With the Captains suffering casualties and heavy injuries on their side, all hope seemed to be lost... until Shinji Hirako appeared, along with the rest of the former Shinigami. Though the aid of the Vizards certainly helped to draw the battle in their favor, it seemed Aizen's power alone proved too much for them.
Casually stepping from the garganta, Grimmjow took a moment to absorb what was going on. His sky-blue eyes shifted from left to right as he made a note of where his comrades and enemies were. A smirk spread across his lips at the sight of the mass chaos and destruction that was underway. Clearly he had gotten to the party before missing anything good.
Out of the corner of his eye, the Primera Espada noticed the all too familar flash of a Cero charging toward the ground. His lips stretched to a grin when he spotted who was to be on the receiving end. Ichigo Kurosaki. Grimmjow had fought the Substitute Shinigami enough to know that a simple Cero wouldn't be enough to kill him though. The kid reminded him of a cockroach. No matter what happened, he simply wouldn't die.
"Babysitting my Fraccion doesn't seem to be doing much for your health, Halibel." Grimmjow stated dryly. "I'll only assume that the reason you let Lucia live is some strange maternal sensation that I, thankfully, will never know." The Espada had returned his attention to the ground without bothering to look at his subordinate. "Get in the way again, Lucia, and I'll kill you myself."
Post by Shinigami Kyra on Aug 20, 2009 1:39:52 GMT -5
>>"Hadou 33, Sokatsui."<<
Rydia blinked as the man's Kido spell launched right by her head with remarkable control, and smashed through one of the Hollows she had stepped over to get where she was.
>>"It's been a long time... Rydia."<<
"H-Hai," Rydia found herself stuttering to the man's voice, such a nostalgic atmosphere rising, despite the situation they were in. It seemed there would be little time for the two to catch up on old times as the pair went right back into what they had always done best; tear up Hollows.
"Mabushii Kasumi!" The dark green haired woman wound up her sword, collecting a thick and heavy mist, then forced it outward, covering the streets and blinding the beasts from their prey. Rydia then leaped up into the air, kicking off a lamp post, then the side of a building, before stopping to a hover several hundred meters in the air.
"Tsunami!" With a swing of her blade, the elder Shinigami brought a torrent of water crashing down onto the streets, taking out several confused Hollow in the process...
Ichigo's eyes widened as his head cocked just in time to witness the blast of a pink Cero heading toward him. With barely enough time to react and absolutely none to try and avoid, he did the only thing he could do in a situation like that...
The blast had struck, forcing an explosion of pink energy and smoldering smoke to cloud over the area. However, less than a fraction after the dust had started to settle, a heavy amount of dark reiatsu began to filter into the surrounding area. The smoke was forced to disperse almost immediately due to the sudden rise of high spiritual pressure. The black sparks of spiritual energy, outline in red, surrounded Ichigo's body while his hand dropped from in front of his face, which now bared his trusted Vizard Mask. Unlike Arrancar, Ichigo did not heal when he underwent this sort of transformation... however, the sudden increase of spiritual pressure did prevent him from getting knocked on his ass. Still, there were several burn marks around his body, his clothes a bit tattered and torn. Nevertheless, with all the Arrancar starting to show up, Ichigo knew he would need a lot more than just himself to try and put a stop to it all.
"Tsugi no mai, Hakuren!!"
A blast of ice launched out from some rooftop out of Ichigo's current line of sight and shot past him, aiming straight for the gathered Arrancar. Without even thinking, Ichigo already prepared to add onto the attack with a more powerful one of his own. His blade wound back as the ice beam passed his body, and with a mighty swing, he unleashed his own wave of spiritual energy.
Post by Rebel Raven on Aug 20, 2009 20:40:14 GMT -5
Matanza howled at Ichigo, "STOP IGNORING ME!!" she growled with a sneer, as she blasted the Getsuga Tensho with a pair of Cero form her hands which caused it to detonate prematurely which Halibel was left to deal with Rukia's ice attack mainly. She grunted a bit, at the handiwork, "You know what, forget it. I think there's someone else here who'd like a word," she motioned at Grimmjow, then chuckled.
Certainly she'd have more fun watching those two slug it out. She didn't care to fight anymore, and if she didn't have to, then hell with it. Grimmjow would likely fight in her stead.
If the Shinigami didn't want her surprise, then she won't give it to them. She grinned a bit as she floated in mid air with a leg crossed, and her hands on the top leg's knee,"What a fine show."
