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.
Jube had been assigned to keep watch over the North side of the city tonight. Recently there had been a rising number of hollows showing up and Soul Society didn't want to take any chances. So they sent Jube, and other shinigami to fan out and secure certain locations of the city. Jube was stuck with the Northern part, he stood high above the city on the rooftop of one of its tallest buildings, he wore his hood tonight it was rare to see Jube wear his hood, it cast a shadow over his eyes and only his mouth and nose were visible and a lone strand of silver hair. Jube looked down at the humans, how things changed in just two hundred years, now its all about technology, and luxuries. In Jube's eyes the humans had forgotten what honor was but, his loyalty to the Gotei is what kept this shinigami here watching over the human race as they destroyed themselves walking down a path of self-destruction.
Jube, decided to move on to see if he could catch any wandering hollows, he jumped from roof to roof and used shunpou occasionally to get to the farther rooftops. Jube landed on one of the rooftops and decided to patrol from there for a bit, he stood at the edge looking around when all of a sudden he looked up at the crescent moon and noticed how the city lights blocked out the stars, even that humans blocked themselves out from the beauties of nature. All due to there technology that they were so proud of.
Outskirts[/b]
Unknown to Jube in the outskirts of the city,, a gargant tore the sky apart opening itself. From the Garganta two shadows emerged landing on the ground below softly, the garganta slowly closed as the light of the moon shined down on the two figures revealing a pair of Arrancars. One stood at six feet tall, with a skinny body he had a wide grin on his face and ocean blue eyes, that stood out from his light almost pale skin. He had no hair, instead he had what looked like a helmet with two curved horns growing out of it, but this was his mask remnant. The arrancar wore an unbuttoned white jacket that reached down to his ankles and danced in the wind, his zanpaktou was neatly strapped to his left side by his cloth belt. Next to him stood the other Arrancar, this one looked weirder he had his knees bent to the point where his long and bulky arms were touching the ground similar to a gorillas stance. He had broad shoulders and was buffed, standing side by side it looked like two of the skinny Arrancar came out of him. His body was covered in black lines that made weird symbols, over his dark grey skin. His mask remnant covered half his face it was and bald head a long hollow mask, with a single fang overlapping the bottom lip. There he had the typical yellow hollow eye, his other eye was all white with no pupil.
"When we will we attack Emiliano?" the bald one asked. Emiliano smirked as he heard his comrades question, "Soon, but first we need a distraction..." with that said, Emiliano raised his hand opening a garganta over there heads, from which a wild beast jumped out. It landed with a heavy thud flattening the tall grass it landed on, and making the grass around it bend from the minor shock wave. This was a hollow at Adjuchas level, it stood on all four and looked like a lion except its face was that of a pit bulls, the beast dripped saliva from its mouth as it roared and growled wildly biting at the air, Emiliano snapped his fingers getting its attention as he pointed at the city. "Go my pet feed on there worthless souls..." on Emiliano's command the beast charged to wards the city. "Now we move in, come Grantz" he said as both he and Grantz used sonido vanishing from the area.
Back in the City[/u]
Jube stood quietly thinking yet staying alert in case anything out of the ordinary happened or he sensed a hollow. When all of a sudden, his attention was caught by a hollows reaitsu, he turned to wards the direction of the source, it was a minor hollow. Normally he wouldn't bother, but it was part of his job at the moment to slay any and all hollows. Jube kicked off of the edge of the building and used shunpou dashing to wards the target to intercept the hollow before it got to the city. That way he could save himself a lot of problem and not have to worry about the humans getting hurt in the cross fire.
