will require the continued use of a wind-type technique to disperse it. An opponent with a 3 in poison resistance can delay the effects of technique. That is, their first sense will not vanish immediately, but will take three posts to kick in. At that point, each of the senses will begin vanishing during subsequent posts in the same order listed above. If the user has a 2 in poison resistance, it will be a two post delay. A one will result in a single post delay.

[Kiera Bright]

She had missed the masked man with one of her arms, oh well it wasn't like he couldn't take care of himself. She would turn her attention to the mass of shinigami that was coming for her. For a split second she had contemplated just letting them cut her down, then she would take a majority of them down with her in the resulting explosion, as well as who knows how many innocent civilians that knew nothing of what was going on. That thought was pushed away as quickly as it came and her arms swatted them away. She only connected with two shinigami who fell into the water. She was not sure if she really wanted to kill them, but she still had to keep herself alive. 

She returned her gaze to the shinigami that she was initially going after. She smiled seeing him swim away from her hand. If he thought that was enough to get away from her, he was mistaken. She sent all the arms that she possessed, except for the one she sat on, out to surround the man. The hands would dart at the man moving past him skimming on the surface of the water. She would move the one she was on more to the center of the river. She would use her arms to attack him, while at the same time. She suddenly had an idea. A wicked smile spread across her lips. She would point her finger down to the water mentally speaking the incantation.

"Arise god of thunder! Awake mother of storms! Unleash the lighting on the sinners! Hado #4: Byakurai" A single bolt of lightning would fire from her finger tip arcing in the direction of the swimming vibrator. If the attack were to hit him great, but that was not her main goal. Even if she were to miss him. It would have been impossible for her to miss the river. Her plan was to electrocute the shinigami and anything else in the water. In theory, the electricity would carry the strength of 825 along with the surprise of the attack. She would be safe from the electicity. The reiatsu lightning would not be able to affect her arms at all in fact.

7 arms and Hado #4: Byakurai -200 2500/2700

[Lagos Oscuras]

Tom by far...is the most annoying person she has ever met. Her slaughter of the Shinigami was pleasurable, but it seemed that someone had come to face her. It was that powerful Shinigami that ran away like a coward before. How interesting that it was the one that ran away that would come face her. “I don’t have time for this nonsense right now. Sly...Vulpecas.” There was a suddenly glow as her blade would release a rapid amount of energy to become a halberd, a Naginata for her to wield at her leisure as she began to transform herself. She threw off her trench coat showing a generous amount of skin as nine white tails would come from behind her rear. “If you have a Shikai Shinigami...I would recommend bringing it out. Fuerza del Mundo” Thus began her attack. The fox skull she wore as a helmet mask had its eyes glow a sickly yellow as the teeth would rise and clatter rapidly.

She would suddenly swing her tails and thus a copious amount of water would come from her tails and then begin to fire at this Shinigami at the speed of 1000. It was so fast that it would physically make the sound of bullets firing...and she had plenty of it to fire. She had no patience for this ridiculousness as she planned on peppering him and his allies leaving them shredded to pieces by her immense power. She fired for about ten seconds...before she would then curl her tails inward to herself making an extremely thick dome but no water inside of it. The dome was around five feet thick but rather small...condensed enough to go around her and act as a proper protection as she felt the power coursing through her. It was a pleasure to indulge on power like this.

Her Primera Etapa was known as one of the most versatile among all of her fellow Fraccion, and whether or not that was the truth she could not say yay or nay. However, she would like to believe she had more than enough power to take down all of her foes. Suddenly, she would sway her tails over and over in order to manipulate sharp tendrils of water to go out and strike down several Shinigami by quite literally impaling them with screams filling the air. Death...death was not pleasurable this way unless she had a strong opponent however. It was boring...not fun. Tendrils would go after this Shinigami as well whilst water that had been previously fired would gather back to her. She had a technique she’s been wanting to test for quite some time...would she be able to indulge?

