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.
Post by Nagase Hisao on Jun 11, 2012 14:35:03 GMT -5
Nagase currently stalked the streets of Karakura. They had received some reports of hollow activity and, somehow, they had decided to dispatch him. The hollow was around here he could sense it but he wasn’t exactly sure where. He reached out to with his reiatsu to get a better feel for the area. He sensed some higher amounts of reiryoku in what he assumed to be spiritually aware humans. He avoided them by taking the roads less traveled.
He found a presence that was certainly a hollow and there was another there, one Nagase could not say he had ever quite sensed before. He rushed toward the destination with Radiance free from its sheath. He dashed around corners as he closed in on his destination. His blood was pumping and he could feel the adrenaline of a good exercise combine with hunting a foe rushing through him. Whoever said Squad Four was a bunch of weak medics was very mistaken.
“Be prepared Hisao, this hollow is not weak and it may not be alone” Ange said and he could tell she was fully prepared for battle. Nagase responded and ran down the road right before the corner that blocked his view of the hollow and the other being he sensed. He saw the hollow come into view and it looked vicious. The bulky creature had arms that looked like they could double as hammers and it was about one and a half times taller than Nagase himself. Its face was a terrifying image with grand fangs in a perpetual smile that spoke to his bad intentions.
“You look like you’ll make for a tasty meal human” the hollow rumbled in a low voice toward what he assumed must be a spiritually aware person. His research indicated that the more spiritually powerful a soul was the more a hollow wanted to devour the soul. He was going to have to step in soon so that the human didn’t die but he found himself waiting a moment. He needed to know what this hollow could do and he didn’t even know where the human was or if they were running away.
He prepared to release his Shikai and jump in at a moment’s notice as he looked around the corner to get a bead on the human who was here.
Nagase Hisao - Shinigami of Squad 4 - MLA Yamanaka Chie - Vizard of Squad Two, Currently undercover in Karakura under the alias Hagimura Yukiko - MLA
She was walking in the cool night of Karakura Town. It was much more quiet than during the day, less hustle and bustle going on. She breathed in the air, and then exhaled. It was a pretty great night, wind blowing once in a while. She smiled as she walked to a park, and sat on a swing.
The night was one of the best times for Konan, a time when she could reflect on everything. Her day, her week, her month, her year, her years, her life. She thought about at the most relaxing place she could think of: the park. On the swing, she moved back and forth and remembered her early childhood. Those were really good days...
As she swung, however, she noticed something. At first she thought it was just her stomach, with the low rumble. But soon it got to the point where the ground around her was shaking, and she sighed. She had been here before, and, though she was freaking out, she was not about to let the monster boss her around.
She jumped off of the swing, and landed on the grass with a low "thud." She looked into it's eyes and shuddered. They were cold, and almost...sad. He chuckled at her, his fangs moving up and down with his every breathe.
“You look like you’ll make for a tasty meal human” he growled at her.
This time, she was the one laughing at him. She sensed with her mind, and saw a red ribbon to her right. Ugh, not what she wanted. She opened her eyes and brought out her Quincy Cross, silently praying that now would be one of the times it actually formed her bow.
To her delight, the yellow bow slowly started to form in her hands. The overall base formed, with petal like substances coming out from the part where she would shoot from. She grinned as she pulled back the "string" and an arrow formed. She let one fly, and then another, desperately hoping that the hollow would get hit.
Post by Nagase Hisao on Jun 11, 2012 18:32:23 GMT -5
Nagase caught sight of the woman who was the hollow's target. She was rather short, all things considered, but still attractive. She looked as if she wasn’t facing down a giant hollow. She must be pretty confident in her own ability if she was staring this beast down like he was nothing. She was laughing. Laughing!
Nagase didn’t quite know how to take that as she created a bow of energy. She was a Quincy, now things made some sense. She fired two shots with the first missing but the second hitting the hollow in the left arm. It caused some damage but, unfortunately for her, the arms were probably the most armored part of this behemoth.
“You’ll pay for that, you little human” roared the Hollow who then dropped his hands like a sledgehammer. He missed, somehow, but the ground shook from the impact. That was it, Nagase couldn’t wait any longer. Quincy or no she would need help against this hollow.
