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.
A bit frightened by the Cero aimed at the location of Soifon, Yoruichi was able to compose herself once again when she saw that the captain was perfectly fine and she herself was ready to hold her ground. Another Arrancar aye...so guess they will put a fight Turning her attention back to the Arrancar who was a few feet away from his previous position and wielding a whip.
Looking him in the eyes, in the softest of voices,"I'm terribly sorry, but I was hoping myself that you would be the one leaving" Her hands still resting in her pockets, having the most calmest of attitudes, unphased by the whip or the hiding Arrancar.
Never removing her eyes from the Arrancar carrying a whip, she began to shout, "My friend is right you know! Come out now or flee!" Smiling as she spoke the last few words.
Her plans were not going as hoped. She was surprised to encounter one Arrancar so early but now she had two to worry about. Luckily she had Soifon there by her side. An feeling of needing to always set an example or prove something to her always lingered in the back of her mind. That is why she did not waver at either of the Arrancar's actions. She needed Soifon there with her. It made her stronger.
"So mystery Arrancar number 1, what are you planning?" Yoruichi said with a smirk across her face.
"I missed?" Lucia whispered to herself with astonishment. She was an exellent marksman, and for that Shinigami to detect her move and dodge it so well meant that she was definetly a dangerous foe. The woman who she fired at tore off her haori and switched to a combat stance. It seemed that the shinigami wasn't trying to approach Lucia. "Perhaps she is waiting for me to come to her?" Lucia thought to herself. Lucia was extremely skilled in hand to hand combat as well as an exellent swordswoman. But there was the chance that this woman could best her at these things, so if she attacked directly, it might fail. "Without the element of surprise on my side anymore, I guess I have no other options" she thought to herself.
Lucia sonido'd closer to the Shinigami until they were 20 meters away. She suddenly stopped and lifter hand up quickly, pointing her finger torwards the Captain. "She will expect another narrow sniper cero" Lucia thought to herself "So I should....". Lucia fired a much larger cero this time, the flash of icy blue energy filled her vision. Though this was less acurate, at such a close range, there would be less room to dodge too. The cero hit the ground and sand flew in the air, choking her vision. Lucia snapped quickly into a counter stance, prepared to defend from the enemies next move.
The very air itself begun to rip open not more than thirty meters from where Yoruichi and Soifon stood. The tear opened into a large gaping maw with a deep and vast swirling abyss as its throat, and walking out of it is what appeared to be a simple young girl with long flowing pink hued hair. The petite little thing just stood there staring at all that is transpiring as the gaping maw behind her remained open. Casually she walked closer with her white dress with black trim flowed in the breeze of the desert winds.
Her blood red eyes just held a constant stare, they never blinked - only stared at the two Shinigami in front of her. The other two Arrancar she did nothing to interrupt their antics, nor do anything that showed she was to aid them. She simply was just... there - watching with those eyes of hers.
Then, she smiled - doing nothing, saying nothing - she just smiled as she stared with those blood red eyes. Her little black wakizashi in her left hand, her right hand - empty. It was steadily becoming more and more apparent this girl was not going to do anything unless provoked. She was just observing the two Shinigami in response to the other Arrancar present - she was scouting the two women. So, there she stood watching with that stare of hers - smiling - happily.
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 17, 2009 20:13:40 GMT -5
Soifon had to think fast with this one, even though she hesitated a lot in plotting out her attacks, she seemed erratic in her reasoning. Soifon saw the slower Cero come her way, and she realized that she couldn't just stop it with a Kido shield as the explosion would likely offer cover for the other Arrancar to attack.
"HADO 31 SHAKKAHO!!!" she shouted as she thrust her sword hand out with the palm pointed at the incoming Cero, then launched a red sphere which intercepted the Cero, and made an explosion!
Through the kicked up dust, and sand, and the explosion, Soifon used Shunpo to dash through, and meet up with the young, female Arrancar then sought to grab her arm while she sought to kick the feet out from under her. She planned to make the task easier as she attempted to use the loose sand to her advantage.