Fuerza Del Mundo was a technique which allowed her to create natural disasters via using the power of water. Each of her tails added 100 speed onto the water she created and her Naginata added one more. Seeing the first Shinigami was too powerful, there was no point in using her water to try and drown him. Beings that were more powerful than she even if not spiritually would be able to breath in this water. However, for those trying to swim in it, they would find that they move at half speed and are unable to use stepping techniques. However...there was nothing stopping her water from harming people with power and speed alone. Her powers may not be as impressive as Shikihitsuko’s yet, but within time she could be a dangerous threat to not only her enemies but to the world.

This Shinigami seemed cocky...to have spoken to her in a mocking tone. Before she would forget to do ANYTHING else, she aimed a finger at Tom as a speeding water bullet would aim to strike him right in the chest. She did promise him that she was going to kill him if he continued to annoyed her, and she kept her promises. A loud whistle as it would try to pierce him straight through his ribcage and into his heart. That bastard was calling her Kouhai...the Shinigami pretender who rules the Hueco Mundo throne thanks to the power of the item that hides deep within. She felt insulted to be compared to such a figure rather than praised...

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Stats:
Strength:155
Speed:350
Spiritual Pressure:400x1.25=500
Reiatsu Strength:400x1.25=500
Light Aura:50
Dark Aura:50
Instinct:140x.75=105
Senses:140x.75=105
Energy Sensory:0
Wound Expertise:0

Total:1585



Skills:
Analyzing:2
Learning:2
Weapons*:2[Swords]
Martial Arts*:2 [Brawling]
Battle Analysis:2
Pain Tolerance:2
12/15 SKP

Reiatsu Remaining:
4000/5000
-400 Ressurecion
-600 Fuerza Del Mundo

[Himitsu Kasumi'Oji]

Shiki’s abrupt assault was rather shocking for the Shinigami. They hadn’t anticipated that he’d close the distance between them all so quickly. When Shiki emerged from his Sonido, he was actually rather close to not only the kido specialist but one of her allies beside her. The male Shinigami used Shunpo almost instantly to find safety about 100 feet in the air as he continued to watch and assist his subordinates.

The woman on the other hand – well, she was Shiki’s target. Her reaction was far slower. For whatever reason, she hadn’t activated a step technique. Instead, she spun around at a speed of 800, just in time to 8 enormous cero ram her before throwing her into the air with an impressive explosion. The golden aura around the woman certainly strengthened her, but this new strength was not enough to resist the impact of Shiki’s technique. However, the cero weren’t quite strong enough to break through the defense with ease. Thus, Shiki had only managed to crack the golden aura until it crumbled and vanished. Fortunately for the Shinigami, she remained unharmed still.

Because Shiki had knocked her away, his plan with Desposeer wouldn’t exactly work the same way he had hoped. However, he still had the opportunity to follow through with his attack or not. The woman recovered with air ground, standing about 20 feet above the river and 100 feet from the Cuarta. However, by this point, the lightning golem from before returned to her side before rushing Shiki once more. Thanks to the blue aura that surrounded it, the golem moved with a speed of 1100 and ensured that it stayed between Shiki and the woman so that the Arrancar wouldn’t be able to Sonido straight past it once more without running right into it. Just in case, the woman created another crimson golem to stand beside her and protect her in case things got mess. This one also began to radiate a deep blue, turning the surface of the golem violet as the colors mixed.

Much like the Espada, Kiera had selected a target that she was determined to eliminate. Her arms moved rather quickly as she grabbed for him. 600 speed was nothing to laugh at. On the other hand… the Shinigami she was after sped through the water at the ridiculous rate of 1050. To Kiera, he’d appear like a blur. Still, just before he targeted Kitai, the man would notice Kiera reaching for him. The girl had done well, for the man changed his mind. He was suddenly less interested in the fullbringer in the river and more enthusiastic about entertaining the failure.

The soul reaper darted past her arms with ease, coming up to the surface of the water for air as he did. It was obvious that he was playing with Kiera, taunting her from within the river as she failed to grab him. But his mischievous grin disappeared the moment Kiera’s reiatsu spiked with one of her arms pointed at him. As the lightning launched into the river, the Shinigami used his immense speed to shoot himself out of the river like a torpedo. His body moved past the lightning and along one of Kiera’s large arms. His blade was extended as he slid past her arm, cutting down the arm’s length. Once the man reached his peak height of 100 feet above the ground, he pointed his arms at Kiera.

