Itsy Bitsy Spider Meets the Shinigami Rain. (JT Angel/Lolth)

[Angel]

Hikari Nisei had rested within the wilderness of the Rukongai near a running stream after another patrol of exterminating Hollows. She was currently a bit paranoid about the return of Santa Ajora the Hollow that took her to Hueco Mundo for two days. Angel tried to relax herself but yet she was constantly tense. She could imagine the return, the people slaughtered, and her inner demons knowing that it would all be her fault. ‘Enough. You tried your best to help the people around you and you deserve rest after the hell you have been through. You can prepare and face her when the time is right. For now, you need to rest your mind.’ Hikari or as she liked to be known as Angel, was lying on the grass peacefully with her eyes closed at the moment. The running stream had trickled and gave Angel a calming serene environment to rest in. Could anything ruin this beautiful day right now?

Suddenly, there was a howl in the air that taunted her. Her eyes shot open as she was reminded of the very thing she was trying to cleanse from her mind for the time being. She had informed her captain of the Hollow Santa Ajora and she did everything she could including making a detailed report of what abilities she knew Santa had. Drawing her white handled Zanpakutou, Angel walked outward to prepare for battle. Running down stream, she had found that there was a masked being similar to a crayfish by the looks of it as it seemed to be doing something akin to vomiting within the river. “Disgusting...I don’t think I’ll be swimming any time soon. Oi! Hollow, come and look at me!” The beast had looked at her way with a greenish liquid dripping from it’s mouth. It looked disgusting what with it’s multiple laws of jagged teeth and rough skin.

The beast had howled as loudly as it charged her direction whilst snapping its claws. It was hungry for blood and it wanted to kill her. It wanted to devour her and as it got close enough, it raised its right claw high into the air aiming to slam it down on her small frame. Angel in that moment had swung her blade upward as the Hollow had shot it’s claw as her blade had then cut through the arm completely, severing it as the claw would drop to the ground. The crayfish Hollow cried out in pain as it’s severed hand would begin to snap at the ground repeatedly as if by reflex. Angel had then pivoted into a horizontal slice severing its upper body from the lower body in a fatal swing. The beast cried no more as the torso fell from the waist before the Hollow vanished into black particles having been purified and sent inside the territory of Soul Society. She looked to the water to see it still looked relatively clean, although she wondered what exactly it was doing here.

Perhaps it was depositing helminthes into the water to infect whoever drank of the waters. It was something concerning to think about and so she considered leaving to inform what just happened. She was going to have to make a report anyways. With a small sigh, Angel began to walk off through the woods to return back to the Seireitei. It was particularly windy today and it seemed a little dirtier in the woods than she remembered. With a shrug, she walked not noticing that somehow a spider had gotten onto her uniform. It was using her as a transport to reach the desired location. Sometime later though, she felt something somewhat furry and odd feeling on her body. “Huh?...” She brushed around on her uniform and slowly felt something crawl onto her hand. There it was, a decently large spider that stood at five inches. “Oh. You were hitching me for a ride were you? Sorry, but I’m not a wagon for you to ride. Let’s just set you on this tree here and we go our separate ways.” Angel wasn’t the type to kill anything unless she was attacked or antagonized. Also, after her bout with Santa, not so much scared her at the moment. As a handmaiden in the Shihoin household, she commonly killed pests like rats and possums anyways while also having to throw them away.

Continuing on her path to the Seireitei, she seemed to find more and more webs for no good reason. It confused her on why this was, but she wouldn’t question it. Just must have been that time of the year where spiders were mating. She honestly liked spiders more than she liked flies. Flies were annoying, ruins food, and their offspring are very disturbing. Also, they don’t seem to have much use in environments other than being food to spiders of course. “We’re on easy street, and it feels so sweet. The world’s bout a treat when you’re on easy street. And we’re breaking out the good champagne. We’re sitting pretty on the gravy train. And when we sing every sweet refrain repeats right here on easy street.” She actually began to sing a little catchy tune she heard in the human world. Her voice was not unpleasant to listen to, but she isn’t a trained singer.

