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 rivalcycle18 on Aug 16, 2009 14:39:31 GMT -5
Beck let out an unnoticeable sigh. For whatever reason, these girls didn’t seem to be interested in him. Perhaps he really was showing off for nothing. He moved a bit closer to the group, only responding to Kenpachi’s question of his name with a grumble. He knew by the tone of the captain’s voice that he was trying to mess with Beck, and he wouldn’t fall for it this time. Shortly after avoiding the crushing blow to his ego, the young lady beside Kenpachi spoke up.
“What is your name? Because, I think we should arm wrestle sometime, I like an even playing field.”
Beck scoffed arrogantly as the female flexed her own arm. She did look pretty damn strong, but Beck wouldn’t allow himself to be impressed. “You gotta be kidding me, lady,” he said bluntly, not even bothering to introduce him self for a second time. The cocky Shinigami’s ears picked up talk of sake. Maybe that was just the thing he needed to make this trip feel worthwhile, because as he watched Yumeji take her seat next to Aoide he realized he had pretty much came upon a hopeless group. Aoide looked like she was interested in Kenpachi, while Yumeji looked to be more interested in Aoide than anything… just his luck.
"Hey, new guy, what's your name?"
“The name’s Beck,” he replied with little enthusiasim, finally giving his name at the third request asked of him. “Pleasure to make your acquaintance.” The same sarcastic tone was evident, the young punk giving Yumeji a cheesy, half-hearted bow to go along with the less-than-sincere greeting.
He sunk further down into the hot springs, the water coming up to the bridge of his nose. Enough of his face was visible to show the annoyed look in his eyes. However, his quickly sprang up as out of the corner of his eye he caught the figure of Seki.
"Do you mind if I join you?"
Beck puffed out his chest, flexing once again and replied to Seki: “Yea of course, come on over!” Maybe he would have better luck with this beautiful woman than with the other two. There sure wasn’t anything “intimate” involving him going on here.
Tsugaru would have just walked by and gone of to the bar as he had planned but the spirit pressure coming from the hot springs ,meant that there was quite the accumulation of power there and he wondered why. It wasn't long before he saw the free towel sign and wondered if really that was enough to draw so many spiritually gifted people in one spot. He shrugged, paid the lady for entrance, and received his free towel. One could never pass up an opportunity... even if it was in the shape of a free towel, of course, he would have to enter the mixed gender pool to get it but hell, what could be wrong with that? Whether it was out of curiosity, opportunity or some other word that ended in Y, he found himself walking into the male part of the changing area, taking his clothes off and heading into the out to the pool with his towel wrapped around him. He noticed the offer off free loot had, in fact, drawn a small crowd of people. Miss Aoide, Captain Zuraki, two other girls and some other guy he'd never seen before. Considering the overwhelming amount of people that had never seen him naked before sitting in the springs, he set his zanpakuto against on of the chairs and flash stepped into the pool, leaving his towel in a heap where he once stood. His muscles immediately protested against the simultaneous burn and relaxation the felt. He was still pretty damn sore from getting worked over by Aoide. The fourth squad had done what they could in healing him but he still hurt from his beating. He wasn't sure if a fresh member of the eleventh squad had the right talking to his captain in such a laid back environment and on top of that he knew Aoide would sock him in the face if he tried to hit on her but the other, well endowed, women that was near Aoide deserved at least a little attention even if his efforts were for naught. He swam a few feet and stopped several from his captain and bowed.
”Captain Zuraki, Mind if I join the three of you?, sir”
He couldn’t turn his respect off for the man, not that he new him well enough to do so anyways but in his history at the academy he showed few people a serious side as he loved to goof of, the captain was above al of that though. As he arose from his bow his eyes flashed to the busty beauty and he quelled his need to grin before getting permission to join them in the springs. He was bothered very little by any of them being nude as clothes were trivial. Being bashful could get yourself killed in battle if you were somehow stripped of your clothing. Still that didn’t keep him from flash stepping in… maybe he needed to learn to listen to his own advice?
"Che, you'd think by now Unahana-san would have a special Zaraki kit waiting for when you come in."
He laughed heartily, rolling his neck and shoulders in order to relax. The hot springs were good, and they felt extremely nice, allowing his muscles to slowly relax.