“Hado #63: Raikoho.” The blast of lightning was much larger than Kiera’s own Raikoho despite having less reiatsu strength. It was the size of the average cero, and if it hit, Kiera would certainly explode and take half of Paris with her. Still, that most likely woulnd’t happen. After all, the young Failure was more than capable of defending herself.

Immediately after launching the technique, though, the man suddenly froze mid-air. His body began to fall back down toward the river as he was paralyzed. As Kiera was forced to defend herself, the masked stranger, who had remained only 15 feet from Kiera on his own air ground platform, pointed his pistol at the falling soul reaper and buried five bullets into his body with brilliant precision: the right shoulder, left elbow, right knee cap, left calf, and right wrist.

“Catch him, confine him, and ensure that he doesn’t escape at any cost,” the man told Kiera. She only had a moment to act before the soul reaper would return to his wits, so it was up to her to do what she felt necessary in order to keep him from breaking away. “Do not kill him unless you have to.”

As all these events transpired, Lagos had her own engagement with a Shinigami. As her fullbringer fanboy cheered her on, she activated her Primera Etapa to deal with him. Just as she used her release, the shinigami’s blade lit up and took on the form of his shikai: two scimitars, one in each hand. The man didn’t flinch as each water bullet sped towards him. He simply smiled at Lagos, unmoving. It seemed like the bullets were right about to hit him when… they just didn’t. It seemed almost like they passed straight through the man, but that wasn’t completely true either. Right when a water bullet was about to hit, he’d suddenly vanish for a split second before reappearing. It would look to Lagos like she had just blinked, but in reality, the man hadn’t been present for that one microsecond.

Still, he didn’t hesitate to take the offensive. With his speed of 600, he sliced downward with each blade, sending large crescent shockwaves at Lagos. Upon launching the shockwaves, the man began to glow blue, just like the golems of the kido specialist and the 10 soul reapers flying and shooting kido from up in the air. Just as he began to glow. The man started moving even faster reaching a speed of 900 as he closed the gap with the Arrancar using Shunpo. The moment he came out of the step technique, he sliced downward with his left blade as he kept his right sword in a defensive position in front of his body. After all, he needed a plan B in case he failed to split Lagos in two.

Still, Lagos had also targeted Tom Bullets with a water bullet. However, as she pointed her fingers to fire the attack at the man. He reacted fairly quickly. His body began to move before the water bullet had even fired, and unfortunately for Lagos, she wasn't quick enough - physically or mentally - to keep up with his movement. The bullet sped past him as he avoided it completely, repositioning himself a few feet to the side so fast that Lagos's eyes couldn't keep up.

"Hey!" he yelled at her, clearly pissed off. "Dick move, Kouhai. I hope that lousy soul reaper fucks you up."

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{Reiatsu Costs}
Shinigami 1
Reiatsu: 1300/1500
Shikia: 1/10

Shinigami 2
Reiatsu: 4350
Shikai: 2/10

Shinigami 3
Reiatsu: 6875

Shinigami 4
Reiatsu: 1650
Shikai: 2/10

[Kiera Bright]

Keira watched calmly as her arms started their attack at full speed. She thought that she would have been able to over take him due to the speed of her arms on top of the number of them. It seemed that she was wrong on that account. The shinigami darted in the water far faster than she would have expected. He was only a blur in the water to her. She was only barley able to keep track of him. She watched as he would leave the water blade drawn. She was about to move the arms closer to her in front for defense, but it didn't seem that he was going for a direct attack. She watched him run up one of her arms slashing at it with his sword. It would grind against the solid mass of reiatsu, but it would not cause in real damage. 

He would then jump into the air pointing both hands at her. She figured that he was about to use Kido, or some other sort of long range attack. As he raised his hand, so did she. An orb of purplish, black reiatsu formed in her small, pale hand. She aimed it at the shinigami firing her cero center mass as the large beam started to travel, he would shout his kido art and fire it. Lightning and cero would meet in the air resulting in an explosion of dust and smoke. She would watch him fall to the water below. She looked to see the masked man from before aiming his pistol at him hitting him with five well placed shots. She was pretty impressed with his marksmanship.