“Kagayaku, hareyaka na enjeru” he yelled and a burst of light surrounded Radiance as he walked around the corner. His crystalline katana glowed with an inner light and he stared at the hollow who wound up another hammer blow to crush the quincy. That attack would never succeed, Nagase would make sure of that.
“I’ll get to you next shinigami” the hollow said. Nagase saw the blow and immediately used shunpo to get in front of the quincy. Nagase’s face was the image of determination and contained rage. How dare the hollow turn his back on him to fight the woman! He would make sure this hollow suffer for all the souls it had eaten and for trying to kill this woman.
“Tenshi no Hogo” he said as he drew light into his blade. A sphere of light surrounded him and the woman, assuming she had not moved. The light shield would take the blow and there would be no damage then he would counter attack. He was going to enjoy this he thought as the grin took shape on his face.
“Excuse me Miss Quincy but we oughta work together on this one” Nagase said as the blow came down on the shield.
Last Edit: Jun 11, 2012 18:34:46 GMT -5 by Nagase Hisao
Nagase Hisao - Shinigami of Squad 4 - MLA Yamanaka Chie - Vizard of Squad Two, Currently undercover in Karakura under the alias Hagimura Yukiko - MLA
"Fuck!" she yelped, as he first arrow missed and then the second one barely phased the monster. If only she was a better Quincy, she would've killed it so much quicker.
He roared as he was becoming angry with her. She chuckled, even with her weak power she was still able to take care of him without much effort. He slammed his fist, attempting to hurt her, but she lithely jumped out of the way. Jeez, was he stupid or just blind?
To her right, she saw a man in black come running and screaming. She watched in amazement, however that was not the brightest idea. She cringed and looked away as his sword began to glow with an intense light. She barely noticed that the beast was ready to attack her again.
The beast didn't want to mess with the man, though. What was it that he called him? A Shinigami? Well, whatever Konan would get her answers later. She quickly lifted her bow and pulled back her string, as the man appeared in front of her. She was shocked, but she didn't have time to be. She released the string of her bow and sent three more arrows soaring toward the beast.
In the split second after, he spoke again and a sphere of light had formed around them. Thank god for it, too, because the black thing's hits connected with the sphere. She released a sigh of relief, she really needed time to take this all in. She looked up and assessed the man as he asked for her help. He knew she was a Quincy?
"Later, answers later." she reminded herself.
She looked at the man, and, despite herself, was pretty pleased. He looked pretty good, and toned, yet had a bit of a cute face. She grinned, as he did, but most likely not for the same reason. Shaking her head, she forgot that she didn't answer his question.
"Sure, I can help you. What do you suggest?" she said, with a straight face. Now she was in battle mode.
Post by Nagase Hisao on Jun 11, 2012 20:15:19 GMT -5
The shield disappeared as the hollow stepped back. Two more arrows hit him in the shoulders and one nearly took his face off. Nagase was impressed with her skill. Now how could they defeat this hollow quickly. He could get her to aim for the mask while he fought it in melee combat. That would be the best strategy he decided.
“Aim for the mask, it’s his weak point” Nagase replied to her question. He looked back at her as he spoke and he found himself looking at her grin. She was decidedly pretty. He stood for a split second just looking at her.
“Did you forget the hollow you fool” Ange mentally smacked him out of his stupor. “Dammit” he muttered to no one before turning to face the hollow. He brought his blade up and looked right at the hollow. He met the hollows right hand which had begun to swing down for another blow and stopped it with his zanpakutō.
“Shinigami, must you throw away your life for this woman?” he could hear the fear in the hollow’s voice. He let out a full deep laugh. He pushed upward and the arm flew upward knocking the hollow almost off balance. Nagase then rapidly said the incantation for Shakkahō and the hollow took a blast of red reiatsu to the chest and stumbled. It screamed in agony and frustration as it righted itself.
“Good try but you don’t scare- What the?” he was interrupted by a wide swing that came from the left arm and Nagase barely had time to dodge the swing by jumping over it. He only hoped that the quincy managed to get out of the way or that would be a painful strike. He sliced downward and the blade pierced the arm’s armor. The howl was piercing as the skin was cut through. One arm down, one to go.