Halibel was still distracted by the blast so the ice assault rushed over her, and encased her in ice in a defensive position. It seemed to have slowed her down as she hadn't immediately broken out of it.
It wasn't likely she was defeated, though. Still the ice made a temporary prison.
"Still so spaced out? I would've thought a couple years of maturity would've changed that."
[/color] He smiled and winked in her direction, before flashstepping right out of the way of the attack of an Adjuchas. These guys weren't strong, or hard to fight for that matter, but they did seem endless. "Tsunami!"
He looked back and smirked, seeing her join the fray right alongside him, like old times. Causing him to flashstep out of the way of her water on-slaught and into the air. Something was wrong low, perhaps she was degrading, like himself after all this time.
"Damnit, what the hell is Ichigo doing?" He growled, the thought of Ichigo picking his nose or making out with his third daughter crossed his mind. "That lazy, uselss son of mine!"
He roared an swumg his blade in a wide arc, controlling his reiasut and letting it surge through his blade. The cut easily cleaved through four Gillian at a time. It was at that point that they all got the mind to charge their cero's at once and aim it at the green-haired woman.
"Rydia!" He called out before diving in front of her, pulling a charm out of the hem of his robes and thrusting in outwards. The cero's took their full affect. However, the attack didn't seem to do anything to the either of them as the charm repelled it, creating a shining barrier. "Hn, still need me to look after you like a little kid huh?"
He smiled and jumped away, before unleashing another bolt of Sokatsui at the oncoming Gillian and Adjuchas.
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"Karin...?" Kon crawled out of a corner, unsure of what to do or say. If he said that her dad was fine, then she would surely think he was crazy. But he couldn't bare to see her so broken. "Hey, Karin?"
"Go away." was all he got in response, her head not even rising out of her father's damp clothes.
"W-wha--?"
"I said go away!" She raised her head and glared at the mod-soul within the body of her brother. "Y-you IMPOSTER!"
Kon blinked, staring at the tear-stricken face of Ichigo's sister. How did she know?
"GET OUT!" She screamed, grabbing the nearest piece of debris and chucking it in his direction. He dodged it and stuttered, not really knowing what to say. "G-GET OUT!!"
Without another word, the mod-soul ran for it. But... run where, Isshin was busy, and if he went to Ichigo he'd have to explain everything!
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When the mod-soul left, the young girl broke out into sobs again, shoulders wracking as she burried her face into her father's dying form again.
"D-dad..." She croaked, having a ton of difficulty speaking. "I-I'm so sorry, I'm sorry I wasn't... strong enough. I could've stopped it but I didn't! I-I failed..."
There it goes again, another Kurosaki that blamed themselves for everything, must have been a family trait.
"J-just don't leave!" She bawled again, tears streaming don't her face. "You can't leave yet! We haven't had that picnic that you've been planning for months now! W-we haven't been doing... things that families do! S-so don't leave! I-I promise I'll never... ever think you're nuts again...!"
There was no response, nothing at all. There was just a girl that was unconscious, and dead body, and a girl who thought she had lost everything crying on the floor.[/blockquote]
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"G-Grimmjow-sama!" Lucia stuttered in surprise as the Primera Espada appeared without warning. She stared silently at the man as he commented on her uselessness. There it was again, someone claiming that she was useless. The reason that she even trained as hard as she did, the reason she practiced for days on end to perfect her techniques, was so that Gin, the Espada, Halibel, and even Grimmjow would think that she was useful. She had caused Halibel pain, and Grimmjow disgust. Was she really as useless as they said?
"Yes sir" she said, sounding a bit hurt. Just as she replied, a blast of ice shot over head, which barely missed hitting her. Lucia looked around carefully, searching for the source of the attack. As she laid eyes upon Rukia, she noticed something was amiss. "Halibel-sama!" she yelled as she spotted the former Espada's form encased on the pillar of ice. Once again she had been hit by something that she could have easily dodged. "I-is it my fault?" she thought to herself. This was twice already that she had caused the person she admired pain.
Lucia's expression changed from one of shock and disbelief to one of determination. She sonido's to the spot in the Ice where Halibel's was trapped in. She put her hand on the solid wall of ice, surging it with her own reietsu, weakening it, and at the same time, feeling it out for a weak point. After a couple of seconds, she withdrew her hand, and the struck the ice with her fist with a great amount of force, causing the ice to crack at first, then shatter completely. Without even waiting to see if Halibel was OK, Lucia pointed the palm of her hand toward Rukia and began building her light blue colored energy in her palm. She released a large cero in the Shinigami's direction, in attempt to prevent her from attacking again, and possibly injure her.