A lean but well built man with long, smooth black hair that flowed down below his waste appeared in the skies of the city. He shunpo'd to the top of a 30 story building, his hand resting firmly on the hilt of his sheathed sword. He had just been dispatched by Soul Society to deal with a hollow invasion in the northern section of the city, there was a report that there may be several poweful arrancar in the area as well. Because of a shortage of other capable shinigami, the gotei sent Captain Karel Kensai of 13th squad. Karel's golden eyes scanned across the horizon of the urban enviroment. Eventually, his gaze fell upon a specific region where he felt a surge of reietsu. Without hesistation, Karel Shunpo'd quickly, disapearing from view, his foot steps lightly tapping the roofs of skyscrapers here and there. He abruptly stopped when he approached his targeted destination. From his vantage point, he immediatly noticed two spirits closing in on each other's locations. One was a shinigami, the other appeared to be a hollow. "There has to be a more dangerous threat beneath the surface of this" Karel thought to himself. Karek decided that he would just observe the shinigami for now, and wait for an opportunity to fight a stronger opponent arose. He stared at the shinigami with interest, he was curious to see his skill in combat.
Jube eyes moved to to wards his left as soon as he sensed the other reiatsu but he didn't see it as a threat it was just another shinigami. Jube landed in front of the crazed hollow creature, standing in its path the beast came to a sudden hault and prepared to pounce Jube. He stood there calmly staring at the beast with his cold stare from under his hood, the hollow then jumped at Jube letting out a vicious roar, Jube slid his back foot as he moved to wards the right dodging the beast, the hollow crashed onto the ground making a loud. The beast turned to face Jube, but tilted its head to the side when it saw Jube blurring out of vision before its very eyes, "Bakudo 26: Kyakko" the broken voice of Jube was heard as he had now completely vanished. The hollow sniffed around trying to catch Jube's reaitsu but he was gone. As if he was never there, the creature was indeed confused.
Then all of a sudden a loud cry was heard, and blood spilled on the grass blades, turning them blood red and soaking the soil. Jube re-appeared as he stood in front of the hollow and had pierced its mask killing it instantly Jube turned his zanpaktou as he pulled it out, letting the hollow drop. The beasts lifeless body fell to the side and slowly vanished into nothingness. Jube then made his way back to the city, and to wards the captain to his inconvenience it was a captain and he was obligated to report to him. Jube stopped in front of the captain, "I am Jube Igami fourth seat of squad six" he said introducing himself in a respectful tone.
The Arrancar[/u]
Both Grantz and Emiliano had entered the city undetected, they had killed off the other three shinigami silently without giving away there position. The two were now watching from a distance, Emiliano's plans were now going to need a little changing seeing as another shinigami had arrived and a captain class no less. Emiliano and Grantz watched from a distance observing the two shinigami, all the while Emiliano thought of actions and the possible outcome they will have.
Karel stared coldly at Jube, who now stood before him. From what Karel had just observerd, Jube was definetly far more powerful and skilled than a fourth seat shinigami. This was why Karel never bothered judging shinigami by their seating, it was often a misleading label. "I am Karel Kensai of squad 13, but save your niceties for someone who cares about such meaningless things as positions."
Karel looked over Jube one more time. He was definetly a skilled fighter, Karel would have to keep note of him, he could prove to be a worthy opponent. Karel then quickly turned around, his Captain's haori billowing violently in the air. He faced torwards a new source of reietsu that attracted his attention. Karel was rather adept at seeking out strong opponents. "We will find enemies worth killing just southeast of here." he said coldly, but with a hint of anticipation in his voice. He closed his eyes briefly as he drew his blade from it's sheath, the sound of the sword scraping against the sheath cut through the harsh sound of the wind. "It may very well rain soon" he said as he stared at the dark sky above him. Karel, however, was reffering to the blood about to be spilt.
