Bleach: A New Reign. A New Threat [RP Thread]

[tavishmithos]

Ptolemy had yet to get a response from Genji whom he remembered training with some time ago after a simple chat and a shared interest in cigarettes but at the time Genji wasn't the man he was now. If things could get better, another person had showed up and was now hiding behind a building that was less than thirty feet from where he stood, still facing Genji. "Boy, what's wrong with people these days, they hide in the shadows and then think it'll help any??"

The man's six arms bent down and all thirty of his fingers touched the grime that laid beneath his feet, the dusty earth and broken concrete spoke to him, telling of an attack so completely terrible even the energy left over had a residual effect on the area. Caesar and Lunalia had really gone off in Los Angeles but those kinds of things were to be expected. Ptolemy was about to expose the presence that was hiding nearby, yet he didn't as something a lot more interesting happened.

A shinigami had activated their shikai and when doing so a rush of reiryoku mixed with light erupted up into the sky which parted the cloudy upper clouds of smoke. "Now that's impressive." Of course the garment that Ptolemy wore basically reduced the output of his spiritual pressure down to nothing which was a fabulous thing indeed. However much that was true ended up being very questionable as his arms alone often radiated a lot of energy.

"Well, I'd say a 'guy' like you couldn't be capable of taking down an entire city in one go. Or am I wrong to assume that?" Ptolemy turned to the woman and shrugged, pointing to her zanpukuto and smiling, she was very beautiful as he'd witnessed previously but that was a matter for another time.

The toppled building mass that the other spiritual pressure was coming from started to wobble and when two of Ptolemy's arms moved thick streams of red lightning tore through the sides of it, causing the building to burst apart. Only a single finger on each hand from the arms had been pointed out but the buildings, or what had been left of them were gone. "I don't know gorgeous, you'd have to tell me."

All six arms folded across Ptolemy's chest. "Hmm nice shikai by the way, I'd love to see just what it does."

[Oblivion Fenrir]

Haruka was startled as Reimei readied her Shikai.

Haruka had also noticed the slight spark of another presence at the top of a nearby building as well. but as that building Crashed down after the fullbringer's attack He placed his hand on the handle of Kage.


Corona now realized her cover had been blown... The building underneath her was falling.
She quickly readied Hirenkyaku and appeared not two meters from the group. She reached into her handbag and pulled out the bladeless claymore handle and quickly generated a blade of Reiryoku that imitates the blade's former size.

She pointed her blade at the Fullbringer.

Haruka's Zanpakuto was drawn and in his hand. He looked at the newcomer quickly and soon realized what she was... She was a quincy.

"Well all we need now is a hollow and a Arrancar or Visored and we'll have all beings here it seems. The newcomer is a quincy."

[tavishmithos]

Nothing that Lunalia said mattered now, she had made her choices and she was set in her ways but at least Akairo knew she'd made her point. How the queen felt about it didn;t concern her, she knew all too well that these beings only cared about the power they held within and how to use it to destroy everything and anything that was below them. Sadly by their standards everybody was inferior so the problems arising within the world needed to be taken care of.

"I've forgotten nothing. You've forgotten the depths of power that people hold." The queen also had no idea how dangerous the shinigami and other races had gotten in the thousands of years since they had been sealed away, her retort fell on deaf ears as the queen brought back the lion like creature from before and turned it into a monstrosity before both Bryce and herself. Akairo wasn't going to bother to argue with this woman, she was too far gone and in that was overconfident in her abilities to the point that she thought a fraction of her strength could take out both Akairo and Bryce. Maybe she was right but if that were true, Lunalia was a lot more powerful than Akairo was assuming.

A release of spiritual pressure slammed across the stadium from the queen and as it happened, Akairo quickly took her blade from the sash around her robe. Spiritual force radiated on Akairo's hand as the beams were fired from the beast, she'd let Bryce handle what was sent his way and used her bare hand to knock the other blast aimed at her away. The stadium got torn up right after that and the chunks of it were sent in many directions but most of the pieces went skyward. It would be a catastrophe if they fell back down onto Rome.

"Shit!!!" Akairo jumped into the air and rocketed upward, quickly using light to see where all of the chunks of the staidum that rose into the air were at. One they had been located she targeted them all at once. "#34 Sandan Tenka." A flare erupted from Akairo's hand and broke up and scattered in every direction it needed, smashing so hard into the pieces of stadium that they were turned into pieces small enough to cause no extreme damage to the environment upon hitting the ground.