As the blast of the cero destroyed the roof top where the shinigami was, Lucia turned to face Halibel, her eyes were filled with determination and resolve. "Halibel-sama" she began to speak firmly. "My purpose is to serve and protect my superiors." she glanced toward Grimmjow as she said this. "Please do not waste your energy to protect me, If I fall in battle then...." Lucia hesitated for just a moment, she knew that Halibel was one who protected those who were close to her, but Lucia couldn't stand to see her suffer because of that. "My existence is meaningless if I cannot protect those I serve" she said, quietly but in a very serious and sincere tone.
More than once the screeching formless souls of the damned can be heard wailing into the existence upon their summoning at the hand of Vaaz. Only to be condensed together and be reduced to spiritual matter upon being set ablaze by Vaaz's reiatsu obliterating them entirely to form a sphere of purlsating fire hurled down indisciminately below at whatever inhabitants and Shinigami were below... if there happened to be some minor Hollows... well... oh well... there is more where they came from.
She did not seem to really care what was going on or even transpiring. As she pointed her index and middle fingers together at some folks below a powerful bright red Cero took form and blasted whatever may have been in its pathway. Illuminating bright explosions burst into existence upon impact upon the ground and those who failed to clear out of the way.
However, Vaaz's brow furrowed a bit... looking a dash bored... with a sight, she begun heading off back to one of the open Gargantas as she idly remarked, "I'll apologize to Kaiko-chan later, Matanza-sama... I'm leaving... it's boring here...", with that she vanished into the abyssal swirling void of darkness within the maw of one of the Gargantas, and left the scene.
"Please do not waste your energy to protect me, If I fall in battle then...."
“Lucia, shhh!” Arja covered her mouth as if Grimmjow would read her lips, let alone actually hear. “Grimmy-sama has a hangover and is in worse humour than usual.” No sooner did she finish warning her fellow Fraccion of their superior’s condition, his hand struck the side of her face. She knew she risked the consequences of calling him that, especially in public. “Okay, I deserved that one.”
The blue-haired Espada only took his eyes off Ichigo for a split second as he shot Lucia a disapproving look. It took every ounce of his energy not to verbally bitchslap the girl. He made a point of ensuring that his Fraccion knew what he expected of them. They were to serve him loyally and do what he instructed. His subordinates were also knowledgeable of the risk they took if they got in his way or did something stupid. If they were to die defending him, they did exactly what they were meant to.
“You’ll have served your purpose.” The Primera finished Lucia's sentence coldly.
Not waiting for a reaction, Grimmjow launched himself toward the ground at breakneck speed. A simple sonido jump and he’d reached his target. Hauling back his right fist a broad grin stretched across his lips. Connecting with the side of Kurosaki’s face, Grimmjow laughed. “You’re getting soft, Shinigami!”
Post by Shinigami Kyra on Aug 23, 2009 20:10:34 GMT -5
Ichigo recoiled from the sudden punch, being hurled several meters before coming to a stand on the groundless air. He wiped the trickle of blood from his lip as he eyed Grimmjow. He let out a grunt as he charged up a bit of reiatsu and hurled himself straight toward the Primera, hilt tightly gripped as his Zanpakuto pulsed with thick, black liquidated spiritual energy.
"Getsuga Tensho!"
>>"Hn, still need me to look after you like a little kid huh?"<<
"You're just trying to find reason to get a feel again, Isshin," Rydia's voice was filled with a bit of annoyance as the man had moved to hug her in order to protect her, but in the process, he ended up palming one of her breasts. With a quick elbow to his face in a rather comical fashion, she knocked him back with that fierce annoyed gaze that had been filled in their previous relationship as Royal Guards. Despite the annoyance, it certainly was good to see the man again. Memories filtered her vision momentarily as that frown twitched into a small smile. With that, she reached a single hand up and over her face. "Let me show you how strong I've become..."
With that, Rydia summoned forth her Inner Hollow's abilities by manifesting that Vizard mask. That blue toned dragon skull was yanked over her face as her reiatsu skyrocketed. She let out a cooing groan as her body adjusted to the new power. She looked up to the collected hollows and held her blade vertically in front of her.
"Ban... KAI!"
A heavy mist gathered around her, then exploded as she revealed her Bankai. As soon as the mist faded, Rydia now stood with her newly transformed Zanpakuto; the sword-like chain whip, which she snapped harshly in order to clear the mist from her visual range.