Angel was continuing her path and she wasn’t thinking about much in her little head. She just wanted to make her report, maybe do another patrol around Seireitei and then go to the barracks and sleep. Maybe she would catch a bite also. ‘Maybe I should squeeze in some training as well. I need to get stronger and prepare further for “her” return. She apparently isn’t coming alone either seeing she mentioned sisters. Why is everything in life so tough lately?” Angel sighed slightly as she didn’t want to worry so much. She still had a life to live and she shouldn’t go about wasting it on being concerned about everything 24/7. As a subordinate her job was to follow orders. Well, hopefully her superiors would make wise decisions then.

Little did Angel know that the reason why there were so many spiders in the area was due to an outside influence. She didn't realize how odd it was to see so many of the arachnids in the area and that might be a mistake on her part. She might get into conflict if she made the wrong moves, but then again when was that new? 'Man...there are webs everywhere. I should hurry up and get to the barracks.' Thus Angel doubled her pace from a walk to more of a fast walk. She was trying not to antagonize the creatures in front of her because that could be a very unwise decision. These spiders must have been eating well lately. She wondered what they were eating though. Maybe it had to do with the rise of fly count seeing there was a large amount of corpses after the invasion of both the Vandenreich and Kuroi. Maybe it was something else entirely.

[Lolth Orbweaver]

(Training for CTP)

The spider that had tried to hitch a ride on the back of the shinigami scuttled away quickly making its way through the brush. The spider had a specific destination in mind. Through the brush and grass it would go causing insects to panic and flee from its presence. Normally it would have gone after a nice juicy insect or two, but it wanted to get back to the nest before the shinigami got too far ahead of it. Over sticks, and under the grass, dodging rocks and larger creatures alike until it found itself at an isolated cave seemingly in the middle of the forest. The cave entrance looked strangely out of place, but that didn't matter. It scuttled into the darkness fearing no predator. 

The light of the outside would quickly fades into darkness. The web between under the spider's feet would help guide it through the maze of caverns. The spider could hear a soft voice echoing off the moist walls of the cave. it was faint at first, but it knew that it was on the right track. It quickened its pace its feet barely audible. It turned several corners the sound of the singing growing louder and louder. In a small cavern a woman sat in the middle of the room. She was tall covered in thick black hair. She sat gracefully leaning on two of her four arms. Her four eyes stared at the wall in front of her blanks. Her dress made of the web that covered the floor. 

The spider never slowed its pace as it crawled up her leg. Her singing stopped as she looked down at the spider now resting on her lap. She could not see the spider. Not because it was dark in the cavern, but she was blind. She could feel the spider on her leg, feeling the hair that covered it much like her own. She smiled kindly at it and pet it gently rubbing her hand down it. "What is it little one?" She asked softly She had spent enough time around the spiders to know what it is that they were trying to communicate to her. "Whats that? There is someone nearby?" She waited feeling the spider's movements an intricate dance of communication. "Well I should make sure she doesn't get too close."

Lolth set the spider down gently to mingle with the others of its brethren. She quickly made her way out of the cave and into the wilderness. She made her way carefully through the trees using all the senses that were available to her to avoid face planting into one. She would use her natural affinity for stealth to conceal herself whenever possible. She could smell an unfamiliar scent in the area, and guessed that it was the human woman that the spider had described to her. She slowed her pace keeping as quiet as possible. She hid behind a tree slowly starting to climb it so to have an angle of attack if she turned out to be hostile like most of them.

"Who are you for coming so close to my territory?" She asked softly yet with firmness. She was still hidden, and Lolth would make a move for another location when it was convenient for her to. She wanted to keep the shinigami off guard. She could smell something else from the girl. The smell of one of those other beasts. Not other beastclan or even wildlife that also inhabit the wildnerness. It was the smell of the beasts that the shinigami call hollows. Of course Lolth didn't know that. As far as she was concerned, they were just another threat to her large group of spiders that she needed to fend off. They were only beasts. Incapable of any logic. 