If it worked, Soifon would try to drive the woman face first into the sand roughly while she put her in an arm lock with her sword hand pressed against her shoulder in a fist. This would put the woman in a position to reconsider further attacks as Soifon would have the option to move her fist, then drive the blade of her Zanpakuto into her flesh.
She had no intention to outright kill the woman, and make more trouble for the two, rather she wanted to subdue her, and buy some points towards getting Yoruichi out of Hueco Mundo alive.
If it wasn't for the fact that the woman attacked, she might have even been contented to let Yoruichi talk to them, and maintain an uneasy truce.
Now she wasn't sure what would happen with the male Arrancar.
She certainly questioned if he cared about the less powerful one she currently fought with.
And she noticed a newcomer that was just watching... these Arrancar were unusual beings. They seemed less close knit.
"Hmph," Stour said quietly, almost like a grunt, when the newest arrancar arrived. "It's getting rather crowded here..."
He looked over to see the Captain Shinigami pinning Lucia down. This was unfortunate, but not unexpected. The other was still distracted. He looked back to the dark shinigami, his face showing a lack of interest in everything that had begun to happen. "What am I planning? I was planning to talk, and ask you to leave... Though the idea of it sickens me, I do not believe I stand much of a chance."
He closed his mouth, as if thinking for a moment or two. And raised his hand so the hollow hole was right before him, right towards the Shinigami. "If that no longer becomes and option, then I supposed I plan to act. Trespassers should not be allowed to live... I almost feel as if I've done you too much a courtesy at this point."
He didn't begin to charge his cero. He had no interest in instigating a battle he doubted would end well for him. This new arrancar also complicated manners. If she did not help the other, Stour supposed he'd have to take that duty as well. Why did this have to be so damn complicated?
Our bed becomes a grave before we blow ourselves away!
Another Arrancar....what was I expecting in the Hueco Mundo Yoruichi thought. What can we do what can we do.... Taking a quick glance left and right, she smirked, before returning her eyes to the Arrancar standing before her. "Well now it seems like we're having a party." referring to the newly arrived Arrancar. "I'm giving you one last chance," she looked him up and down before raising her hand and pointing at him "Leave us be, or face consequences." being straight forward this time.
It was time to cut the foreplay. With 1 Arrancar turning into 3, this situation began to become dangerous. Her, nor Soifon, had any clue what either of these beasts were capable of. Yoruichi kept in mind that dying here was not an option. She promised to Soifon to return her back safely, but what was she to do with 3 Arrancar near. Soifon seemed to have her back covered when taking one Arrancar but Yoruichi could only play this feeling was correct.
Soifon...hang in there"Well, I gave you your options. Do you care if your partner lives or not? We're not leaving here!" Yoruichi lowered her stance slightly, yet still was relaxed. She stared at the Arrancar with a chain for what seemed like forever, with big eyes of endearment yet still contained a fire being fueled. If Soifon could only keep one off her back, maybe she could handle the other two...maybe..
Lucia lashed out with her free arm in a horizontal slashing movement, her hand set straight and sharp like a blade, as the shinigami grappled her and swept her off her feet. Lucia's sudden counter attack was wild and impulsive, so she doubt she even hit her target. The real purpose of the strike was to interrupt the shinigami's grappling sequence and give Lucia time to dash backwards and put a bit of distance inbetween her and her opponent.
As Lucia frantically stepped out of reach, she regained her foting and immediatly set back into a defensive stance. She was breathing heavily and her expression changed to one of anxiety for a brief moment. "She almost incapacitated me with one move!" Lucia thought to herself as she stared carefully at her opponent. "She is a much more skilled combat specialist than I am, I must change tactics for now."
Lucia slowly drew her blade. It shined a beautiful silver that seemed like it had never even been tainted by blood. But instead of rushing torwards Soi-fon, Lucia dashed backwards, to put more distance inbetween the two. Lucia pointed her finger and fired several icy colored sniper ceros at the shinigami, aiming for her vital spots, though shooting while moving proved to be more innacurate.
