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.
Alexei's smile faded slightly when Xuan told him that he was one of the creatures that pissed him off. It was unsettling to know that Xuan didn't much care for him. He couldn't even imagine what he could have done to upset the white-haired Arrancar. It must have been Sablya Tigra that did that. Little did the Russian boy know, it was about to happen again.
Xuan injected him with something and told him not to get carried away. Alexei cocked his head to the side curiously. Get carried away with what? What was going to happen? Then it hit him. No, no sudden realization. It was a familiar feeling. Sablya Tigra was coming to the forefront due to the serum. Alexei let out a dry gasp as it happened. As the mask formed he was able to utter a slight "Oh no".
Sablya Tigra gained control of the body. A dark red reiastu covered the body as more and more of the mask built up. This was good. It was always good. Suddenly, he saw the white-haired punk who had wailed on him before. That pissed him off. It pissed him off right smart.
"Alright bitch. Round two then eh?"
With that, the hollow leaped at Xuan with both hands outstretched. He was going to grab for his throat.
Sure enough, the hollow lunged at him. Xuan cracked his whip as he ducked underneath, removing any tangles in the process. He stood on the other end of the room, smirking to the hollow. "You don't learn very well, do you, Hollow. Tell your master to learn more quickly; as much as I love to leave bloody silhouettes of unruly subjects painted on the ground, it's quite annoying to have to do that every day."
Xuan struck out at the hollow, swinging his whip at the boy's legs so that it would wrap around and trip him should it hit.
Szayel watched in amusement from his computer; it was interesting to see the dynamic between those two. One of them was outright stupid, and the other was unruly and quick to misbehave. Szayel wondered if the boy would ever gain control over that hollow - if he did, it meant less wasting time on serums that would do it for him. On the bright side, he didn't even need the cooperation of his subjects to draw out their inner hollows.
The next time he had one, he would keep that in mind.
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"Alexei is no master of mine. The word 'master' implies that he has control over me. Oh no, if anything he's a land lord. I'm just that tenant who doesn't play well with others. You see, he's too passive to ever have control over me."
He moved his legs to avoid the majority of the attack but he still got a nasty scrap on his knee. He looked down at it for a second before jumping back after Xuan. The hollow didn't register that direct attacks wouldn't work on Xuan without his zanpakuto. He was so much weaker than him right now. There was no way this was going to work. Of course, Sablya Tigra was going to try regardless. It was Alexei's body, after all.
He outstretched his hands again to try to choke Xuan. He was moving towards him quickly. Obviously he was going to choke this bitch to death. Xuan was going to die. Payback time.
"Oh? If that's true, why do we have to suppress him for you to come out?" Xuan asked, tilting his head. It was fun to put on his bored facade, lower his eyelids and act like a curious child who didn't quite understand. His words might have broken that image though. "If he's a landlord, you're just a parasite that he can root out whenever he pleases. In the end, he still controls you. Doesn't he, Vizard?"
"Time to die, damn you!" yelled the hollow, lunging for Xuan again.
There was little room to dodge, not that Xuan particularly needed to. He lifted his arm to push up the hollow's arms and turn them aside, possibly throwing him off balance. As he did this, he charged Picadura in his mouth. His lips parted, revealing the purple energy, and he spat them at the vizard.
Description of Attack - By gathering reiatsu in his mouth, Xuan can form a ball of reiatsu at the back of his throat, and then open his mouth, firing the blast which separates to form five dark purple blasts of reiatsu in the shape of needles, each carrying a kind of poison. The needles are each five inches long. Should they strike a foe, they will produce a stinging effect in the area where the opponent has been hit, via poison Xuan creates. It is not deadly, of course, but it does cause quite a sting.
Should someone get hit by multiple needles, they would feel a sting in those separated areas. For instance, if someone was hit in their left arm and right leg, they would feel the stinging around the area where the needles hit. Type - Poison Range - 15 meters before they begin to dissolve. Limitation - Lower tiers will feel a heavy sting for one to two posts, should they be struck. Tiers of the same level will feel a sting, but it wears off after a single post, and it is not as bad. Tiers one level above Xuan will feel a prick but nothing more, and tiers two levels above Xuan would not feel the effects of the poison.
This uses about four percent of Xuan's reiatsu. The needles themselves do very little damage; should Xuan be struck while forming the attack, the range is reduced to ten feet and is far weaker.
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"Oh? If that's true, why do we have to suppress him for you to come out?"
"Because his big goofy body is a bitch to control for an extended period of time. Have you looked at him? Damn."
In the end, he still controls you. Doesn't he, Vizard?"
Sablya Tigra simply laughed. The nerve of this pest. He had the nerve to insinuate that he was the parasite and how he didn't have any independence.
"Really? You dare to insult my ability to be independent? You're nothing more than a lapdog for you master you little cunt. Frankly, I may be the inhabitant of another body but you're the dick who has no free will. Tell me, did your master send you down here? I'm sure he did. Because you're just a little puppy, following his master's orders."