[Angel]

Angel had continued to move on through the web filled forest, until that was of course there was a presence nearby that stopped her. A voice had called through the trees, in a firm voice asking why she was wandering so close to “her” territory. This was troubling as there was no figure in sight and she didn’t know who this figure was. However, if she was nearly trespassing on anyone’s land then she should explain herself as to not cause any trouble. Without caring to look specifically at the figure who made that statement, the young Shinigami had spoke in a clear voice to address whoever this was. Her voice was young, youthful, and yet assertive as she looked in the general direction of the concerned being.

“I apologize. I wasn’t aware I was trespassing on anyone’s land. I’m just passing through so that I may get to my barracks. My name is Nisei Hikari, although people refer to me as Angel. I am an Unseated Officer of Squad 7. Please reveal yourself, there is nothing to fear.” Angel wasn’t exactly aware that the person she was going to be speaking to was a giant spider, and if she did know...then the webs in the area would make a lot more sense. Angel’s return from Hueco Mundo had been a harrowing adventure which widened her perspectives and showed her that she was far from being a strong Shinigami. She had yet to even unlock “that” power yet.

It was at this moment, there was a loud howl in the distance...from the direction that Angel was going to be heading to. It was a howl that ached of pain and misery and immediately she knew what the sound was. It was a Hollow that had been in the distance. Almost as if a dog were howling to the moon, several other cries of pained agony had sounded in the air and thus Angel drew her Katana from her sheath. It was three feet and curved ever so slightly at the sharp edge. The handle was a shining white with black diamonds embroidered in the pattern. “It just seems today isn’t my day. Gomenosai, but I must leave you now. Forgive me.”

Running off at full sprint, Angel had went to intercept the enemies known as the Hollows. After her visit to Hueco Mundo for two days, she was aware that it was what she imagined hell to be like. It was a place where violence occurred every second and there was no coherent order. It was simply the system that the strong survived and that the weak die. It was a cycle of consumption and death, but yet she found that through the experience she had learned to fear Hollows less. Now she knew what their very natures were like and so now she could train harder to fight against them. However, she still had an envisionment of how strong she wanted to become. She wanted to reach that next level of power...she really did.

As Angel would leave the spider woman behind, she would perhaps hear the sound of another Hollow that seemed drastically closer than the ones in the distance. A giant manta ray like Hollow would flap its wings, breaking through several webs with ease as it had flown within visible sight to the Hollow. It’s mouth would open sideways as it howled loudly, looking for something of spiritual substenance to devour. However, the forestry around it was rather annoying and so it had taken the liberty to deal with that. Opening it’s mouth, a red ball would form from it’s gaping hole before shooting out in several directions to clear the trees, and in the process kill several spiders whilst ruining their homes.

Angel on the other hand found herself within a clearing as slowly, three large lumbering beasts would come to surround her from her front, her right, and her left. Then looking up, there was a fourth Hollow with an insectoid like appearance. All of this troubled her, as it seems Soul Society still had troubles with the Hollow count rising since their losses. Hopefully some of these Hollow would become Shinigami someday once they were purified. She had to hold on for maybe...three years or so for the next batch of recruits to be inducted within the court guard squads. Angel couldn’t wait for that seeing there were many many Hollows...and they tended to work well in groups at times.

[Lolth Orbweaver]

Lolth remained hidden behind a large tree digging her claws into the bark to keep herself stable. She the shinigami's surprise. The way her heart rate momentary increased, the way that she adjusted herself. She could tell that the shinigami would remain calm though. Usually the two leggers that she would deal with would be panicing right now. She would hear their hearts trying to escape their chests. Their bodies shivering in place even though they were not cold. Their feet shuffling against the grass and leaves ready to bolt at a moments notice. These were the things she expected from the two legger, but strangely she didn't hear any of it. 

“I apologize. I wasn’t aware I was trespassing on anyone’s land. I’m just passing through so that I may get to my barracks. My name is Nisei Hikari, although people refer to me as Angel. I am an Unseated Officer of Squad 7. Please reveal yourself, there is nothing to fear.” The tone of the woman was not challenging to the spider woman, but it did sound like she was not afraid. The shinigami heard the names she went by tilting her head. The first two names were harder for her to say with mandibles, but mouthing the second name seemed doable. Still she had no intention of showing herself not quite yet. She could smell the metal and leather of the sword at her hip, and if she was armed it would keep Lolth on alert.

