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.
Finally arriving at Urahara's shop after having left Soifon and Yoruichi to deal with the invading Hollows. Still in her Masked bankai form, however, her mask now half-gone as it only covers the lower half of her face. Following the raising reiatsus she perceived, she eventually found herself in the back areas of the shop where Kyra was being contained. Happening on the unfolding scene with Urahra calling upon his Shikai upon an Arrancar before him.
One of the ghostly, wispy tendrils of darkness lashed out from her upper back. Its blade like tips lashing and whipping in between the two of them before retracting, "I'm sorry, Urahara...", Ai said apologetically as she intruded, "But there is something I want to know from this Arr-...err..."
"ARRANCAR!!!", Keizen screamed into Ai's mind.
"Err... Arrancar... that's it...", Ai adjusted in her speech as she spoke in the three voices of herself, Keizen her zanpakuto spirit, and her Inner Hollow they both call 'Des' each speaking in perfect unison with Ai herself, "Kyra... she's only a 12th Seat... yet... these mission she was sent on... especially the one where I encountered her... They are not meant for a 12th Seat but more of a Captain level Shinigami... But you needed her at these missions catching from what I over-heard a little bit ago... So, you must have a contact within Seireitei - someone who can send out such missions... I... don't know what this Hogyoku is that Urahara created... But tell me, from what you said in how you made Kyra into a Vizard... it sounds very much like a ritualistic method used by Amaya Kyouraku, 4th Seat of Kidou Corps, three centuries ago... Did your contact within Seireitei find her research?"
"I'll make my intentions plain, Arra--... whatever...", Ai clarified, "I couldn't honestly give less of a shit about the humans... or the Shinigami... you can obliterate them all for all I care... My only care is for my own kind... Hollows can do as they will... Kyra is a Vizard, one of mine own kind... My only concern lies with her, the rest is immaterial to me."
Post by Shinigami Kyra on Aug 23, 2009 15:07:13 GMT -5
It was lucky that the Vizard had arrived, for she had nearly dominated the mind of Urahara Kisuke completely, had it not been for that rude interruption. Her voice stopped in an instant as those brows furrowed in annoyance. Still, the Arrancar allowed the Vizard to speak, even smirking a bit as the woman revealed her alignment.
"Amaya Kyouraku..." Kaiko brought a single finger to trace her button lip as she made a thoughtful expression. "Yes, that name certainly did come up in my research. "I must say, there were plenty of subject cases where Shinigami were experimented on by means of Hollowfication, however, there certainly was not much finding in the ways of a Hollow going through Shinigamification."
With that being said, she turned to the confused Urahara, who seemed to be sadly awakening from her trance. With mild distaste she allowed a smirk to rise upon her features as she extended her right hand out, as if to point the man out.
"I was following his original creation, however," Kaiko announced. "I took some of the research from Amaya Kyouraku in addition to my own experiments. I was not trying to create a Vizard out of a Shinigami through Hollowfication, I was attempting to seek more power through Shinigamification. Thus, Kyra was my first test subject. You state that Vizards are who you are aligned with? Well, it matters not; Kyra will no longer be a Vizard. In fact, she is not even technically a Vizard. Once I separate the inner hollow from her, she will become a Shinigami once more. And, as you've stated, you do not care for the Shinigami. So... what is it you plan to do now?"
Listening to Kaiko speak, Ai did not even seem to have a visible caring or reaction to most of it until one part toward the end of Kaiko's words, "You can't take away her Inner Hollow!", Ai responded abhored and even deeply disturbed by the thought, "What you spawned within Kyra, that Inner Hollow - it's part of her own soul now. It's part of her. Taking that out is... taking out chunk of her own soul that can never be filled again... it's a... horrid thought... I don't care if you're the one who gave it to her - you can't take it away from her! She's fine the way she is - she's beautiful the way she is!"
The black ghostly, wispy tendrils radiating from Ai's upper back once again as she point her fiery blade blade of violet light energy at Kaiko while stating, "I don't care if you're experimenting to become stronger... Arr-... errr... Arrancar...? yeah... Arrancar... Truly, I don't care, I hold no grudges against Hollows... which I cannot say the same in regards for Shinigami... Regardless of what you say, Kyra is a Vizard in my eyes, and I will do all I can to prevent you from molesting her anymore than you already may have...", repeating her earlier statment she uttered, "--she's beautiful the way she is... She's the only one I am concerned with, and I will not allow you to do anything more to her - you will have to find a new test subject... Besides, I have no belief in that you can make her Shinigami again, the only way I know of to reverse Hollowification is death by Shinigami blade... Right now, you stand against Urahara and myself... you can't win this fight, Arrancar."
Post by Shinigami Kyra on Aug 23, 2009 19:50:45 GMT -5
"You're right..." Kaiko said regretfully as she placed on a rather defeated demeanor. "I cannot win this alone..."