“Are you OK” Nagase asked without turning to see if the woman was still there or possibly injured. Even if she was hurt he needed to get the hollow before it could cause more harm. Honestly at this point all he needed to kill this thing was a good hit with his other technique. If the quincy could fire a volley of arrows to distract the hollow this would end.
“Shoot him one more time Miss Quincy, let’s end this pathetic existence” Nagase said through a wide grin that he hoped scared the hell out of the hollow. It did.
Nagase Hisao - Shinigami of Squad 4 - MLA Yamanaka Chie - Vizard of Squad Two, Currently undercover in Karakura under the alias Hagimura Yukiko - MLA
She nodded as he told her to aim for the mask. She prayed desperately that her aim wouldn't fail her, as it usually did. Now was not the time for her to miss, it was the time to hit her target.
She was a bit distracted as he stared at her. She winked at him, as she pulled back the string of her weapon. She watched, amazed, as she blocked the beasts arm with his blade. What power he had to have!
She wondered why the man laughed, as the monster asked why he was throwing his life away for her. Withing a second, he began whispering and then a red ball of fire crashed into the beast and it roared in pain.
Stupefied by his awe inspiring feats, she stood their, string pulled, and staring at him. He began to speak with the black form, before he was cut off by the things arm. It swung, and he jumped. She was so busy watching, that she didn't get that luxury. The monsters strong arm collided with her left arm and left lacerations.
She cursed, and in her rage she pulled back as hard as she could and released a volley of about fifty arrows. She didn't know if even one would hit, but she hoped the bitch would be in pain. She felt her bow disappear, and she used her other hand to hold her wound.
When he asked if she was ok, she didn't want to worry the man and distract him, so she hastily lied, "Yeah, I'm fine! Volley of arrows coming for the..thing!" she called out to him.
He wanted to end the beast, and so did she. She fell on her back as the pain seeped through her. Why her? She could barely even use her bow!
Post by Nagase Hisao on Jun 11, 2012 22:19:54 GMT -5
Nagase held his blade and gathered the light within it. It began to glow brighter as he had more energy put into it. He was going to finish this in one swing of his sword. Ange, as always, stood at his side so to speak ready to finish this fight. One strike would be more than enough.
“Hey, Hollow, do you know what fear is” Nagase asked casually as the adrenaline kept his body in a state of high energy. He was toying with the poor bastard now. Maybe he was just a little high on the adrenaline but he would never admit it. This fight was his.
He heard the quincy’s response and felt glad she was unharmed. He saw the arrows coming out of the corner of his eye. It was one hell of a volley. Numerous arrows struck the hollow all over his body leaving his arms, which he had raised in defense, were almost completely gone. He was roaring in agony so loud. Nagase fired another Shakkahō at his face which shut him up.
“Wrong answer” he said to the silence that followed the blast. He walked up to the hollow feeling more confident than he probably would have if he wasn’t sure this hollow was basically on life support. His blade radiated light that looked as if it was calling for release.
“Look. At. Me. I, my little hollow, am what you should fear” he said and then raised his voice as he got caught up in the moment “I am your judge and for your crimes against humanity I sentence you to death, again.” As he finished his little speech he leapt into the air just in front of the debilitated Hollow.
“Tenshi no Ikari!” he yelled as he slashed Radiance horizontally. A crescent of expanding light rushed from the tip of the crystal katana. The hollow cried out as it appeared directly in front of him.
“This is not how I die shinigami” it said in defiance of the fate clearly presented. The light cleaved through the hollow and left the body entirely detached from the head. As Nagase walked toward the head which needed to be pierced by the zanpakutō in order to purify the soul. He returned to his normal unreleased state as he walked toward the hollow’s head and mask.
“This is the end, I hope in your next life you find your peace” Nagase said as he lowered the blade, shattered the mask, and purified the hollow. He stood for a second after the hollow disappeared. He sincerely hoped that in Soul Society that hollow would live a better life.
Turning to face the quincy he noticed she was most certainly not fine. He used shunpo to get to her faster and kneeled beside her. He looked her over assessing the wounds with his training kicking in. She had some bad cuts on her arm and it may have some worse damage inside.
“You lied to me, you said you were fine” Nagase looked directly into her eyes as he spoke. Her eyes were a striking violet. He would have blushed at being so close to her if he was not so worried. He felt responsible for this. He had let one punch get past him and she must of thought he was protecting her. Dammit why was her injury bothering him, he had seen much worse in the Squad Four infirmary.