Before she could reply to the two legger though, a loud howl could be heard. She could hear it far clearer than the shinigami would have, and it was loud to her. It was accompanied with several more howls similar to the one before, but she could tell some distinct differences.  “It just seems today isn’t my day. Gomenosai, but I must leave you now. Forgive me.” The shinigami seemed distressed about the howls. Lolth could smell the hollows. They all had a strange scent that made all of the hairs on her body stand on end. She didn't like it at all. She lifted her head to the sky smelling that awful smell really strongly. Then she heard the beating of its wings. 

She could hear it crashing through the trees at her tearing apart the homes of the spiders that started colonizing the forest around the cave. Something told her that wasn't the worst of it. Something told her she needed to move now. Pulling her legs against the tree she sprang from the tree just in time to dodge the balls that were wizzing through the air destroying the forest around them. She landed on the ground going into a crouch to absorb the impact. A look of shock and horror could be seen in her four pale eyes. She could hear the sounds of tiny bodies hitting the ground. Some would manage to get up and scitter away, others would not.

Her lip would quiver, as she sank to her knees. Tears flowed from her four eyes staining her face. Her body shook as the hollow approached in the new clearing. She could hear it coming closer. She could smell the horrible smell of death and destruction getting stronger. Still she did not move. She put her hands to the ground clutching at the grass. It killed them. It killed the little ones that were trying so hard to survive out here. They did nothing wrong. They did nothing to deserve this. Slowly mourning turned to anger, which then turned to rage. A blind, unbridled rage that she never felt before. She screamed out loudly which everything nearby would be able to hear.

"Those were my little one!" She would scream at the flying manta hollow. "They are my life, my everything, and you caused them pain, killed them!" She stood up looking right at it once it was within easy jumping range. "And for that you will know hell!" She grabbed a nearby rock and threw it as hard as she could at it. She would them jump to the remains of a nearby tree, and from there leap onto the back of the hollow. She would use one set of arms to secure herself to the hollows body, and the second pair to wale away at the hollow's body. She would beat on the hollow savagely which howled in pain and tried to buck the spider off its back. 

She held on tightly never letting up on her assault. She would bite into the hollow with her fangs trying to tear a chunk of it off. The taste of the hollow was terrible. She would never have tried eating a hollow normally, still wasn't, but the taste of its flesh in her mouth made her want to vomit, but still she kept on biting. The hollow would rise into the air and try to do a barrel roll to fling her off. She was slipping. Even with her claws her hands were still getting tired. She slipped from her perch on the center of its back to the middle of its right wing. She could smell more hollows below her, as well as the shinigami as they flew higher above them. 

Lolth would let go for only a moment when the hollow raised it's right wing. She would slide down it to the tip and yank on it with all her might. She managed to catch it during a turn and forced to turn harder than it wanted and slam into a thick tree. Of course the tree would fall, throwing her off it at last, but the hollow would still be hurting from that. They both would hit the ground hard. Lolth would skid on the grass a few feet before stopping. She groaned and stood slowly. She held her upper right shoulder as she grabbed two thick branches one on each side. She would approached the hollow and start to beat it to death with the thick branches like a caveman beating a prehistoric mammal. She could smell and hear the battle going on nearby as she killed the hollow that dared harm her little ones. 

[Angel]

Angel had left the mysterious denizen to push out into the crowd of Hollow in the wilderness, and it wasn’t pretty. Ahead, there were not one, not two, but three Hollow that she could see in the immediate vicinity. Above her was the fourth which was visible thanks to the shadow it gave off. The first hollow, the one in the middle had charged forward by extending a long arm out to grasp around her body. Sidestepping, Angel aimed her right arm outward to the Hollow on her right firing a Byakurai through it’s mask before slicing off the Hollow’s extended arm. A cry of pain as blood sprayed from the now wounded Hollow, and three opponents remained.