With that, Kaiko's voice began to ring out once again, repeating the process she had started earlier. Her voice cried out that Siren's Song, again, aiming straight for Kisuke as she filtered her own thoughts into his own, attempting to dominate his mind with the help of her artificial Hogyoku once again. She continued to sing even as she used her Sonido to fade far back into the alternate dimension Urahara had created beneath his candy shop.
'Attack her...'
Her voice cried out within Urahara's mind, attempting to completely dominate the man's thoughts.
'Kill her... destroy the Vizard... bring Kyra to me...'
Normally a man of Kisuke's ability would have been able to overcome the hypnosis with relative ease, but with the combined power of the hogyoku it would have taken a person of monstrous strength to resist. Kisuke's eyes glazed over and she stood up mouth open, shadow cast over his eyes and benihime in his right hand. "Cry Benihime." There were no emotions behind Kisuke's words, his free will was no longer his. The red wave shot out towards the vizard.
The wave of energy collided with something, it was unclear whether it had been blocked or had hit its mark. Wasting no time Kisuke used his mastery of shunpo to move at Ai behind his previous attack. He slashed upwards with benihime at the vizard's torso. As it went up at Ai's stomach Kisuke was able to fight against himself slightly and alter the angle of the blade causing it to cut at her clothes rather than skin.
Eyes popping open wide in shock the second a red wave launched right for her. She stumbled backward as she slashed at the air unleashing a bright violet wave of light energy clashing against the crimson energy wave speeding toward her. The two energy clashing together exploding knocking Ai further off-balance.
Her eyes seemed to widened a little more when Urahara was suddenly behind her in a flash of speed. Swiftly she jumped attempting avoid the upward slash at her mid-section, though it still grazed her. She switched her blade form her right hand to her left in an inverted grip as she called out, "Tessai! Please god, tell me you can bind both Kyra and Urahara... That last attack could've... hurt... I think he's restraining... with what will he has... just needs some time."
Moving as fast as she could with her Shunpou, she blurred out of sight only to shimmer back into view to Urahara's right side. With her inverted grip on her blade in her left hand, she motioned to cross-slash - but it was a feint. Abruptly spun around to attempting strike from behind him, though her while spinning around him her blade having changed hands - returning to being in her right hand in a normal grip as she made a downward slash at the air. Releasing from the blade with a resounding cracking sound like lightning was another wave brilliant violet light energy. The attack whether or not it connected by no means held the intent to harm or kill, her sole goal being to keep Urahara busy until he can regain his senses or until Tessai is able to bind him while also keeping Kyra restrained as well.
Tessai halted as he neared the entrance to the study hall. Kisuke had ordered him to take the girl and retrieve help, but he couldn't leave this woman to her certain death could he? "I believe there is something I can do, but I must ask you to cover your eyes and ears for what I'm about to use is strictly forbidden. It is in fact the reason I had to flee the soul society. But there is no other way. Please step back from Urahara-san!"
Tessai began going through a series of movements and incantations trying to stop the rampaging Kisuke and removed everyone to safety at the same time. "Jikanteishi!" The first half of the spell was finished and Kisuke was no longer a threat. Tessai had literally frozen Kisuke in time with the spell. Now it was time for the teleportation. The incantations were long and difficult to preform, but he was almost done. Just one.....more.....symbol. "Ku-ken-.....ku.....ken....." Tessai couldn't finish the word. He was so close! What was happening? His mind became flooded with a serene melody. His thoughts became jumbled as he forgot how to finish the spell. And soon, blackness as he lost consciousness.
Tessai was now under the same spell as Kisuke. He picked up the still restrained body of Kyra and disappeared as he made his way towards the source of the song. He arrived at the siren along with Kyra. Without a word he handed her the body.
Kisuke turned and slashed his blade at the air causing another red wave to rip away from his sword. His red crashed into the vizard's purple and exploded against each other. Kisuke immediately appeared behind Ai with a swift kick at her back. It was an awkward kick though, clearly being restrained by Kisuke's inner strength. The shop owner fell to the ground onto his hands and knees. He grabbed at the sides of his head with his hands clearly going through an internal struggle. "Must.....resist......must......break free......must protect girl........GaaaaaaaaaaaH!" Kisuke lifted his benihime and ran the blade across his own chest sending blood through the air. He fell to his hands and knees once again wide eyed and panting. Blood dripped slowly to the ground beneath his chest. He had broken the arrancar's spell, but it may be too late.
Post by Shinigami Kyra on Sept 2, 2009 12:53:22 GMT -5
"Mm, thanks a bunch, hun," Kaiko gave a slight kiss to her palm, then blew it Tessai's way with her free hand after throwing the entangled Kyra onto her opposing shoulder. With that, the Arrancar pressed a finger to the air, and ripped open a portal to Hueco Mundo. As the Gargantua opened, she turned like a school girl, one leg bent back and upward, while her free hand waved rather childishly. "'twas fun fight'n with you, Vizard. I hope we can do it again!"
And with that, she blew another kiss to the woman, her smirk turning rather sadistic as she stepped through the portal, which began to close shortly after. Her laugh could still be heard, even after the portal closed, echoing throughout the basement of Urahara's shop...