With that immediate threat being taken care of Akairo returned to the ground and faced Lunalia directly. "This will be a lot of fun. we can start simple, since you say you can destroy us without using much power." As the overall force of her spiritual pressure could be seen by Queen Lunalia it was a perfect ploy to strike. Light had been manipulated to make Akairo physically appear before the queen, when in reality Akairo swooped in from the side and stabbed the four armed created in its flank, tearing her sealed zanpukuto up while simultaneously releasing a kido.

It was the Senhappa, a beam type blast that ensued a wave of reiatsu toward both the stabbed monster and also Lunalia who was in the same path.

~~~~~

"That idiot."

Almeda had took off so fast for South America that he'd forgotten to pay his due respect to Caesar. Luckily for him they were on the same side and he wasn't going to be upset over the obvious show of disrespect, that was the exact reason he'd ended up being sealed first as his brash nature caused too many problems the last time the superior beings had been on the move.

Caesar was now aware that the Soul Society must be low on defenses, as they'd sent out too many of their forces to other areas. The plan had worked perfectly and while Lunalia terrorized Rome, Caesar could make his way to the Soul Society and pay whoever was there a visit. For the moment he was undecided, his instincts told him that Almeda might screw up and cause problems for them in the future like the last time. One of his attacks on Ancient Rome had allowed those of the Soul Society to get their hands on large quantities of Nulla Jewels, which ended up being a nightmare for all of the kings in the long run.

"It'll have to wait, I can't risk what might happen otherwise." Caesar looked over his shoulder at Cairo in ruins and tore open a portal that led to South America. He was able to reach the location where Almeda traveled in seconds, not by using speed but by linking his reiatsu to another king's. Dropping out of the portal, he witnessed something that was completely unexpected.

The head captain was completely terrified of Almeda, so scared in fact that he was shaking and stuttering. "Wow, has the leadership fallen this much in the years we have been gone?? The last head captain would have already been trying to rip Almeda to shreds, I'm disgusted by what I see here." Sometimes it seemed things were destined though as the same trash talking arrancar that was in Hueco Mundo before was right before him...

"Hahahahaha, this is just perfect, Almeda do what you will with these fools but this arrancar is mine. Also don't do anything stupid, I don't care what happened in the past, its more than obvious that these captains have a lot more power than those in the past," Caesar chuckled and rolled his eyes. "Either way they are still inferior though. I can see that the head captain might just be faking his terror of you, I can't imagine how else he would be a head captain if he is that weak minded of an individual." The second king turned back to Piedra. "You and me, let's go."

The ground near Piedra exploded as Caesar snapped and another explosion happened near his left arm, even more powerful in fact than the one near the ground.

[DJQuackQuack]

The Brain

"Quite the situation this has become." The Brain thought out loud. What started as a simple meeting with an Arrancar, took a drastic turn off a cliff into not just one, but two Olvidado Kings. The first one, Almeda, had the body and mentality of a battle-happy savage. Despite his rage fueled strength, however, The Brain would dare not underestimate his fighting instinct being immeasurable at the time. The second King to arrive was peculiar in that aside from eyes, he had no facial features. Both were bound to be formidable opponents alone. Both of them here at the same time was going to be disastrous, even more so without prior knowledge of their full capabilities.

No time to waste, the battle had began as quick as the Olvidado had arrived. R.I.P walked right to the side of his master, and without hesitation he drew his Zanpakuto from the sheath on R.I.P and spoke the phrase, "Shinri o arawasu, Subete Shiru Koto." Wires grew and slithered their way along his arm, connecting to a node which formed at the back of his neck. The sapphire Sakabatō glistened due to the light of the blazing sun above.

Regardless of the risks this battle came with, The Brain could not turn back. With Piedra, their new ally, under attack, it was now their job to assist him. Furthermore, Head Captain Syra showed signs of being unnerved by just the appearance of one King. He shuddered to think of what was going through his mind as the second King showed up, but he had no time to confirm Syra's reaction. He signaled R.I.P to flee, as he did without a seconds thought.

"Head Captain Syra, you know more than anyone that it's important to remain calm in any situation, no matter how grave. Hado 1, Sho." He dashed over to Piedra just as the explosions set off, speaking the incantation of the kido as he closed the distance. Pressing his left hand against Piedra's back, he activated Sho and sent the Arrancar flying forward, out of the blast radius.