"If ya didn't know..." Kenpachi retorted, mussing up her hair with a swipe and bringing it out of it's bun, "Unohana don't work at the 4th no more. Though yea, before she got her... promotion, she did have a set."
He smirked and slid down, immersing more of his body into the steaming water and along himself to relax.
"Hey! Baka get off my rock, mine! Mine."
"Gaki. 'Brat.' " He scowled before allowing his feet to rest against the floor. Though, he much would have rather have them where they were. He sighed and leaned back again, head rested against a rock before he began to undo the bells that were hanging from his hair.
"Sake's on the way."
He smiled at the sound, before speaking up. "Ain't no better thing then a bottle of sake."
"Do you mind if I join you?"
Looking up, he saw a girl come over to the group, looking a little uneasy. shrugged his shoulders and continued to undo his hair, finally finishing pulling all the bells out of his hair before he let it fall about his face.
"Do whatcha want." He said, placing the bells on top of a rock behind him, before muttering to Aoide, "...don't let me forget those."
“You gotta be kidding me, lady.”
"Baka!" He howled in laughter at the cockiness of his subordinate. "She would beat you in five seconds flat."
Kenpachi Zaraki noticed the approaching reiastu of another subordinate, Tsugara, if he recalled right. This would be interesting, the two raw-recruits had never met before, so he wondered how their relationship would turn out.
”Captain Zaraki, mind if I join the three of you? Sir!" (Woah! Had to do some major edits there haha.)
He blinked, once or twice. "I'm countin' five, kid. You sure you ain't half-blind or somethin'?"
However, a smile broke his face as he gestured the man over. "C'mon kid, take a seat."
Seki focused and shunpoed appearing in the pool, leaving her towel behind so she was not beneath the water and covered. She was not usually modest, but there were multiple men here and a captain and she did not want to disgrace herself....at least not when she could avoid it. She glanced over at Beck who seemed to be showing off and sighed shaking her head. "Yet another guy showing off....typical." she mumbled under her breath. She glanced around trying to put name's to faces. She only recognised Kenpachi. "Hello everyone. I'm Seki of the sixth squad."
Aoide scowled deeply as Kenpachi's passing hand messed up her bun and her long brown locks fell into the water. She pouted as she struggled to put the rebellious locked back up, she finally suceeded in another messy braid before smacking upside the back of his head in retaliation and suck her tongue out at him childishly. She turned her head away from him as he started to take out the bells from his hair, last thing she needed was for the rest of these people to see her staring at him, enjoying how he looked without his hair spiked. Instead her interest perked at the announcement that the sake was there.
She eagerly smacked her lips, turning around and lifint herself out of the water a little bit and leaned against the wall. Her back broke out in goosebumps as thing trails of waterdroplets rolled down her back and back into the water. She reached out for a sake cup taking a large sip and grinning. She looked at Kenpachi still smiling, yeah she'd remind him about the bells, unless she decided to steal them to teach him a lesson about messing up her hair. Her happy grin turned more into an evil, plotting one as she slipped back down into the water with her sake bowl humming happily.
Her, big innocent, doe brown eyes looked up Beck, she slowly blinked her long eyelash and smiled sweetly. "Eh, fine, if you have a problem fighting against a woman, and being afraid of getting your ass handed to you. I can't really hold that against you," she said casually looking up at the ceiling, of course it was a taunt, she hated overly arrogant men anyway.
"Tsu-chan!" Aoide then yelled happily waving at the obviously nervous guy as he walked into the bath house and nervously asked Kenpachi to join him. "Just ask Tsugaru-san here about it. He's learned not to scoff at an opponent just because of their sex. Well he wasn't really scoffing before we fought for his place in Squad 11, but he knows better now just in case he tries to think differently," Aoide spoke brightly, splashing Tsugaru with the warm water playfully.
She took another sip of sake before her attention turned to Seki and Aoide smiled. So many new people she was meeting, she loved it! She was tempted to do her, 'new friends,' dance but that dance was for another time when the pool wasn't so crowded. "Psh, silly thing, it's what they do. I'm pretty sure that in the male changing room they compare muscles, and do other, 'manly,' activities," she said rolling her eyes.