A howl was heard above her as the insectoid Hollow swooped down and opened it’s mouth to show a odd blackness within the void of its gaping maw. Angel held now both hands on her blade before raising her blade in an overhead swing, neatly slicing the Hollow in half before pivoting on her right leg to deliver a downward slice aimed for the leg of the second hollow that circled behind her. She was getting used to the movements of Hollows from experience and from seeing them combat each other first hand. Santaja Ajora made sure to make her remember how Hollows acted. They haunted her in her dreams.

The Hollow she attacked now missing a leg, reached out with it’s hand in an attempt to grab her only for the hand to be sliced vertically in half before Angel thrust forward, stabbing the Hollow straight through the mask and quickly pulling out. There was still one last Hollow that remained. The beasts she killed disintegrated into black particles of nothingness as she slaughtered them. There was but one remaining, the one with the missing arm. It saw how easily its brethren were eliminated and it took high turn to run. Running wasn't going to help as Angel had no mercy nor sympathy for the Hollows. She was going to kill every single one she saw.

“Bakudo#9:Geki” Raising her right hand outward, the Hollow froze in its place as Angel took the opportunity to run forward and physically slice its torso in half as it cried out in agony. It feel to the floor before it began to dissipate into nothingness. The battle with the Hollows based on what she could see immediately was done with. The Hollows she had grown to despise had been purified and given passage into Soul Society and or sent to the fiery pits of hell for all of eternity. However, something wasn’t right. Something was coming within sight in the sky...a Hollow and something riding it.

She saw the giant spider riding upon a winged hollow, soaring through the air before twisting and crashing into a tree, causing it to fall down. Angel watched as the spider tore away at the enemy Hollow before resorting to beating it with branches. This was a Beast Clan member she would recognize. She had met one of these before, although the previous wasn’t a spider and was actually a Panther. What an interesting turn of events, but she wondered how it got here. Did it really matter? Yes it did actually. Lolth was about to kill a Hollow through a method that wasn’t purifying it. She needed to be stopped.

Raising her right hand, she had fired a red beam of energy towards Lolth to essentially paralyze her from delivering another strike. Then, within another moment, a Byakurai had been launched to pierce through the mask of the Hollow by her feet. The paralysis would last a little while, she didn’t bother making it as strong as possible. As a denizen of the world of the Soul Society, the Beast Clans had of course the right to defend themselves but not kill Hollow if they could help it. That was the job of the Seireitei and the Shinigami 13 court guard squads. Angel stood there slightly drained as she had killed four assaulters in relative short time, and now she had to greet the spider woman personally.

Slowly, she would approach the scene carefully as she was a bit concerned on the intelligence of the spider in front of her. Angel was not aware that this was the woman she was speaking to earlier who had kept herself hidden some time ago. "Gomenosai, but I had to take that Hollow down as it was part of my duty. I recommend you go back to your pack or wherever you call home and stay safe. The Hollow count is rising and it is no longer safe for anyone to venture commonly at least until further notice. I as a Shinigami must request of you to go back to your shelter and to not get involved in Shinigami affairs. I am Angel of Squad 7 and I enforce the laws of the Seireitei. Head back now."

She would await a response from Lolth before doing anything. She learned the hard way the last time that Beast Clans typically did not like to be bossed around and enjoyed their independence from any laws or regulations. The purple panther she had met the last time was evident of that. She also knew that they were heavily territorial and were likely to kill intruders or invaders for little to no reason other than being able to. Angel was aiming to go back to the barracks now, perhaps deal with any other spiritual disturbances there might be on the way back to the Seireitei. Hopefully Lolth wouldn't cause any problems, or else things were going to get messy for little to no reason. She didn't like unnecessary violence.

[Lolth Orbweaver]

The heavy thud of wood meeting flesh and bone was the only thing that Lolth was focusing on in her frenzy. She would start to forget the pain caused by the fall and beat it harder and faster. As one branch fell, the other rose for the next strike. She heard the groan of the hollow with each strike. She would strike it for each of the little ones that would not be able to see the next sunrise. She would harm it for every little one that it had harmed. The wood creaked quietly, as a precursor to the wood snapping in her grasp under the constant intense use. She didn't care, she would get more if she needed to. She rose them both to kill it for good, but something hit her from behind.