"Mabushii Tsunami!"
With a quick twirl of her chain-whip, she collected a heavy amount of mist before her, then hurled it outward. The mist liquefied into a heavy current of water, which crashed into the hollows, burying them in a good amount of water.
>>"STOP IGNORING ME!!"<<
"Then I'll be your opponent," Rukia exclaimed, having already gathered a good amount of reiatsu for another wave of ice to be summoned. White specks of snow filtered all around her as she held the necessary stance, a flow of white spiritual energy surrounding her body as she held her blade up horizontally by her shoulder. "Tsugi no mai, Hakuren!"
Post by Rebel Raven on Aug 24, 2009 1:55:06 GMT -5
Matanza smiled at Rukia, "Oh, yes, do it Shinigami! Hurt me bad!" she giggled, then exposed Momo's face and head between her breasts, and upper body along her abdomen, "And hurt her, too!" she said with a wicked smile, then made a come hither motion with her left hand as her tongue traveled across her lips. "She loves pain. I know that," she said to Rukia with a wicked smile.
"You, I think I'll fight, unless you want to run, little boy," Matanza teased. She knew full well that Rukia was a girl, ... well, maybe not full well. Rukia might've been a young boy. Maybe later she could figure it out like she had Momo?
Meanwhile Lucia jarred Halibel in her icy prison with the strike, and as it weakened, a yellow Reiatsu flared, and she blew the ice off of her body, "Be silent, Lucia," she grunted at the woman, "I do not gain loyalty without earning it,"she said rather disgusted at the notion of someone just catering to her for little reason. She saw Rukia battling Matanza, and that was enough to have her stand down. Halibel disliked being one of the people that outnumbered her enemy. She didn't mind so much if others did it, though. She had to tolerate it. Especially as her Fraccion freely, and eagerly fought as a team thanks to their team work special moves.
She saw Ichigo as he entered combat with Grimmjow, and left it at that. There were no more targets, and she would not interfere in a battle, even if a person involved directed an attack at her. One arm traveled to the elbow of her sword arm, and rested there to support her breasts, but her sword arm maintained readiness.
"You're just trying to find reason to get a feel again, Isshin."
He feigned hurt as he indiscriminately squeezed her breast, hmm... it had grown in size.
"What?! How could you say such a thing! I would never--... Achk!" For his behavior, the horny old man was repaid with an elbow straight to the face.
Okay, okay, he deserved that one. But could she blame him for returning to familiar territory? He lay in a crumpled heap in the ground, his nose bleeding freely, he should have remembered that that was familiar too.
"Rydia is too cruel..." He whined in a nasal-sounding voice and rolled about, clutching his nose in pain.
"Let me show you how strong I've become..."
He blinked, the girl had gotten stronger? What the hell? Well, there was something that was off about her reiastu, but until she had said that, he hadn't begun to guess.
And with ease, she pulled on that mask.
He almost winced, rising to his feet and apparently forgetting about his nose bleed, which had also miraculously stopped gushing. So, this is why she never returned, because she would never have been accepted.
She was a vizard.
"Rydia..." He muttered, his voice slightly serious. Then again, who was he to judge? After all, his own son was a vizard, and he himself had been exiled due to... some reasons.
"Ban... KAI!"
He blinked again, feeling her reiastu level spike like it had never before. Sure, she had always been able to use it, but with the hollowfied powers, it seemed to increase greatly. To be honest, her reiastu was something that he was not familiar, projecting power out of what he had remember as somewhat weak in comparison to the rest of the guards.
It made him smirk, her skills now put her on his level... of course, without him unleashing his Shikai.
As she released her water-based attacks, he too, charging forward, slicing and dicing at incredible speeds at Gillian and Adjuchas alike. He made quick work of them, cutting one down before flashstepping to another.
Something was bugging him though, and had been bugging him the entire fight. During his fight, he had constantly been reaching out to search of Ichigo's reiastu, feeling it fluctuate every now and again as he fought against rather strong enemies.
One thing was sure, he and Isshin's third daughter were outnumbered.
"Rydia." He turned to the green-haired woman, with a rather stoic expression. "Is there any chance that you still have your Royal Guard's helmet?"
He asked only because; as part of the royal guard, it was necessary to have a helmet that covered the head entirely, making them all unidentafyable to whatever enemy they would face. This way, their families would not be at risk in order to gain leverage over them.
Isshin still had his, for keepsake, but he wanted to know if she did hers, after all... she was trying to stay in hiding too, right?
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