Post by Rebel Raven on Aug 17, 2009 21:54:18 GMT -5
Yumeji's attention went to the woman who arrived topless, and her tongue peeked slightly from the corner of her mouth, "Water's hotter than I thought," she chuckled. Oh, yes, it was a good day for her. A naked woman, and a half naked woman... sure there were naked guys around, and she couldn't help but be a little intimidated by her imagination and Zaraki's height, but both she, and her spirit were very pleased at all the women around.
Her attention went to Beck as he introduced himself, like a punk, and she smirked some, "Likewise," she said to him in reply to all his halfassed introduction, and even more amusing was when he practically tackled the new girl, and dragged her in. She bit her tongue to keep from verbally smacking beck... eh, fuck it, "Oiy! Act like you've had some, Beck," she said as he was hardly hiding his intentions of hooking up, and then flashed a playful grin at him. Of course she joked.
Yumeji grumped, "Three? What the hell?!" She looked around and wondered what three this guy meant, and who he ignored, it seemed.
She watched the girl seek a modest entry, but really, she was topless. Yumeji wasn't complaining, but seriously, modesty is the one piece Yumeji was clad in. "I'm Yumeji. 5th seat, 9th squad," she introduced herself to Seki with a grin.
As the Sake arrived, Yumeji darted across the waters in a single stroke, then she found herself the unfiltered sake, "Awriiite," she licked her lips, then she drank it down like a shot of water before she refilled her small cup. Once done, she stood up in her swimsuit clad body, and shoot her hips in a silly dance, "Parrrtaaay!" she cheered, then waded over to her spot with her own sake bottle, unashamed at the notion that people might think she's gunna get drunk.
Post by rivalcycle18 on Aug 18, 2009 15:00:21 GMT -5
Beck sighed, seeing as yet again his flexing and showing off had yet again gotten him nowhere with the fairer sex, Seki not bothering to pay Beck much attention except for the muffled words she said under her breath.
The young Shinigami’s dark brown eyes met Aoide’s for a moment as she spoke the sugarcoated taunt directed at him, obviously attempting to goad him into a fight. Beck wouldn’t give in to her jabbing words. He simply turned his head away from her’s and shrugged.
“Sorry, I don’t fight girls. Not my style. Yeah that’s right, I’m chivalrous and handsome, amazing isn’t it?” Beck said smugly, flashing a cheesy smile. He was obviously proud of himself for using the retort to cover up the fact that he simply didn’t want to fight her… she was kind of scary.
Beck’s eyes flashed over briefly to Tsugaru as he made his entrance and bowed to the Captain. “Captain Zaraki, mind if I join the three of you? Sir!”
“Hmph, what a suck-up,” silently thought Beck, hardly impressed by his fellow squad member’s strong respect for the Captain. His attention was then pulled back to Aoide, who apparently already knew Tsugaru from a previous encounter between them. “Just ask Tsugaru-san here about it…”
Beck’s eyes directed themselves yet again toward his fellow recruit and then back to Aoide. “This guy doesn’t look like that greatest example… can’t say I’m all that impressed by him…” He then directed his attention toward Tsugaru to finish his sentence. “No offense, bud,” he said mockingly. It was obvious Beck had every intention of offending Tsugaru.
As Yumeji made her verbal attack at Beck, he hardly knew how to respond. For the first time in a while he was lost for words. He caught the eye of her playful grin and met it with a playful smirk of his own. His eyes followed her as she retrieved her sake and started to cheer. Beck could only smile at her antics as he waded toward the spot she was previously at to get some sake for himself.
Seki was quite surprised. Everyone seemed really friendly, well with the exclusion of Kenpachi, but you couldn't really expect much from the demon swordsman. She looked around the pool casually glancing over the women and the men. She chuckled at the statement about what men get up into in the men only hot springs. "Yeah your probably right." she said with a smile. She was not in the mood for sake at the moment and besides her zanpakutoh spirit did not approve of getting drunk.
She was quiet because she did not know what to say. She was a naturally friendly person, but had no idea what to talk about to a member of the fight fanatic eleventh squad. She leant back and relaxed. She wasn't really self concious that the men could see her breasts, but she didn't want to just act like she was showing off which is why she had acted with a small amount of discretion.
