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.
"Pathetic," Xuan mumbled as he watched a hollow being vanquished by a shinigami. The shinigami had been followed by Xuan for several minutes; he had been concealing his reiatsu to keep from being discovered. He wanted to know how long the shinigami could last before he decided to simply destroy the shinigami, completely and utterly.
"It can't even hold out for an entire minute? Worthless creature," Xuan sighed. He couldn't bear to watch this shinigami continue to be such a nuisance to his kind. Watching the shinigami, his eyes locked on to the male: tall, strong, brown hair and eyes.
Of course, this was a bad thing for the shinigami; Xuan was charging a purple blast of energy in his mandible. Just before his lips, the cero formed, and fired, blasting through the shinigami without a single chance of missing. The screams echoed through the streets, leaving Xuan with a bored expression.
Xuan shook his head as he turned, leaving in a flash of sonido towards where he felt a much stronger reiatsu. He smiled as he did so; he almost wanted to laugh. If this reiatsu was all that he sensed it to be, he could have an interesting battle at hand in just a few moments.
Of course, it would likely be something rather stupid and weak, such as a shinigami. His smile faded. No, of course it was a shinigami. But it was no match for him, he decided prematurely. A shinigami would never be a match for him.
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For some reason, Yumichika was on Earth...again. Why was he always the one sent down? The sheer humidity of Karakura Town was ruining his hair. And he had just booked an appointment with his new hair dresser! What perfect timing to be sent on another mission to Karakura.
Strolling around the streets in his godforsaken Gigai, the effeminate fifth-seat looked up. Huh...there was strong reiatsu nearby...Arrancar. Oh, for the love of...another one? Really? He had just killed one yesterday! Ugh, he was going to go shopping today too. Putting his hands in his pockets, he sighed and looked up.
I spy with my beautiful eyes, something white.
"I know you're there, Arrancar," he called out to the little white figure in the air, "What do you want from me?"
He was in Gigai, so that would give him some time to learn something about this one before actually confronting the threat. Provided that it was a threat, which, knowing how hollows and arrancar were attracted to the town like moths and lamps, it probably was.
"Oh?" said the white-haired arrancar. "I made the mistake of considering you to be strong--for your kind, that is."
He shook his head in mocking disapproval. The shinigami was enfeminate as could be, and Xuan was just trying to see how long he could toy with the shinigami for. After all, toying with creatures such as this could be great fun. Unfortunately, it could also be incredibly boring.
"You are a shinigami, I presume?" Xuan inquired boredly. He let a slight grin come upon his features, showing his fang-like canines, extended slightly. His nostrils flared as he grinned down at the shinigami, sonidoing a good ten meters away from him. "A rather pathetic one, if you are."
"I could almost mistake you for a woman," Xuan cackled.
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Yumichika simply watched as the arrancar sonidoed not too far away. Obviously, he gave him the once-over. White hair, white clothes...bland! Bland, bland, terribly bland! And the lime-green eyes? Goodness, how horribly did it clash against the white! The colour would have caught the attention of others, if only they were shaped beautifully (like his own). But the reptilian-like shape was just too repulsive to compliment the unique colour.
"What ugly thoughts you have," he replied, "Then again, that's not surprising, considering you lack the capacity to tastefully match colour schemes. White on white? How bland." he snapped back. The arrancar wasn't the only one with a dagger for a tongue. "And I wouldn't consider myself 'weak'. After all, I am fifth-seat to the most powerful division in the Gotei." he added.
As soon as he heard the 'woman' comment, a vein throbbed in his forehead. But he calmed down soon, because it was unsightly. "In that case, I'd rather be a woman than have such poor taste like yourself."
Xuan remained bored in appearance, demeanour, everything. Inwardly, he would have loved to just lunge at the shinigami and completely destroy him. To anihliate such a worhtless creature, however, would have been a waste of precious time. The feminine man couldn't come up with a fine enough insult for an intellectual such as Xuan.
"Temper, temper, shinigami. Don't want to get into a fight you can't handle, do you now?" Xuan replied cooly, letting a slight smile filled with arrogance and complacence fill his expression. He brought a hand down to his whip; the dark, dull chain whip. He wouldn't draw it just yet; if his opponent lacked the spine to fight, he wouldn't fight.
Xuan wasn't a barbarian like some arrancar, e.g., the Quinto, Nnoitra. He was calm; he was intelligent. He was one who prefered solitude and the ability to be in control. The silver-haired arrancar would not be swayed by his words unless they proved to be intelligent.