"Bakudo 8, Seki!" He shouted, just in time to take the initial blast from the larger of the explosions as he took the force from the ground with his sword. Neither defense able to absorb the entire shock, The Brain was sent flying back a ways away, but he was able to stabilize and catch himself. "Data received. By expanding the reitatsu you can cause explosions of various strengths. Your control of reitatsu is extraordinary indeed. I can't wait to dissect your kind thoroughly."

In truth, his desire to get to know these beings was his main motivation to fight right now. Though death could face him with every attack, the knowledge standing right in front of him was too good to pass up. "Piedra, Head Captain, we need to combine our strengths to fight these two. There is no time for any grudge duels, none of us can take them one versus one." Shikai ready, he dashed back to Syra's side, knowing full well their chances plummeted even lower should Syra hesitate even a little.

"We can do this Head Captain." He began, eyes focused on the opponents. "No amount of strength can out do my intelligence. You cover me, and I will discover the truth to their powers in no time."

[Von83194]

Geirtýr

Geirtýr sat in Jaakuna's room, his temper slowly rising. Who doth this boy think he is, willing to challenge one as strong as myself. Then he heard the word 'sleep'. He remembered something he read oh so long ago, about how humans needed 'sleep'. Then he realized that this boys temper was not out of pure rage, but of grumpiness from a lack of sleep. He decided to let everything the boy said slide this time, even the part about how he talked. When the boy was finally done speaking, he commanded his chair to take a few steps back.

"As to what my brothers have made the do, I cannot speak, considering I myself have just been awakened. Stay here and get thine rest, I knowest how important it is to thy humans. If the happens to change thy mind, however, look for me. I look forward to working with the." He left the room without another word.

His throne walked around aimlessly while Geirtýr began searching for his brethren. He found Lunalia in Rome with two other spiritual pressures, who he guessed were shinigami. Caesar and Almeda were both in South America with three different spiritual pressures, all three of which seemed to be different. "Don't tell me that brute has already gotten himself into trouble." Almeda was always been rash to say the least. He was glade that Caesar was there, but he couldn't be too sure. He opened a portal, and he and his throne soon appeared in the South American jungle. Caesar seemed to already be fighting an Arrancar with a weird hair style and Almeda was facing off against the Head Captain, who appeared to be quite afraid. The only person left was a child, the captain of Squad 12 and head of R&D. "Greetings Brain, it is good to finally meet the."

Idai

"Hmm this is very bad. L.A.'s destruction is just an inch of their power. I've fought these things once before and they did a number on me back then. I'm suprised my seal was stopped after all these years." Kisuke said before standing up and walking over to his file cabinet, "I do remember them though. Caesar, Lunalia, and Almeda. The last one's name started with a G or something. The Almeda was probably the most difficult of the higher ups as it was like you couldn't even hurt him. I believe I filed this stuff. Ah here they are." Kisuke placed a folder on the table and motioned for Idai to take it.

Idai began flipping through the folder that was nearly overflowing with papers. "It's not too detailed and it might even have some mistakes but, that's all I can give ya in terms of info. Though I can get working right away with the Science department in those regards. Hmmmmm on a side related note, Idai have you reached Bankai yet?" He asked in a cheery tone. "I'm sure this will suffice for now sir. And I'm sure the Captain would very much enjoy having your help. And in terms of achieving my bankai, yes and no. I haven't quite mastered it.

Piedra

Piedra was glad to see his plan come together. Both of the captains were resonable men, and saw that by working together was going to be a very vital part of the war. He was going to shake Head Captain Syra's hand when he felt a large spiritual pressure dropping down on them. Then the Fifth King came slamming down onto the ground before him. Just great, he thought. Their timing was.... The Second King arrived through a portal. Uncanny. He set off an explosion near Piedra, but the Brain pushed him away. He did't want to seem ungreatful to his new ally, considering he could have taken the blast with ease, so he just gave a polite nod to him.

He stood and drew his swords, holding them perpendicular to the ground. He overheard a little bit of what the Brain said, and he agreed. That was the whole reason for them making a treaty. "Like they say 'There's strenght in....'" The Fourth King appeared."'.....numbers.'"

[soraking10]

Jaakuna

When Geirtyr left Jaakuna's room, Jaakuna was quite relieved. He knew that if he got into a fight with a King, that would mean big trouble for him and his agreement with the Obvilado. they have a solid agreement that Jaakuna fights on their side. It was made clear that if Jaakuna makes any trouble with ANY of the kings or the High King himself, then he'd be killed faster than the acting career of John Stamos. Now that's quick, like lightning-fast quick.

"Just go to bed, just go to bed." Jakkuna kept on saying to himself trying to convince himself to hit the hay, but there was this tingling feeling in his gut. He didn't know what it was, but he felt that there was something he had to do. For some reason, Jaakuna had this idea in his head that there was something in this place called...