“Catch him, confine him, and ensure that he doesn’t escape at any cost, Do not kill him unless you have to.” Her impressed expression quickly turned to one of annoyance. "Yeah, yeah, like I don't know what to do!" She said quickly grabbing the falling shinigami with two of her arms. One arm would hold his right arm and leg, and the other would hold his left limbs. With a strong squeeze she would look to shatter the bones in the four limbs. Between the strong grip of the arms, and the pain of the broken bones, she was sure this time, that he would not be able to do much. She would also position him in front of her, so she could blast him if he tried anything, or use him as a shield, whichever happened first.

Cero -400 2100/2500

[Shikitsuhiko Isayama]

Shikitsuhiko's went unfazed by the result of his attack and the efforts by his opponent. He knew it was only a matter of time until she fell, as all Shinigami would if daring to confront him. Focusing his mind's eye on his surroundings, he could feel the vibrations passing through the air. The length and intensity of the vibrations offered him relatively precise information on the speed and distance of objects. He had already determined where she stood as her aura disintegrated following the attack. His forward assault had unnerved the female soul reaper. She distanced herself considerable from him and summoned yet another creature from kido. Your instincts do not fail you. You have every reason to fear me. He thought to himself.

Without having to move he shifted his tactic in an effort to outmaneuver the kido user. She had already bore witness to the lengths he would go to in order to extinguish her. He had no reason to to underestimate further reactions from her. It was clear she was an adept warrior, but her reliance on kido would not be enough to subdue him. As the golem rushed toward him, the ground churned before erupting upward around the golem  by a radius of 40 feet. The ground rose up quickly, surrounding the golem and completely enveloping him. The shear size of the ground rising into the air would block the shinigami from seeing Shikitsuhiko while her golem was swallowed up. 

The ground swallowing the kido construct was not ordinary and had been changed using this mudar property. It was now a 40 foot radius of earth of his viscoso, which was a gelatinous substance with corrosive and adhesive properties. Only some of the strongest foes could break free of this substance, as it adhered to anything and everything. Upon touching something it would quickly begin deteriorating as the corrosion ate through its body. Shikitsuhiko thought not of this, only to subdue the creature so he might eliminate the soul reaper who had created it. Blinded from her view, he had the perfect cover. Unfortunately for her, his senses were acute and he could see her now matter the obstacle. The insects had been collecting on his skin why the golem was being cover and now that he was out of view, he would be rendered invisible with his desposeer user property. The insects covering him allowed him to blend in perfectly no matter where he stood making him completely imperceptible to an opponent. 

Using sonido to maximize his speed to 3900, he bypassed the golem's viscous prison and approached the woman. He had to be careful, though. She was wary of his tactics from before and had summoned yet another golem to protect her. He wondered how little skill she had outside the realm of kido, considering this was her primary offensive skill so far. He wondered if the second summon was an indicator of an absence of skill with physical combat. Just before taking off, he began charging a cero on the tips of his two fingers. He suddenly appeared to her left, roughly six feet away, and his hand already pointing at her. "Cero Oscuras" He said mentally upon appearing, before the famously black cero erupted from his fingers with 2x his reiatsu strength. The shear size of the technique was colossal considering the class and reiatsu strength behind it. 

The powerful black cero would shred both threw the Shinigami and her Golem. Even with her prowess, she would need considerable power to withstand such a powerful blow. He has suspected from the beginning that she was someone who relied heavily on her spiritual powers. She was someone who suffered consequences of using such powerful techniques, and she had already used two so close together. Her circumstances looked bleak. Even her golem would be unable to withstand the blast of a cero oscuras, especially at this range. Shikitsuhiko, despite his power, was a cautious man. He never assumed too much. It would be foolish to underestimate an opponent so soon, but he also had an understanding of his odds. This woman was outclassed. He also had safety measures in case situations became chaotic. 