A 13 year old boy, Matsori, walked along the dark streets. He was feeling especially restless tonight, so he decided to take a stroll. He was walking along close to the north side of town, when a couple large monsters rounded the corner. Matsori was seen by them before he do anything. Sensing his unusually high spiritual power, They were immediately attracted to him. One reached out for him, and Matsori dodged the speeding hand, watching it smash into the place that he used to be standing. Matsori did a cartwheel and landed on his feet, but apparently not soon enough, As a hollow's hand rushed right above him, he saw blood spurt out of his shoulder. Matsori held the wound, trying to stop the bleeding. Matsori winced and staggered a bit, but due to his experiences with these things, he knew he had to stay alert. So he got back on his feet, and found the nearest suitable weapon, which happened to be a baseball bat in a store display window. Matsori knew he'd get in trouble for this, but it was a matter of life and death. he smashed the window with his hand and grabbed the metal bat. as he finally got a good look at his attackers, he counted three of them. He wouldnt be able to hold them off for long, so as the battle began, he hoped that help would arrive soon, if at all. As one monster lunged at him, mouth wide open, Matsori smashed the monster on the mask, making the monster recoil, obviously surprised that Matsori had fought back. Matsori noted that he made a small crack, and that the others were creating a circle around him. Matsori knew he wouldnt last much longer...
Jube stood in front of the captain he stared at the captain with a cold stare as well, but his hood cast a shadow over his eyes hiding them. Jube then turned to wards the direction the captain spoke of, then he picked up three reiatsu signals. Jube looked down and noticed a human with a baseball bat and three hollows, Jube used shunpou to get to the human to help them before they got killed but as Jube made his way a figure would suddenly appear in his way intercepting him. Jube came to a sudden stop, as he looked up at the tall figure and when he saw his face Jube's eyes widened with shock, it was the Arrancar that had killed Jube's love in cold blood. Jube was speechless, Emiliano chuckled lightly as he put his hand on his mouth as if to hide his chuckle. He didn't recognize Jube because of the hood, but in an instant Emiliano drew his zanpaktou both he and Jube clashed, the burst of reiatsu that resulted blew Jube's hood off of his head revealing his face.
A grin crept onto Emiliano's face when he saw Jube's face, how could he forget those eyes "HA! shinigami, its you. I guess destiny would have it that we meet again. My you have gotten a lot stronger then last time!" he said as both he and Jube pushed each other back and created distance from one another. Jube quickly got into a fighting stance ready to attack, his feeling of shock and surprised had past. Jube had now become angered, after all this years he was once again face to face with the one responsible for killing Aria, and this time it would be the Arrancar's blood that would spill onto the ground.
Grantz[/u]
The chained hollow was hidden well camouflaged against the wall, when all of a sudden he jumped out at Karel. He let out a wild battle cry as he threw his arms forward and chains shot out, at an attempt to wrap themselves around Karel. The chains were white hot though, and if they touched Karel he would be severely injured and in a bad situation.
The chaos had already ensued and an opponent had emerged from the shadows and lunged at him. Karel stared upon the arrancar as his chains came closer and closer to embracing Karel's body. In the blink of an eye, Karel vanished from sight, the chains that were meant to entagle him struck the ground with a loud clank. The foe's moves were slow and predictable in Karel's eyes. Karel was as much as a speed demon as he was a swordmaster in combat. It would take something much more cunning and skillful to land a blow upon him. Karel appeared in the air above the hollow, who had only realized that he had not hit his opponent for a split second. Karel was the kind of person to leave any time lapse between his attacks. He dashed to the bulding the arrancar was on from above, and executed three quick stabs to it's torso before he shunpo'd behind him and attempted to cleave him in two by the waist. "Surely you are more powerful than this" Karel asked coldy as he jumped several feet away from his enenmy. All of Karel's attacks were letahl and precise, but he knew well of an Arrancar's Hierro ability. He was certian that those simple attacks wouldn't be enough to mame the arrancar.