"I wonder if you fight like a woman as well," taunted the arrancar. "The way that you speak implies that you are a woman."
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"So, do you want to fight me, or what?" Yumichika asked with a shrug, "Because I really have no time to spend on ugly people."
He put his hands in his pockets again, a seemingly normal gesture, but he was really reaching for his trusty (or rather, un-trusty, considering how his demon of a lieutenant swapped his normal brand with some other) soul candy. He could tell this one wasn't like other arrancar. Usually they just straight-on charged at him (with the exception of that unbelievably hideous one with seaweed hair). But this one looked smart. Like he was bidding his time.
Arrogant too. He could see it in his unsightly green eyes, and from the way he grinned. He could tell that he was underestimating him, something that would prove to be the arrancar's downfall. He smirked as he flipped his hair uncaringly, seemingly unfazed by the woman comments. "I'm sorry, did you say something?" he asked, "I was too busy not caring to listen. Like I said before, I don't waste my time with ugly people."
"Don't be so naive, shinigami. After all, if I were to fight you, what joy would there be in death?" asked the silver-haired arrancar with a sly grin. He couldn't help the venom in his words, the fangs and ivory teeth within his mouth that added a certain sharp sting to his words--even if the shinigami was immune to it. Venom could seep into anyone's bloodstream, given the right amount of venom and the right amount of time.
"Unless you are eager to die, Shinigami-chan, I would suggest you not seem so eager to fight," Xuan advised sarcastically. If he had wanted to kill the shinigami he would have done it already. He didn't need to wait another moment, had he wanted to kill this one it would have been done a long time ago. But he wasn't a demon bent on killing; he liked to toy with his opponents.
He smiled, still, waving a hand towards his whip. He would have loved to simply pull the whip from its place in his belt, uncoil it, and slice forward with it; marking and tearing the enfeminate one's flesh and attire. Nothing would be able to stop him from lashing the man out of the gigai if he wanted to; it wasn't something he was so sure about, however.
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"...Shinigami...-chan?" Yumichika said slowly, his eyes twitching in sheer annoyance. He dared to mock him? Him? No one dared to mock him. It was almost an unspoken law in Soul Society! This arrancar really did have guts to get on his nerves. When things got on his nerves, the end result was not very pretty. And considering this was Yumichika Ayasegawa...that's saying a lot.
He scoffed, looking sideways with a malicious grin, "You really like to irk me, don't you, arrancar?" he asked in obvious annoyance, "I have no problems in killing you, and you seem to be underestimating me. How pitiful." The shinigami pulled out the small green candy from his pocket, and looked at it, "I wonder, should I end your dissapointing existance or should I let you suffer just a little longer,"
He could sense the arrancar's reiatsu. It was impressive, meaning that he was in for one good fight. Just because he wasn't so vocal about it, doesn't mean Yumichika didn't love a good battle once in a while. After all, he was a member of the Eleventh Division. Who didn't love a battle?
"Oh?" Xuan asked curiously. It was false enthusiasm lacing his voice, he didn't actually care. As far as he was concerned, this shinigami was a whip's lash away, easy to strike, easy to dispose of. What was one more shinigami gone from the world? Besides; if he won, he could leave him bleeding on the ground, since he seemed so eager to fight and to die.
"If you are so eager to die, then move before I do, shinigami," Xuan warned sarcastically. During this fight, he would create art; he was very tempted to simply last out--that lacked tact though. He needed a solid plan; a solid idea first. If he didn't have such a plan, he wouldn't be able to fight in the correct manner. In fact, without a plan, he might actually lose.
No, no, that was ridiculous. Xuan grinned to the enfeminate shinigami. "So? Move or die; make your choice, shinigami. You have ten seconds before your neck and head are seperated. I'd suggest you make them count before I grow bored and dispose of you.
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Yumichika grinned as he popped the candy in his mouth. He was forced out of the damned gigai and sent it off as he turned towards the arrancar. "All right, but you'll regret it," he said before using shunpo to appear above the arrancar.
In one swift movement, he unsheathed his sword and swung down with enough pressure to crack a normal skull. Of course, that kind of power was normal for the fifth seat, and the arrancar's skull was obviously much more durable than 'normal'. And he also had that damned hierro to cut through. But who said Yumichika didn't like a good challenge?
It could be said that the first strike was a test. Just to see how stubborn that hierro was. If it was good enough, he couldn't help but be excited about a beautiful fight (even though the opponent was painful to the eyes. But it would have to make do.)