3950
-150 Desposeer property A
-150 Mudar property C
total: 3,650
(-100) sonido
(-400) cero oscuras
(=1,200 non-release deduction)
Ress 2/16
Fatigue 2/6

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{Desposeer Property A}
Members of the swarm modify the composition of their bodies before completely covering every part of Shikitsuhiko's body. Once they have covered his entire body, they meld into his flesh and are capable of mimicking the environment surrounding him. They do this so flawlessly that they render him completely camouflages. To his opponent, he is invisible, but there are relative weaknesses to this ability. While there are obvious methods to thwarting it, if he is struck he will reappear for a brief moment. This ability recovers quickly, so there is very little time to counterattack using this method. An opponent with 200 or greater ES can locate him while he is camouflaged. This aspect of his technique is not unlimited and can only last for two posts before requiring a post of rest before reactivating for an additional cost of 100 reiatsu.

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{Mudar Property C}
Members of the swarm can apply their talents to the environment, both changing its chemistry and biology and reshaping it. The swarm invade the ground and buildings and become integrated with the matter in question. They can actively manipulate the matter while also applying the effects from above. The swarm literally become a part of the object(s) they are invade and apply the chemical change and manipulate their shape. They are able to reshape objects (even buildings) and landscape in rudimentary ways. They cannot make incredibly elaborate things such as machinery or complex buildings. However, this does give him the ability to reshape all structures. They can form domes, boxes, create ripples across the ground, etc. That is, they apply the viscid aspect to the environment and shape the earth around them as if it was Shikitushiko's body. Around Shikitsuhiko and the user they can shape the ground, now gelatinous and corrosive, form an enclosure around them. They are able to affect an area with a radius of 40ft.

The same rules apply from above, meaning that the viscous is vulnerable to ice and will neutralize the adhesive aspect for a single post. An opponent can pull something that has adhered to the substance with 400+ strength or burn it away with 50% RS. If an opponent has either of these they can escape an enclosure by burning through the viscid substance or shredding through it, though this will cause a lot of pain and injury.

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{Cero Oscuras}
Technique Name: [Cero Oscuras (Black Cero)]

Class: [2]

Technique Type: [Hollow Technique]

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects:

Whether or not this Cero or the Gran Rey Cero is the ultimate traditional Arrancar Cero is unknown. It has been speculated for several years in Hueco Mundo, but no definitive test has been able to prove it. Thus far, they have seemed quite equal. Cero Oscuras from an Espada #4 or higher is forbidden under the dome of Las Noches, but only because any Espada #4 or higher is prohibited from Ressurection under the dome anyway. This Cero is usable only by Arrancar in their released state. It releases an enormous, menacing black Cero several times the size of a regular one. It immediately obscures and removes all light from the area, so that all can be seen as it approaches is an all-consuming black.

Its charging speed and firing time are identical to a regular Cero, and it fires in a straight line. However, the explosive potential is considerably greater, and this Cero has twice the reiatsu strength of the user.

How to use technique:

Fire like a regular Cero while in a released state.

Technique Drawbacks

400 reiatsu cost.

[Kitai Yoru]

Kitai was stunned. Passing before his eyes, he saw the images that ruined his life before it really started. He saw his parents, shot dead by robbers, right before he himself was shot. Then he saw himself, running into the morgue of that hospital, and seeing Alex, another life claimed in that evil city. The two that raised him for that short time, no matter how little he could remember, no matter how bad those memories were, those two were the most tragic for him. To see them fade away before his eyes, when he was too weak to do anything, only surviving by the thinnest of threads.

And then, even after getting the love of someone years later, being adopted by the kindest person he's ever met and ever will meet, having gained the power to fight off almost anyone, he too was taken. He couldn't do anything right. Everyone he cared about was ripped from him. He had nothing to his name but the clothes of on his back. Nothing he did was ever good enough. Everyone he cared about was dead. They were dead. He wasn't allowed to be happy. If he was happy, he'd get thrown to the dirt and kicked till that emotion was dead.