"Rome.."

Yes, Rome was weirdly on his mind. It was not only this feeling, but Jaakuna remembered that he overheard Queen Lunalia talking to Ceazar about it. But Jaakuna was given orders to remain in HQ. Dare he defy those orders based on a gut-feeling.

"Momma did tell me listen to my elders.." Jaakuna said to himself, then he suddenly laughed historically. "Like that bitch ever did shit for me." Jaakuna said still laughing. "Maybe a quick trip wouldn't hurt." Jaakuna continued to ponder on the idea. He wasn't sure if he should go. He was awfully tired, and he knows what happens when he gets angry, people die. And when people die, Jaakuna kills even more..

"Yeah, maybe I'll let this one slide. Bed time for me it is~" Jaakuna said hoping into his bed, and drifting off into la-la land..

[System Shock]

Smoke billowed to they sky, blocking the sun's beauty with dark plumes of smoke and ash. Haruka spoke to the right of him, reaching out to his fellow captains, though Genji didn't even hear him. His eyes lost in the twisting flames of chaos that span across the desolate land of destruction before them.

Suddenly, a soft hand gently grasped around Genji's elbow. His body shook slightly, as he whipped head over to see Reimi staring at him. "You okay?", she asked just as softly as her touch. "Uh... Y-y-yeah. Fine.", Genji mumbled gathering his composure from the carnage on display before him. "Sorry... I'm just a little blown away by all of this.", the worry starting to leave his voice little by little. Taking a deep breath, Genji glanced back down at the city, and than than back to Reimi; his confidence now returned. His eyes stared into hers for a moment as she warmed his soul with a brilliant smile. He could tell her smile seemed slightly forced on Reimi's part, but he didn't care. Genji grinned ear to ear and replied "Okay, I'm ready now. Let's get going."

Genji shot through the city, heading out the opposite direction Reimi had gone, scanning the horizon for anything out-of-the-ordinary. He stoppped near a tall, partially destroyed building. It was peculiar to see certain building barely touched by the attack, while others were reduced to gravel. He stood there but for a moment, when he felt the strangest feeling he was being watched...

"Genji?? Is that you...." Genji shot his head around to see a familiar face standing just behind him. "Ptolemy? Is that you?!", Geji exclaimed in shock. "It's been too long!", he said chuckling slightly.

Before an answer was given a burst of spiritual pressure washed over the city. It was Amaterasu, Captain Taiyo's shikai release. Genji peered into the sky seeing the black clouds seperate and allow brilliant rays of sunshine pour over the gloomy city.

The two of them stared on at the display of her powers. Before much could be said about it, the same energy now shot over into their direction. Ptolemy and Reimi now scanning eachother over. "Well, I'd say a 'guy' like you couldn't be capable of taking down an entire city in one go. Or am I wrong to assume that?", Reimi asked curiously. Ptomely promptly answered with a display of his strength by toppling the large building we all stood by. Red beams of energy blasting from his arms and blowing apart the remains of the structure.

Genji coughed slightly, to his friend calling Reimi 'gorgeus'. Genji, rubbing a hand over his face, made quick to have the irritation leave his face.

Ptolemy, obviously more interested in chatting up the cute girl in front of him, started asking questions of her release powers. Genji rollled his eyes, hoping Ptolemy wasn't hitting on her as he had memories pass through his brain of Ptolemy and his training and talk of cigarettes. It made him want one at that moment... Awaiting to hear Reimi's response to the question, Genji was rushed with a sudden feeling of fearful power. He knew something bad was happening. Mumbling under his breath, "I think the Head Captain is in trouble...", his eyes bulging slightly. Genji wasn't sure what was going with the other captains, but he feared that his caravan might be needed elsewhere...

[tavishmithos]

"This is ridiculous!!! We're superior for a reason, what the hell are you all doing??" Caesar was becoming outraged, it was bad enough that Lunalia was by herself in Rome and the other attack zones were nearly left unchecked and now the nature of power was shifting. Caesar had only come to this remote jungle to see what was going on with Almeda but now along with himself, the fourth king had also arrived too.

The foolishness of his peers had angered Caesar beyond his own comprehension. "The last time I knew anything about our power one of us is all it took to take out weak beings like these, but now three of the kings are all present at once?? What is the meaning of this Geirtýr..." Caesar rubbed his forehead and sighed loud enough for everyone there to hear and for once displayed outwardly his powers first hand. "Maybe you don't realize just that you're up against but, " everything stopped. Caesar was the only being able to move more than a few inches in any direction. He'd pulled upon the fabrics of nature using his abilities, changing the density of every object including what was produced in the immediate surroundings to the point where time had nearly halted. "I'm not playing around here."