Lucia's reasoning behind this battle strategy was that she would try to rely on long ranged attacks, so that the shinigami would not be able to move in too close. And if she did manage to get in closer, Lucia would really on her sword techniques (which were equal to her hand to hand combat skills), hoping that if she couldn't beat the enemy in hand to hand combat, she could beat her through swordplay. This was an impossible battle for Lucia to win, but she still couldn't afford to give up.
Still there was no motion by this girl who just stood there watching the two Shinigami, she watched the Arrancar,a nd seemed to be quite unconcerned about the one fighting the Captain Shinigami. But the ripped open maw in the air behind her with its abyssal torrent still has not closed. Making it difficult to tell if she were there to stay or soon to leave. The two currently fighting... she closely observed the Arrancar's precision focused variation of Cero against the Captain, and she was more than a little impressed by the Captain's speed and quick hand to hand combat techniques. Paying even closer attention to see what the Captain would now that the Arrancar she fought strove to keep her distance their fight.
Her blood red eyes soon shifted their staring gaze to the dark complexioned Shinigami conversing with the other Arrancar... Why were they exchanging pleasantries? Her smile came back to her when she saw the Arrancar charging up a Cero, she enjoyed this - it was she preferred to see - them in conflict. All she wanted was to see what each of them were capable of, on a basic level she knew what to expect form other Arrancar, but the Shinigami pair she is a bit more interested in and wishing to witness what they can do.
Still the observer to the scene, it was fairly clear she had no intention of adding her Arrancar "allies", and even appeared less concerned that a pair of Shinigami were even there in Hueco Mundo. Only reasons for a Shinigami to appear there is to pick a fight, commit suicide out of some vainglorious death wish, or scout, but the two former options typically go hand in hand here. It was clear to her by their power and how they were not the antagonists that they were here to scout. But with the two Arrancar now to fight them, it gave her the opportunity to scout them, effectively turning the tables on the pair in regards to their mission. Certainly they may learn a thing or two about the area and the Arrancar, but now she could learn a thing or two about them she did not know before.
It all just pleased her as she stood by and watched... her smile remaining... and her blood red eyes never diverting their unblinking stare.
Post by Rebel Raven on Jul 18, 2009 20:47:04 GMT -5
The wild slash managed to let the female Arrancar escape, and Soifon watched her retreat. She quickly gathered the strengths of this Arrancar. A ranged fighter with fast Cero
"HADO 33!!! SOKATSUI!!!" she thrust her hand out at the ceros then unleashed a series of lightning bolts at them, which intercepted them in between the two of them, and sent a blast of wind and dust whipping past Soifon as the explosion happened. She had to hand it to Lucia. She was a definite specialist, and dangerous if left alone.
Soifon was annoyed now... But she didn't want to create an unnecessary battle.
Soifon slashed at Lucia with her empty hand at a distance as she shouted "BAKUDO 4!! HAINAWA!" a rope of energy shot out at Lucia that, if it connected would snake around her, tangle, and try to restrain her arms to her body, and that was it. No damage, no deathblow, it was just a restraining maneuver.
Sure it was a low level Bakudo, but it was in the hands of an expert, it was a powerful restraining weapon. Still, it wasn't foolproof.
Soifon could only hope that it worked so there was the option of -someone- walking away willingly.
Stour's eyes lost all traces of the slight emotion displayed during this conversation. The Shinigami had made her choice, Stour would not be able to live if he walked away, letting Shinigami roam free. So he was left with no choice.
"Usually," Stour said, his voice still pleasant as ever, but obviously unamused. "The intruder leaves when spotted."
As he said this, small amounts of gray seemed to fade in from nothing, and hover around his hollow hole, right in the hand he had raised. The odd thing was how little light was being given off. "You have made your choice."
Stour was playing the game now, and as his cero reached firing capacity, and a good deal of energy was ready to blast, Stour used Sonido to appear right behind Soi Fon as she lashed out with the Bakudo, his fully charged Cero resting in his hand, just behind her head.
"Cero," Stour said, and in that moment had every intention of moving away, using a Sonido to escape the dust cloud, unless the Shinigami, or the Captain somehow stopped him, Stour would be a good thirty yards away from both Yoruichi and Soi Fon moments after firing the cero.
Our bed becomes a grave before we blow ourselves away!