The madman fell to his knees, clutching his head with his hands, barely noticing the fact that he was falling. There was no point to this failure of a life he was living. It was a joke. He was a joke. Living was torture, and it wasn't his fault. He could feel a pit in his chest. It was black and vile. He could feel nothing but hatred down to his core. And now he was angry. Why should he be the one made to suffer? The human began to shake in anger, and suddenly the blob of cheese made a beeline for him. Kitai let out a roar, creating a shockwave, hitting the shinigami attacking him head on.

Kitai planted his bazooka at the collapsing bridge, still yelling, clearly in a rage. He fired downwards three times. If he was destined to suffer, the he sure wouldn't be the only one doing so. Whatever those flashbacks were, they reminded him of why he did this, of why he became this. It was because that was all that left for him. Because he embraced this cursed life of his. The bullets would slam into the water violently, before fusing together underneath. He tried to jump away, leap towards someone else to hurt, but he legs were shaking, making him fall into the hole he just made.

The cheese flew back up and caught him though, and the other four supported him, joining the mass below. The cheese was massive, being nearly half as large as Kitai. There were seven shots, all combined into one. Kitai made it lower him, before flying out from under the falling bridge, and away from it. It hugged him, held him, deflecting any rock chunks from the sheer strength of it, and carried him from this place, about two hundred feet down the river. Kitai made a some airground for him to stand on. He wanted them all to die, broken into tiny pieces.

The blob of dairy had seven shots floating around in it. The raw power it held was unimaginable, boasting a whopping 3550 strength. The berserker had a scowl of his usually grinning face. Unsurprisingly, the scowl looked more at home on the angry man. The ball of cheese flattened itself out, taking on the shape of a fan, before it swung itself at the bridge, creating a wind with all the force that the ball of cheese held. After that, after all the water flew out of the river, after the torrent of air obliterated the bridge, then Kitai would leave to cause more destruction.


Secondary Fullbring: 2/10
Remaining reiatsu: 900/1600

[Lagos Oscuras]

As Lagos fired her water projectiles at the Shinigami, he seemed to vanish in and out of existence for the whole ten seconds of bullets being fired. Although that didn’t stop whoever else was in the way from getting peppered and shredded by extremely fast moving water. Her foe was glowing some sort of odd color and then rapidly begin to approach. “How damn troublesome is this Shinigami? Charging head in?!” She ceased her fire as the water quickly returned to form a small compact dome. At that moment, the Shinigami lashed out with each of his blades forming an odd crescent blast had been sent out at her moving at an impressive speed. Was this seriously all that her opponent had to offer?

The water dome wrapped around Lagos before seemingly blurring and moving her, wrapping around her and guiding her as she allowed the water to carry her at the speed of 1000 to quickly avoid the flying crescents of spiritual power that aimed to slash her in half. The man was in midair as he used the Shunpo to rapidly approach her. That was most troubling. As he left Shunpo, of course Lagos was vulnerable wasn’t she? Of course she wasn’t. She could control nature itself and he thought that he would be able to take her down simply because he got close? As he swung his left scimitar down in an attempt to slice her down, she manipulated the water to push her backwards out of the man’s reach as the water began to go through a metamorphosis. Suddenly, several tendrils of water would dash forward at the speed of 1000 to wrap around the man’s limbs and then a gigantic growl was heard as a monstrous fish mouth of a monster would swallow him, putting him into a bubble of water as Lagos now stood outside and in the open air as she seemed not even wet from being within her liquid. She wasn’t.

This water was special in the sense that she was incapable of getting wet and or drowning within it. However, all movement within this water was halved and no stepping techniques would be capable of being used. Seeing this Shinigami was stronger than average, and his offensive stats exceeded hers by at least 25%, he was able to breath within this water, but his movement was reduced in half and he would not be able to use stepping techniques. As Lagos would like to believe, he was a sitting duck. If he were to try and swim out, Lagos’ tails would swirl causing the water to follow him as to make it seem as if he weren’t even moving. This is where she had him trapped. “This. Is where you die Shinigami.” Suddenly, her tails would begin to swirl rapidly, causing a rapid spin akin to a whirlpool to buffet the man, bash against him using it’s maximum speed and momentum. If it were allowed to be building up to full speed, it would physically shred and tear his skin...rip him apart. That would be the end of it.