“Why did you lie?” he asked before continuing “I can heal your wounds but I need a moment to calm down after that fight and collect myself.”
Nagase Hisao - Shinigami of Squad 4 - MLA Yamanaka Chie - Vizard of Squad Two, Currently undercover in Karakura under the alias Hagimura Yukiko - MLA
She looked over as the Shinigami's blade began to glow more and more brighter. At one point, it almost hurt to look. She looked at the monster instead, and, totally carefree, began laughing. The beast was hurt by her arrows, now she had faith that the man could finish the rest.
Roaring in pain, the man shut it up with another blast of red fire. She watched in amazement, as the man said he would judge him and kill him again. Wait, what? Again? Ugh, there were too many questions that she had to ask the man.
He called out another name, and easily decapitated the monster before shattering the mask. It was an amazing sight, the guy was truly amazing. In all of her experiences, she had never seen such power!
As he turned around to look at her, she remembered her wound. He came to her with amazing speed, and left her speechless. Why was he so cool?
He asked why she had lied, and she turned her head and blushed.
"I, uh, well I just didn't want you to be distracted. It's not like it hurts too bad!" she said, cheerfully, and with an impetuous grin.
The grin didn't last long, and instead she let out an ear-piercing screech as her face contorted in pain. Up until now, she was too busy to just sit back and let the pain kick in. Now that she had, it was terrible. It felt as if she had been stabbed with three serrated knives, in the same spot, over and over.
After she stopped screaming, she looked into his brown eyes, beyond his glasses, and grinned. She was hoping that he would understand that she was just trying to put him at ease and not that she was some kind of masochist.
"I'm not one to rush, but could you collect yourself a little faster?" she asked, rather sweetly despite the situation.
Post by Nagase Hisao on Jun 12, 2012 9:46:49 GMT -5
Nagase heard her pain and quickly took a deep breath. “Hold still” he told her as he put his hands over her battered arm. His hands began to glow green as he initiated the healing. Slowly her reiryoku was restored and then he would heal the arm.
“This will take some time” he told her and then returned his mind to the task at hand. He closed his eyes and saw her smile. Really brain he asked himself as he continued his Kido. Ange had retreated into her inner world and he was not inclined to bother her as of yet. He ran back through the fight in his mind and knew exactly where and how this woman had been hit.
It had been his fault. He deflected numerous blows but instead of pushing her out of the way he had just jumped and left her open to being hit. He had let a teammate down and she had been helping him. Again he asked himself why he was getting beat up over this. And why was she blushing?
And it was at that thought that he realized exactly how close to her he was. A blush crept over his face but he kept healing. The wounds were beginning to heal after some time had passed. He finished the healing and let out a breath. Damned if he wasn’t tired after this excursion. He had healed as fast as he could to get out of this awkward closeness.
“There, you should be fine now” Nagase stood and reached out a hand to help her up.
Last Edit: Jun 12, 2012 9:47:37 GMT -5 by Nagase Hisao
Nagase Hisao - Shinigami of Squad 4 - MLA Yamanaka Chie - Vizard of Squad Two, Currently undercover in Karakura under the alias Hagimura Yukiko - MLA
She bit her lip as she tried to stay still, and not screech anymore than she already had. Her lip started to bleed, but she licked it up before he noticed. No point in making him anymore stressed than he already was.
He told her that it would take some time, but she calmed down. Her arm was starting to feel better, but she could tell she still had a long way to go.
She stared at the man, and felt the blood run to her cheeks. The man was so close to her, and he really wasn't all that ugly. He was actually kind of attractive, and she couldn't help her bodies reaction. After he finished the healing, he sighed. She imagined he had to be tired, he had done a lot in such a short period of time.
He told her that he was finished, so she sat up and moved her arm. He was right, she felt fine now. His hand was outstretched to her, so she grabbed it. It felt nice, it was sturdy but not rough. She used him to help her get up, before she stumbled into his chest. She blushed and looked up into his eyes.
"Oh, um, I'm sorry" she quickly apologized, but made no moves to getting out of the close proximity.
He felt warm, and safe. His very aura made her feel like she was at home, which made her face further reddened.