She found herself unable to move. She tried to bring her slender, strong arms down to finish her foe, but they would not obey her. The paralysis didn't last long, but before she could move again, she could feel the lightning flash past her striking the hollow. The smell of the singed flesh of the hollow before it faded away. She let her arms fall limply beside her still holding the branches. She stared at where the hollow used to be, but saw nothing but darkness. Her eyes stared blankly at where the hollow used to be her rage not subsiding with it. Her jaw was clenched tightly. Her slender body was shaking in pure, uncontrollable rage. Her breathing was heavy and quick.

"Gomenosai," That word again. She had heard it before a short time ago. The voice was of the girl that she was talking to back deeper in the forest. She spoke about things that Lolth had little understanding or knowledge about. She didn't know what the Seretei was, or shinigami for that matter. She knew that some people from the loud place carried tools of steel. She could smell it on them, among various other things. She did understand most of what she was saying though. Telling her that she had no right to kill the hollow after it killed her children. Under normal circumstances, Lolth would have complied and returned to her little ones, having no desire for conflict, but this was not normal circumstances.

The hollow that she had intended to kill as punishment for it taking precious life was now dead and gone by the hands of an interloper. Someone who did not know her pain or her struggle. "Tell me," She spoke with a shaky voice. Tears were starting to roll down her face. Her four eyes were wet with tears, her lips quivering as she tried to remain understandable. "When one of your little ones is killed, do you not wish for the death what caused such pain?" It was hard for her to really put together what she was thinking in a way the girl would understand. Her voice was weak, quiet. She was better at speaking than most of her kind, but still struggled with it.

She would quickly turn to the shinigami her face contorted into a mixture of anguish and rage. She was holding back her tears, as much as she was holding back her rage. She held one of the branches up to her face clicking her mandibles irritably. "You tell me to leave when my little ones were slain. Tell me to hide away and allow a trespasser to do her job for her. Do you know what you speak?!" Her voice grow louder and louder until she was shouting. She squared up to the girl still holding the one branch out like it was one of their swords. "Have you felt the pain of losing your kin to monsters?" She had lost many little ones to hollows. It was a hazard of life, but each little spider lost was still a blow to her heart.

[Angel]

The spider shook with the branches within its hands. However, Angel did not believe that it was going to attack her. If it was going to, it was going to turn into a conflict that she would try to avoid. She had no hate to anything or anyone. Even Hollows she understood...except for “Her.” That was the only being she would never forgive. The spider cried tears although Angel would not be aware of it. Nor did Angel quite know why this woman was crying either. There was a moment of silence until the spider decided to ask Angel a series of...questions. Angel being the type of person she was, remained silent and listened.

How should she react if a little one is killed? That raised an immediate question. Did this Hollow she just kill strike down one of this spider’s children? If so, she failed her duty. Her goal was not only to withhold the laws of the Soul Society, but also to defend all of its denizens: Shinigami, Plus, or Elsewise. Angel was going to open her mouth, to speak her thoughts, to express her emotions on the matter, but was interrupted. It wasn’t as if the young Shinigami could empathize with the spider woman anyways. She was not a mother, and frankly she had never lost a loved one to a Hollow. Her own mother died of natural causes, so she didn’t mind it so much to listen and be interrupted. A mother’s grief was the worst kind.

Angel closed her eyes as the female spider had explained that she was nothing but a trespasser doing something for her that she shouldn’t have. Getting revenge. “Unfortunately...I can not relate to you, because in the terms you put it, I am the little one. However, I have lost my own mother to monsters worse than the beast I just put down. All I have to say, is that revenge will not accomplish anything. It will not change the fact your children are dead. It will not change the fact that you are angry. All it will do is just remove the thing you hated. Just like now. You striking me down will not change what has already happened.”

Using the Shunpo to appear behind the giant spider woman, Angel would be crouched in the motion of sheathing her Katana. The wooden branches the spider woman held would then fall, equally sliced into pieces as Angel stood with a blank look on her face. She could not have any empathy or understanding that the spider had, but she did have a sense of sympathy for the mother. “I bet you are awfully curious about us and what our job is. Why I who am a trespasser killed that Hollow. I am a Shinigami, one that has two duties. My first goal is to purify the souls of beings known as Hollows so they may pass into Soul Society or go to hell. My second duty is to be a peace holder to all peoples within the jurisdiction of this society and to enforce the law. Calm down, or unfortunately we will fight.”