Lagos stared in gross fascination as everyone else seemed to be occupied with their own battles. Tom Bullets was temporarily forgotten as she wanted to see how this battle was going to end. Or if it was going to end. She was a master of manipulating elements and water was the most versatile. She could have done so much more with it, but she had no time to be playing around. She had a mission she had to complete for Shikihitsuko-Sama and she would complete that before indulging in her sadistic tortures. She knew that he was in his own battle, but perhaps watching over her right now to see if she had indeed grown. She no longer fought with mere brute force and power, but now she had to see if her foe was in fact defeated. She had a feeling her foe and his odd ability was going to be in play again. However, could he avoid a whole entire body of water if it was trying to constantly bubble and entrap him?

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[Himitsu Kasumi'Oji]

Kiera handled the Shinigami quite effectively. He cried out in pain as her powerful arms crush his bones with ease and forced his joints beyond their range. He was done for, that much was obvious. Surprisingly, the man stayed conscious despite the torturous pain he had endured. He was bleeding heavily, both internally and externally. It seemed that death was knocking at his doorstep, and he would likely be dead in the next fifteen minutes. Perhaps Kiera was too hard on him. Still, they had at least some time to get as much out of the prisoner as they could before he was lost to the soul cycle.

Shikitsuhiko had proven his superiority over his foe. Despite her more powerful aura, there was little she could do to deal with a Cero Oscuras. Her eyes widened in terror as she prepared for the end of her life. Just before the cero hit, however, the woman vanished. Poof, and she was gone. But the cero had a new target. At the same spot that the kido specialist stood was one of the other Shinigami. His powers had been unclear during the battle, but it appeared that he was supporting the rest of his team with that blue aura. Now, he had used his power to trade places with the woman. She was safe up high in the sky, but the man was no more.

“Shino!” she screamed after him, tears flowing from her ocean blue eyes. It was in that moment that her youth had been revealed. The woman was quite young considering how powerful she was, but her inexperienced caused the death of her comrade. But the man known as Shino wasn’t the only one to perish. The ten lower-ranked Shinigami who had been supported by Shino finished off the collection of weaker criminals and mercenaries. However, without that blue aura, they could no longer fly and began falling. Some began to catch themselves on air ground, but many were too slow to react. Seven of the ten were killed on impact when Kitai’s unstoppable gust of wind, carrying water and debris of the bridge, shattered their bodies.

Those final 3 rushed toward the weeping woman with shunpo. A senkaimon gate opened behind them, forming their escape route back to Soul Society. As the three mooks retreated through the gate, the woman waited patiently for her last comrade, who was still engaged in battle with Lagos. Still, he was aware that they had lost. There was no time to deal with the fraccion. As her water wrapped around him, the man disappeared. One second he was there, and the next, he was gone. But those with energy sensory would notice that, while seemed to vanish, his spiritual presence was still there. It was just much much smaller, the size of a molecule.

He moved easily through the water at his normal speed. Lagos, lacking the energy sensory capabilities to sense the man or the instinct to react to him, had no chance to counter as he remerged behind her. With his feet pressed against Lagos’s back, the soul reaper pushed off of her to propel himself up into the air and arrive at the Senkaimon Gate. Lagos would be kicked into the water, protected from serious damage by her Hierro. Perhaps she would try to get up and continue the fight, but before the fraccion could even move, a second below to the back of the head sent her straight into the bottom of the river. This one wasn’t from the Soul Reaper. Instead, it came from none other than Tom Bullets. “Bitch stay down,” he said triumphantly before muttering to himself. “I’m starting to think that chick isn’t Kouahi…”

The Shinigami who had just disengaged with Lagos faced the woman. Lagos had perceived an energetic, battle-hungry look in his eyes during their short skirmish, but now, he looked at his female comrade with nothing but sadness. “I’m so sorry, Kimi, but it’s time to go.” Taking her hand, they retreated back into Soul Society as the senkaimon closed behind them. It seemed that they took the chaotic sound of battle with them, for an eerie silence engulfed the battleground. It seemed impenetrable for several moments before a strange noise echoed across the river.