"Geirtýr, as the wise you know better than to show up unaccounted for when there is serious work to be done do you not??" Both of Caesar's eyes burned with force, the shine of them getting stronger and brighter, his skin even shining out brighter and brighter. "The meaning of this is simple. That we are superior and meaningless activity is a waste of time. I'm sure that you all want to have a bit of fun and I'm fine with that, just keep in mind our goals." The pressure dissipated and then waned out, the flow of everything resuming to its former state.

A beacon shined from within the tear on Caesar's chest and his appearance changed slightly. Rather than the tan coloring of the Olvidado, Caesar's sheen of white encompassed his entire body and a thick tail had sprouted from behind his form. Where the bans of light had been previously there was a black radiating light that flowed from each band and what was more, a golden halo now sat atop Caesar's head. "This is nothing, just me falling back into myself. I had to keep it this way so that questions didn't come up too soon. However make no mistakes. It is I...Marko Hellion. High King of the Forgotten. Yet we are forgotten no longer."

[King Naruto]

~South America~
From Caeser's arrival to the attack on Piedra and then the Fourth King's apperance, Syra had calmed himself. He had right to be fearful as during his weakest state, Almeda had completely broken him after defeating some of the best SS had to offer in the past. Now things were different. He was not about to fall victim to such a brute. "I am fine now." Syra commented before grinning wide, "I just lost my composure for a moment." Before he could speak once again, Caesar soon made his transformation into the High King in turn revealing himself. He had never seen the High King before so, this was a very big suprise and a small victory for SS. Now they knew who was the leader and could act accordingly after the various meetings.

"Geez Caesar and G man, you guys ruined my fun. Now there's three of us and three of them. I don't like one on one. I want all three." Almeda bellowed out at Caesar.....errr Marko Hellion. Almeda didn't like to have fair fights. Any fight that gave him a disadvantage was more his style and more likely to be in his favor. Suddenly Syra began laughing hysterically, interuppting everything. Almeda was quick to respond to the laughter. "What ya laughing about, weakshit?" He said with anger. The laughter died down and Syra closed his eyes while keeping his head facing the ground. Almeda leapt at Syra like a lion pouncing on a gazelle. Just as the punch was about to hit, Syra stepped to his right with sword in hand.

Almeda landed clumsily after the failed attack with blood running down his arm and leg. Looking back, his eyes were focused on Syra, who was now staring at Marko. Within the few moments he had, Syra had cut through the absurdly tough skin of Almeda. The fifth king knew what was wrong and it was his powers. He had just awoken from a seal that has contained him for many, many years so, his power had not fully returned, leaving him in a a state that left unable to bring about anything over half power nor could he bring forth his second form. "So you are the High King? Nice to meet you. To think both the head captain and the high king now stand before eachother. I do not care whatsoever for your superiority or the like. I just wish to see you go back to being forgotten. Fear may have crept up my spine only moments ago but, it was only a minor setback. Now do we stand here and talk or do we all commence to kill eachother?" Syra commented on the situation at hand with a cheery tone and smile.

" I AM ALMEDA THE BLOODY AND BLOOD SHALL RAIN!" Almeda screamed out like a wild animal.

~Bryce~

Suddenly the queen attack both Bryce and Akairo. Holding his hand out, reiatsu shot forth into three volatile spheres that upon impact, exploded which canceled the attacks out. It was only moments later when Lunalia made her next move. Bryce stood in awe as the queen unleashed a dangerous attack with enough force to destroy almost everything. Luckily Akairo was so great at handling the situation that it seemed as though Lunalia was a plaything for Akairo. The second king's spiritual pressure was rather enormous, enough to match Bryce's own power as incomplete as it was. Akairo had already made an attack on 4-arms and The Queen which would give Bryce the opening that he would need.

Using his unique speed, Bryce rushed foward at 4- Arms while Akairo's kido was coming forth. Holding his hands up toward the sky, Reiatsu sruged throughout his arms and then outward from his palms. Taking shape, a large hammer was formed from the reiatsu. It was magnificant spiritual control at work. Using all his strength combined to swing downward, the hammer was brought down upon 4-Arms. There was enough force that when combined with Akairo's kido then 4-Arms had no chance.

[DJQuackQuack]

Queen Lunalia the Forgiving

With the battle underway, Lunalia watched as her two opponents defended against her moves. The beams were handled easy enough, as expected. They were just an invitation to engage in battle, as most tend to be to afraid to approach her. The Queen was impressed with Akairo's ability to prevent the chunks of buildings from causing serious damage to the surrounding area. The combination of her graceful movements and the brute Bryce's impressive control over Reitatsu was quite the sight. It was apparent even the lesser life of this world had improved over these thousands of years. Yet, Lunalia was disappointed.