After that his attack was deflected. He was pushed up and to the side. His feet met the ground which sent a shock up to his knees. Shit, it hurt. The cut on his knees bleed even further. A small spew of blood ensued him hitting the ground. Then Xuan shot an attack at him. Fuck, he could only dodge two of the needles. The other three hit him in the chest and knocked him on his ass with the momentum of them. A searing pain consumed his chest and he let out a howl of pain.
"You dick!"
With that, he aimed a punch at the Arrancar's ankle. Maybe he could throw him on his ass too.
"Because his big goofy body is a bitch to control for an extended period of time. Have you looked at him? Damn," the hollow cursed, causing Xuan to snicker.
"But doesn't he control it with ease? Even with his big, goofy arms," Xuan taunted, idly flicking his whip and letting the chains jangle. The hollow insisted that Xuan was the one without free will - false. Szayel barely issued him orders. He often did what he want and was accepted as such, the only exceptions being a few mannerisms that Szayel insisted he keep to. Frankly Xuan found it born of paranoia - Adan would bow and grovel, and Stour had always called him 'master.' But now those two were gone.
Xuan had wanted to join Szayel anyways. Of all of the espada, the one he most wanted to work under? The one with the most resources, who could help him truly learn. And Xuan had learned a lot in his time with Szayel. About himself, about his colleagues, about subjects and traps and mechanics.
"You dick!" howled Sablya, punching Xuan's ankle. The green-eyed arrancar was unaffected - with his hierro in full swing, and the hollow being so much weaker, he was certain it wouldn't leave a bruise. Xuan lifted up his foot and kicked downwards at Sablya's head, meaning to catch it under his sandal and grind it into the floor.
"And even if what you say is true, and I lack free will, I've still more power than you," Xuan whispered, a smirk crawling over his face. He liked moments where he could just exert power over the "I could do anything I want, short of killing you...which I don't want to do anyway."
He stepped away from the hollow, spinning his whip in a small circle at his side. Daring the vizard to attack.
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"But doesn't he control it with ease? Even with his big, goofy arms,"
"It's his body you douche!"
His face kind of mad a gasp when his punch didn't hurt the Arrancar. As a matter of fact, it didn't even budge the little prick. Xuan then proceeded to stomp on his face and grind it into the floor. With that, Sablya Tigra howled with rage and anger. He began to thrash about underneath Xuan's foot. The Vizard could not raise its head.
"You eunic bitch! Get off me you fucker!"
Then Xuan removed his foot from his head which meant that now he could move. The hollow stood up and began to tremble with anger and he waiting until Xuan was practically provoking. He'd show that smug little bitch. He was going to destroy him and everything he cared about. He was going to make that little prick pay.
Sablya then rushed towards Xuan, Alexei's good arm pulled back to punch.
"Exacta!" cackled Xuan, even as the hollow protested and demanded he be released. So pushy, these hollows. Didn't really know their place, did they? As the hollow threw a punch at Xuan, the arrancar sonidoed aside. It was quite entertaining to play with the hollow - he wondered how long it would last.
Just to make sure he got in a hit for every time Sablya missed, he flung his whip widely across the room and brought it back, smirking. It could have easily wrapped around his midsection, if the boy hadn't dodged.
"Perhaps you should learn to watch your mouth. Insult Szayel-sama, and he could be far worse than me."
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Sablya Tigra was suddenly struck with an attack from Xuan's whip. It wrapped around his midsection and cut him all over. However, the hollow grabbed onto the whip before Xuan pulled it back. This action ended up in cut palms but it added a little momentum. Sablya Tigra used Shunpo to be right on Xuan. With a quick motion he went to headbutt the smaller boy. Whether or not that worked he aimed a left hook at his jaw as well.
With that barrage, he would try to back up. If he was caught he wouldn't be able to. However, he gave a tentative step back and rocked all his weight back. Of course, it really wouldn't be Sablya unless he spat out an insult or two.
"You fight like a little hoe. Come on use something other than that jizz-magnet whip! Fight with your hands you kiska!"
Okay, that was three. He had called him a "pussy" in Russian. The cat hollow doubted that Xuan understood him. It was good; he liked feeling superior to that little prick.
The hollow grabbed onto the whip, causing Xuan to delay when he pulled back, and then the hollow appeared before Xuan, headbutting him. The smaller man stepped back, his head mostly uninjured but jostled from the force. He scowled, bringing up his free hand to catch Sablya's punch. He held on for a moment, tightening his grip.
"You fight like a little hoe. Come on, use something other than that jizz-magnet whip! Fight with your hands you kiska!"
Xuan smirked at the hollow. "My hands? If you insist."
He lifted his right arm under Sablya's elbow, then pulled the man over his shoulder. He was just close enough to the wall that he could have gotten hit. Just because he wanted to hurt the hollow, he brought his arm back and shot his whip at the boy's midsection again.
"Are you bitter about not having your blade? It wouldn't do much good against me," Xuan taunted, grinning. In a flash of sonido, he had put as much distance between the hollow and himself as possible. He could get in a few more hits this way. And he would piss off the hollow. That would be fun.
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