Jube and Emiliano stared off, Jube knew he wasn't going to be able to beat this Arrancar with his sealed zanpaktou so he held his sword out to the left. "Break Kongouseki-Tsurugi" as Jube finished his release phrase, his zanpaktou's blade would begin to shine with reiatsu and begin to crack. The blade fell apart completely shattering like a mirror, the empty space was now engulfed by reiatsu which swirled wildly and then dispersed as Jube revealed his diamond sword. Emiliano watched in silence as the bright reiatsu lit up the sky momentarily, he recognized the shikai already and let out a slight chuckle "Your going to use that useless sword again?" he asked as he stood there holding his sword out in front of him. Then to his surprise Jube's sword extended to wards the Arrancar, the blade split into two separate blades making there way to wards the Arrancar.
Emiliano used sonido, to avoid the piercing and fatal diamond sword, as he appeared to the side and then dashed at Jube. The Arrancar got close and prepared his sword to strike, when he did Jube blocked with his zanpaktou, Emiliano's eyes widened, as Jube called out an incantation "Hadou 1:Sho!" Emiliano was pushed away by a potent force which made distance between him and Jube. Emiliano's feet dragged in the sky, as if he were standing on solid ground he came to a complete halt and looked at Jube a bit surprised by how quickly Jube's sword recovered. But then he noticed two long strands of diamond which were falling apart "What is this!?" he asked turning to Jube. "My zanpaktou has the ability to detach itself, and uses high speed regeneration to regain the blade" Jube explained as he spun his sword and prepared it for a second attack.
Grantz
The chains hit the ground melting through it, then Grantz was hit by multiple thrusts from a sword and then an attempt to be cut in half. Grantz Hierro had blocked the zanpaktou from piercing his body, and when the Shinigami attempted to cut him, the chains from his feet wrapped around the zanpaktou and shinigami's arm. Grantz let out a slight chuckle as his body released sparks of electricity, then he released a sudden burst which would travel through the chain and shock the shinigami with a high voltage attack.
Matsori heard some other people behind him, but dindnt turn to look, knowing the three monsters could attack at any minute. One quickly lunged at him, and he slammed it on the side of the head with his baseball bat. It recoiled and another one attacked from behind. Matsori's eyes glowed red for a split second while he sent the bat to its mask. The monster got the bat in its mouth and bit down on it. Matsori let go, knowing it was useless now. He raised his fists, prepared to fight for his life. All three attacked at once, and Matsori ducked under their outstretched arms. Matsori grabbed onto one of their arms, and the monster pulled him back up with its arm. Matsori proceeded to jump off and deliver a kick to the monster's jaw. It staggered backwards an inch and Matsori landed expertly on the ground..
Karel closed his eyes for a second as the chains wrapped around his arms and sent a surge of electricity through his entire body. Pain was something he didn't feel too oftenly. Karel quickly raised his reietsu, at the same time, his eyes narrowed in excitement and a maniacal grin crept across his face. "Xue Yu" (Blood Jade) He hissed. At this command, his blade slowly dyed blood red. Ignoring the pain of the chains constricting around his arms, Karel raised his zanpaktou and pointed it toward Grant. "Shurassu Shuketsu" (Bleeding slash) he muttered. A blast of crimson colored energy escaped the tip of Karel's blade and hit Grantz with a powerful impact, sending him flying into the side of a building. Karel then pulled the chain attached to Grantz's leg, which was still wrapped around Karel's arm. He pulled Grantz off of the side of the building with a jerk and sent him flying right back toward Karel. As the arrancar was pulled toward him via the chain, Karel slashed across the arrancar's chest, drawing just a bit of blood. The slash to the chest did not stop the momentum of the arrancar's projected path, so Grantz continued flying past him. Karel cut the chain off of his own arm quickly, to prevent himself from being dragged along with the Arrancar's flight.
The Captain stared at his own zanpaktou, the blood it drew from the arrancar was already being absorbed. An arrancar's blood would be a excellent source of energy. Karel started to laugh softly to himself, he was starting to seem less calm as he was consumed by the desire to kill.
Last Edit: Jul 19, 2009 20:04:36 GMT -5 by Yu'Karaya