(was told to just post whenever...as long as I give time for others to post...which I have)
Tsugaru let out a massive mental sigh as his captain allowed him to sit with the group and he swam a bit closer then merely floated near the group. He loved the feel of water over his flesh, especially when it was so hot. It tore down the barriers that water of any less of a temperature would raise and allowed him to fully relax, even when around his superiors. As he floated on his back the girl named Suki greeted them all and introduced herself. He gave her a wide smile and an upside down thumbs up as he was floating upside down.
"Tsugaru, Surumi Tsugaru. Pleasure to meet you, miss."
After which he turned to Aoide and smiled evilly. She had been the one who gave him quite the beating in his indoctrination into the eleventh squad but really he couldn't have been more grateful to a person as she had really helped him to further his own personal dreams.
"Hello, Miss Aoide. It's great to see ya again. I'm sure it will lease you to know that I'm still kinda messed up from the beating you gave me the other day... Not that I' have it any other way!!! "
He corrected himself quickly as to not receive another beating from friend, captain or squad member alike. That's when Aoide went on to talk about him not discriminating just because of her sex, which was a given. She used the san suffix which was quite the compliment coming from someone who was so obviously stronger then himself and he could help but smile widely, which didn't help when she splashed, it sent salty hot springs water into his mouth and he started sputtering. After a few moments reassembling himself he started to retort.
"You're too kind, Aoide-san. I really held no discrimination against you what so ever but either way it was an ass whooping I wont soon forget. I was in waaay over my head. They should call you VV, vicious vixen. Meow!"
It was in no way an advance on her but that joke would probably cost him anyways. whether his captain punished him for misconduct, nothing new to Tsugaru, or Aoide beat the hell out of him... he would most likely pay in spades. Before he could contemplate his fate too well, the most "Well endowed" of the women had begun the party early after criticizing his ability to count as everyone before her had pretty much done. If ever he could tell that a women had "other interests" now was the time but did anyone else know? He shrugged off the thought which was nearly interrupted by the over bearing voice of the one person who hadn't spoken yet. The guy had most definitely tried to offend him and definitely succeeded but Tsugaru would not loose his cool. Would he fight the guy, there was no doubt about it in his mind, those who underestimate others needed to be taught a lesson and Beck's time would come... soon enough. Tsugaru swallowed what little rage the man had managed to incite in him and began to speak with a half hearted smile on his face.
"Well, One should never underestimate an enemy, it could be a grave mistake and my name is Surumi Tsugaru... friend"
The small amount of bile in the word would easily be picked up by the others in the pool that were paying any attention. Talking always rekindled the flames of emotion that he would try to bottle and talking to Beck made him want to pound the mans face in but he wouldn't give in to such trivial emotions in front of his captain. The only thing that would have probably helped at that moment was the arrival of the sake' but as Tsugaru looked on he realized this wasn't just any old "rotgut" sake', it was real classy stuff and he just didn't have the money to pay for something like that so he stayed his hand.
"I'll have to pass on the sake'..."
Hopefully the lack of explanation wouldn't leave the others asking questions.
"You're too kind, Aoide-san. I really held no discrimination against you what so ever but either way it was an ass whooping I wont soon forget. I was in waaay over my head. They should call you VV, vicious vixen. Meow!"
He blinked, a couple times. But after a moment he began to laugh, loudly. "So! The little turtle is finally coming out of his shell huh?"
“Sorry, I don’t fight girls. Not my style. Yeah that’s right, I’m chivalrous and handsome, amazing isn’t it?”
Kenpachi laughed again, what was with these recruits he had been receiving. "Urusai! You're just afraid she'll kick the snot outta ya!"
He watched and laughed as the two of his recruits went at it. This was going to be an interesting rivalry of two opposites. Who knew? Maybe they would end up as friends. Still, he wasn't into any of that counseling shit, so he just let them go at it.
He looked over to his side to see Aoide climb up the rocks to grab some sake, the view of her back was... well not too bad. He stood up after a moment and grabbed his own, before returning to his seat.
After he had grabbed some, he was simply sipping on it when he heard his subordinate speak.
"I'll have to pass on the sake'..."
"Baka." The man instantly scolded, "It's on me. Now get yer ass drunk or somethin', you as uptight as a closet case."
Of course, Kenpachi knew the man wasn't. In Aoide's view, he was a pervert, and she probably wouldn't leave him unpunished for his last comment.