In perfect harmony, the Shinigami counterattacked with 4-arms as their primary target. The sword slashing through her ally did not phase her as she prepared herself for the incoming kido attacks. "I weep for your pointless struggle. Moon's Tears shall be shed for you." Small, silver orbs of light formed an inch in front of both eyes and started to fall down, almost as if she was crying. With speed untraceable by untrained eyes, Lunalia had the orbs hover in the palm of each hand, guiding them with perfect control.

The first she redirected towards Akairo, standing behind 4-arms. The reitatsu-erasing orb expanded to the size of a basketball and launched forward at a high speed. It pierced through 4-arms, leaving behind a clean hole in its chest. Unaltered, it continued its course and met head on with Senhappa, the beam being erased without a trace as the orb was set on a path to strike dead center into Akairo's body.

In the same instant she launched the first tear, Lunalia dashed towards 4-arms and did a flip, landing with a one-armed handstand atop the Olvidado. She unleashed a focused Blessing of the Silver Moon into her injured ally once again, sealing the wounds inflicted by both Akairo and the Queen herself. The 4-arms snapped back into consciousness, and without hesitation rotated its arms behind him to face Akairo. As Lunalia's Tear headed toward the female shinigami, 4-arms positioned its arms to form a square shape. From them, dense walls fired toward Akairo and converged around her in an attempt to limit her movement and ability to dodge the Tear.

Leaving Akairo to her fate, Lunalia turned her focus to Bryce. She was still doing a one-handed stand on 4-arms, body straight as an arrow. To deal with the large hammer, she directed her second Tear upward. This one remained small at first, disintegrating through the hammer. Once inside, however, it expanded to twice the size as the other one, erasing the reitatsu hammer. Furthermore, the Tear burst into hundreds of smaller Tears, all of them redirected toward Bryce in a shotgun like blast.

"I forgive you both."

[rpgangel]

伊利沙伯中學 -- Queen Elizabeth Secondary School

A bell broke the silence over Sai Yee Street, and not too long after, it filled with many students pouring out of Queen Elizabeth Secondary School. The students all chatted with one another, with some going about their own business, others going home or to their part-time jobs. Emiri Iniko was no exception; as she squeezed past a few girls, she was hit on the shoulder. She turned, sticking out her tongue.

"Leaving me behind like that?! You're so mean!" The girl whined, running after her.

Emiri laughed, twirling around to face her friend. "Too slow, Mei!"

The two weaved through the other students, finally free from the crowd as they ran towards a local bakery. Letting Mei catch up, the two blabbed away as they entered, only stopping to look at the many treats available. Each one made the girls' mouths water, their stomachs eager to have something tasty before continuing their walk to their homes. Mei then thought of something and turned to Emiri.

"Wait, do you have any money?" Mei asked, tugging at Emiri's sleeve.

The two looked at one another, then immediately began searching their uniform's pockets for any cash. Mei managed to find a hair pin, two receipts, and a small pin. Emiri was equally lucky, finding a pen and a crumpled up piece of paper. The two gave a sigh in unison, dropping their heads and dragging their feet as they left.

"The worst part is, I probably have yen in my bag..." Emiri sighed again, kicking the ground. "As useful as that is..."

"Yen? Oh, Japanese currency." Mei nodded, a finger on her chin as she looked at Emiri. "Say, you never told me why you came here, of all places."

It was true--Emiri had traveled from Japan to China only recently, maybe a few months ago. The reason for the move was something she wasn't too willing to share, nor would it ever be understood. Mei was a good friend, but not the type to confide in. Unlike Emiri, Mei was a normal high school student, living her life, going through the day thinking about her grades and boys.

Emiri wasn't.

Still, she couldn't complain too much--things had been nice and quiet, and she hadn't seen anything out of the ordinary as of late. Grinning to herself, Emiri whacked Mei with her bag. "I told you, my mother's job transferred us here."

"I've never even met your mom!" A pause. "I've never even been to your house!"

"Details, details." The two stopped at a crosswalk, with Mei fuming and Emiri giggling. "And at last, we part ways." Emiri waved, motioning for Mei to cross.

"Emiri! You're fishy, I tell you!" Mei pointed at her as she ran. "And I'll find out just why!"

Emiri laughed as Mei crossed the street and she went her own way. Typical Mei, always good for a laugh. The girl walked the streets of Mong Kok, passing though many streets filled with people. After much walking, she arrived at an inn, and walked right to the front desk. "I'm here to check in."

The lady looked up and was surprised to see her. "Oh, under what name is the reservation?"

"Iniko. Keiko Iniko. It's my mother's name." She explained, rocking on the heels of her shoes.

"Iniko? I don't believe anyone with that name is..." She started, looking down at something Emiri couldn't see. "I apologize, here it is. One key, or two?"