Clap, clap, clap, clap.

The slow applause came from a young-looking woman with long black hair tied into pig tails. Her azure eyes contrasted with the deep crimson of her shirt and skirt. She looked at the group of mercenaries with a confident smile. ”Well done, everyone. Color me impressed.” She cheerfully skipped over to the edge of the water, right where the bridge once stood. Her eyes darted from individual to individual.

“I’m not much of a sports person, but when I need to pick a team, I know there have to be tryouts. Plus, this Shinigami were starting to get on my nerves, so I just knew that I had to take them out before they learned too much. I figured I should take out two birds with one stone, and good thing I did. Those other pesky little guys that were on the bridge with you before? No no no, they wouldn’t have done at all. I need an all-star team. They played little league. That wasn’t going to work out.

“But look at our roster now. We’ve got some rookies here, like you little Miss Kiera Bright. To be honest, you lost me some money tonight. I had a bet with that handsome guy behind the mask that you’d be the first to die and I’d be stuck dealing with a crater in the middle of Paris. Then again, I didn’t realize Crow would cheat. He wasn’t supposed to be here.” The woman’s smile bent into an annoyed frown as her eyes pointed angrily at the stranger in the yellow mask. He shrugged innocently, happy that his disguise hid the faint smile on his face.

“But Kiera isn’t the only rookie who survived. Lagos Oscuras, don’t think I don’t know a party-crasher when I see one. But hey, you survived, so I guess you made the team. Shikitsuhiko Isayama, did my note have a section that said ‘plus one?’ Still, you are the Cuarta Espada, so it’d be hard to force you to follow the rules without blowing you and half of Paris to bits.

“And Kitai Yoru, you crazy motherfucker. Thank God Crow was here as damage control or you’d have made a mess of things. Now, I know you’re probably considering attacking me or something. I don’t know what goes on in your head, after all. But let me make something very clear. If you jeopardize the success of our operation, you won’t get any special treat once this is all over. Oh, and that big, bad Cuarta Espada over there might kill you too. Capiche?”

The chime of a text tone cut Alice off, bringing her to pull out her iPhone and check the notification. Based on her reaction, it was fairly important. “Shit, we gotta hurry, so I’ll make this quick. Gama – weird name, by the way – it would’ve been nice if you did something, but we still won so I can’t get too mad at you. Now, all of you, let’s get movi-“

“Hey, Alice!” The woman turned back to see the grinning Tom Bullets who had already forgotten about his beef with Lagos. “Hey there Tom, long time no see! It's been a while since that messy job in Hueco Mundo.” Tom ran up to Alice and gave her a hug like they were old friends. “I can’t believe you’re behind all this! So you wrote that note too, huh? You actually know where they are? You can take me to them?” “Sure thing, I just need your help first. You’re actually a part of a different, more specialized team. But follow me and we can sit on the briefing anyway before I fill you in on what you need to know.

Alice raised her voice, making it clear that she was now talking to the entire group. “Everyone follow me for the mission briefing! Save your questions, I’m taking you to the guy who can answer them.” She started walked down the street from the destroyed bridge, expecting the group to follow. Assuming that they did, the masked man called Crow positioned himself near Kiera, staying as close to their dying prisoner. “Help me…” the Shinigami begged Kiera with desperation. Maybe she would pity him, maybe she wouldn’t. Before she got the chance to decide, Crow took action, He moved too quickly for Kiera to follow, but it seemed that one hand touched some sort of small object to the soul reaper’s head before the other hand fired a bullet into his skull.

“Dump his body into the river,” Crow instructed the failure before moving forward to catch up with Alice.

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Alice led everybody to an apartment several blocks away. She turned the knob of the door only to find that it was locked. Sighing, the woman looked to her newly-made team behind her. “I guess the other teams are still in there, so while we wait, there’s some business you all should take care of. I’m like your coach, okay? But you still need a team captain, and it can’t be me, Crow, or Tom Bullets. We’ve probably got a few minutes before we can head in, so pick quickly.”