Now around eight feet away from this woman, Angel turned herself to Lolth’s direction. Was the spider woman going to combat the “little one” Angel? Or was she going to surrender and return home? Standing on two feet, she would hold her Zanpakutou in a one handed grip before looking to the spider. Looking into those four eyes, she realized how milky white they were. Was she blind? If so, using Kido would be more beneficial in this scenario. Based on experience, she knew that often Beast Clan members didn’t know what Kido was, and if this one was blind, it would help all the more. However, in the case she didn’t want to fight, Angel would sheath her blade into her sheath with a slight sigh and would then speak.

“Please get home safely and treasure what you have. Jane.” Using the Shunpo, she would kick off the ground in a fast speed, blurring before leaving the vicinity back to the barracks. She had to fill in her report and then she would be free. Ah, but before she did, she would turn to the spider one last time. “I am sorry for your loss. I will stop by more regularly as to make sure your children are not harmed by any Hollows in the area. I promise you. I can’t say I will always be around so please try to find a space where your children will be safe. Farewell.” Just like that, the “trespasser” would be gone to the Seireitei boundaries again.

[Lolth Orbweaver]

“Unfortunately...I can not relate to you, because in the terms you put it, I am the little one. However, I have lost my own mother to monsters worse than the beast I just put down. All I have to say, is that revenge will not accomplish anything. It will not change the fact your children are dead. It will not change the fact that you are angry. All it will do is just remove the thing you hated. Just like now. You striking me down will not change what has already happened.”
Lolth's eyes narrowed keeping her grip on the heavy branches. Deep down this was all stuff that she had already knew. Those that were the most rational could be the most irrational when angered. 

Lolth could hear the shinigami preparing to move, causing Lolth to lunge. The shinigami would appear behind her. Two light thuds, and the lighter weight of the branches told Lolth that the shinigami had cut the branches.  “I bet you are awfully curious about us and what our job is. Why I who am a trespasser killed that Hollow. I am a Shinigami, one that has two duties. My first goal is to purify the souls of beings known as Hollows so they may pass into Soul Society or go to hell. My second duty is to be a peace holder to all peoples within the jurisdiction of this society and to enforce the law. Calm down, or unfortunately we will fight.” Lolth forced the air from her nose turning to face her again. 

"I honestly don't don't care about you or the other steel wielders. If you wish to fight. Then I will fight." She would crouch low to the ground putting all four arms to the ground. The position was that of a jumping spider readying to spring on its prey. The tension was so thick that the shinigami could cut it with her sword. Despite the pain in some of her limbs, Lolth was willing to force her body into sudden motion at a moment's notice. Lolth would start to push off, but the sound of the shinigami sheathing her sword, and a quiet sigh made her pause. She still kept her aggressive position. Lolth was starting to question why she was fighting her now. She was slowly coming to her senses. 

“Please get home safely and treasure what you have. Jane.” She would use the same ability that got her behind Lolth again, this time she used it to gain distance from Lolth. Lolth would straighten to her full height "looking" at the shinigami with her blind, milky eyes. “I am sorry for your loss. I will stop by more regularly as to make sure your children are not harmed by any Hollows in the area. I promise you. I can’t say I will always be around so please try to find a space where your children will be safe. Farewell.” With that she was gone. Only after a few moments did Lolth fully relax. Once the adrenaline has faded from her system, Lolth would start to feel the aches from her tumble with the Manta hollow. 

She didn't want to see the shinigami around here more than she was, but then again at least this one seemed receptive to her instead of consumed with fear. Maybe it would be interesting to see that shinigami again. Lolth would turn back to the forest and make her way back to her cave. First, she would make her way to the spot where the attack first took place. She would bury the little ones that she could find. Her eyes were filled with tears again, but she was strong enough to complete her task though. She would return to her cave with the hundreds of little ones that resided with her. They all gathered around her welcoming her back. A soft smile would spread across her face, as she descended into the darkness. 

[Kyomei Kuchiki]

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