"Just one, I'll let her in when she comes." Emiri smiled, taking the key.

"Have a pleasant stay."

With a slight bow, Emiri turned on her heel and went straight to the stairs. After jogging a few floors, she reached the top and met a man waiting for her. "Good afternoon."

"And the same to you, young lady." He opened the door for her, and she gave him the key as she walked by.

The room itself was very spacious, with the bedroom and kitchen pushed towards the back, the vast living room in front of her possessing only a kotatsu in the middle with a television facing towards the door. After she stepped out of her shoes, she gleefully skipped towards the small table, dropping her bag and turning on the heater underneath. As it warmed up, she undid her jacket top and pushed the bedroom door open, with only a canopy bed and a closet inside. Opening her closet, she slipped out of her uniform and pulled out a bag, opening it and pulling out her favorite dress and slippers, putting them on. It was almost as if she had put it there before she arrived.

Which she did.

She had not been paying enough attention--she had forgotten that the last hotel's check out date was a Friday instead of a Saturday, and was forced to leave a day earlier than she wanted. A real shame, but the inn was very nice and cozy. All she had to do was add her name on the list, put her account in as payment, and move her stuff it. Hence the bag and kotatsu.

Looking out the window, she pondered Mei's sudden curiosity. She had never been so nosy before, that or she was taking Mei's words too heavily. Emiri's lies weren't enough to satisfy her, but Mei was just a normal girl, she wouldn't do anything, but then she wondered who else would be curious. This was how it started in Japan, too: a classmate had gotten too curious, and Emiri ended up leaving the country to avoid suspicion. To them, she was dead; she had died along with her mother in a car accident. Still, she'd have to make sure Mei would keep quiet tomorrow.

Emiri left the room, sitting down at her little table and pulling out her homework out of her bag. After a few scribbles in her notebook, she noted that it was a little too peaceful, so she turned on the TV.

An American woman appeared on the screen, followed by a Chinese woman delivering the news. Emiri concentrated on her homework as the noise helped her concentrate, but something was a little off on the news. Looking up in time to see ruined images of what looked like the United States of America, her jaw dropped. The Chinese woman was translating what the American woman was saying, and Emiri's head was translating the Chinese into Japanese.

According to them, it had been some sort of creatures doing the damage, and Los Angeles wasn't the only place. Biting her lip, Emiri looked down at the notebook. How terrible...But, there's nothing I can do. Picking up her pencil, she continued writing, though occasionally she'd look back up at the screen.

It's none of my business anyway...

[tavishmithos]

Akairo scoffed and looked upward, refocusing the force of the Senhappa as the queen used some sot of ability to dismantle its makeup. Rather than being just a simple beam of force the format of it was made into that of a flowing wave, which meant that the flow came from her own control of the kido and wouldn't stop until she chose it to do so. As the tear neared her, she pushed the energy of the Senhappa forward, causing the wave to amplify.

The attack from the four armed creature wasn't ignored but Akairo was already moving with her one hand still opened and firing out a steady steam of reiatsu. She shot straight up out of the walls converging upon her and dropped down sideways and twisted to the ground, which sent the energy of the Senhappa spiraling from the top of the Olvidado, down to its feet. What ever damage had been done to the creature was high and for lack of better things to do, she was aware that Bryce was fast enough to handle many attacks that the queen sent his way. "I'm amazed that your queen is so full of herself, Bryce activated his shikai before we got here I've yet to use mine."

Her foot slammed into the now fading frame of the Olvidado and she kicked off its body while slashing downward with her zanpukuto to sever further its bonds. "Take this!!!" As her kido had ended, she once again used number 16 and erased what was left of the monster with another Senhappa. "You forgive us for what Lunalia??" The battle hadn't really gotten intense yet but for the time being Akairo had chosen not to expand on her usage of power. If she didn't need to exert her abilities to defend herself than it wasn't at all going to happen.

"Come now Lunalia darling, I warned you that this wasn't going to go as you thought it would. If you are just toying with us than step it up. I'm barely trying here." Her gaze shifted to that of Lunalia and in an instant, she ran at her foe, flipping and twirling around unleashing a barrage of slashes from her long blade, her pattern changing and each blow backed by a high kinetic propulsion. There were thirteen slashes all together and by bending light immediately upon her blade, Lunalia's would only be able to see the broken shadows that came from each consecutive blow.

As an added plus the length of Akairo's blade allowed her to cut through and repel many of the falling tears that had been released at Bryce while she attacked.

~~~~~

Marko looked exasperated, his eyes shone with both an annoyance and amusement as Syra the head captain regained his composure. Things were about to get messy and Marko almost laughed at the situation, until he heard Syra speaking. "I do not care whatsoever for your superiority or the like. I just wish to see you go back to being forgotten. Fear may have crept up my spine only moments ago but, it was only a minor setback. Now do we stand here and talk or do we all commence to kill eachother?" He was a fool to even mention not caring about them being superior, if he didn't care then that meant he assumed he was superior to Marko, the High King.

Rage boiled up within Marko and his halo shined with a black source of light much like that which flowed around his form already. "You incompetent fool, nobody here is going to kill me I can say that much. I see no reason to dirty my hands over you Syra but if it means that much to you I'll tussle with your inferior being shall it be your own desire to do so."

Piedra was still his priority though, the arrancar had been cocky before and the High King wouldn't stand for such insolence before his almighty presence. He hated the arrancar, just as he hated the fullbringers and humans. He hated them all, soul reapers most of all as they tried to regulate everything and meddled in everyone's affairs. "Come Piedra. You and me, I'll amuse myself for awhile with you. I know your thoughts and you think that you can easily take the brunt of my attacks. Face me and stop being a coward."

The rest of those against them would find it hard enough just facing Almeda. "Ra shin gen tantre." Almeda's body illuminated with a black light that died out after only two seconds. "Stop raging Almeda. Your power is restored. If you hadn't have flown here from Egypt you wouldn't have been so weak. Think about the things you do next time please, I don't want anything happening to you. My love for our kind has no limits."

"As for you wise king, you may do as you choose but if you don't mind a good friend of mine Ptolemy is in LA. I doubt he'll be defeated but just in case can you check on his please??"

[soraking10]

Cerden

"Boy that was delish~"

Cerden just got his own bite to eat. Since most of the captains were either in their own barracks, or they were on a mission. It's not like Cerden is complaining. He had a rough day today. He had to wake up quite early, he had to act civilized around others, and lets not forget to mention that he had to BATHE! Oh yeah, Cerden is quite happy with the downtime he's able to have.

That awkward moment when you just ate, and you are still hungry...Yup, Cerden is having that same exact feeling. Despite what his body tells him, he is still hungry, but there's one bad thing about this. He ate almost everything in the mess hall.

"Still hungry..." Cerden said crouching down holding his stomach. He knew he was still hungry, but he didn't want to walk away with a massive stomach ache. He knew he would regret it later.

"Let's pay TB's office quarters a little visit." Spoke Cerden as a devilish smile appeared on his up-to-no-good face. He knew exactly what got TB madder than hell, and that was people going through his office when he's not there. Especially since that person is Cerden.

Cerden used Flash Step to make his way over to the Squad Twelve barracks, and he found himself going down a series of hallways, stairs, and more hallways, and more stairs. He then found himself at the door to TB's office. There was a low-numbered seat Soul Reaper of the Twelfth Squad guarding the door. Cerden wanted to have a little fun.

"Oh! H-h-hello Captain Celebrindal. What can I do for you?" Said the guard.

"Your captain has told me that he needed me to go into his office to search for some documents." Cerden said.

"B-b-but Captain Celebrindal, he told me to not let anyone in or else." The Guard responded nervously.

Cerden smiled, as he placed on hand on the Guard's shoulder, "Do you really think TB is more scary than your's truly. Seriously, think about it." Cerden said as he turned to the nervous soul reaper. "He might be able to disect your body on a single whim, but i can make kill you so painfully, your children will feel it and their children." Cerden finished as he simply smiled.

"Y-y-yes sir. Just don't tell my captain, please.." He begged.

Cerden kept smiling. He released just a tiny amount of Spiritual pressure, and transferred it to the nervous system of the guard. It was just enough to knock him unconscious for a good while.

"Now, to snooping I go~"

[tavishmithos]

"You must be out of your mind."

Ptolemy nodded at Genji and winked at him, his gaze moving from one person to the next all the while taking in the sights of the ruined city. His statement was to the quincy who had hidden herself and then drew a blade on him. Without doing much of anything, Ptolemy pulled the quincy toward him, wrenching her directly into his path. His center left arm grabbed hold of her blade of reiryoku and shattered it into small bits of scattering particles that flitted away. He then then chuckled and knocked her back with the same force that pulled her in to begin with. "Don't be foolish child, pointing a blade at a person you've never met and whom hasn't attacked you?? Foolish."

There were many spiritually powered beings present in Los Angeles at the time, all of them there for one reason or other and all of them in for some serious epiphanies. "Yes Genji, its me alright. I believe the last time we saw each other it was in the outskirts of the Soul Society right?? We bumped into each other and for what it was worth trained for a few days." The flashback was explicit to Ptolemy as he knew that back then Genji wasn't anywhere near as powerful as he'd become now. There was a difference however. The past Genji wasn't aware of the power held by his sparring partner.

"Sorry to bring you the news guys but the Olvidado are returning and have some things to do. I can't allow any of you to leave here just yet, so for the time being you'll have to keep me company. Be wary though, I'm quite strong, more than you can tell by simple spirit reading ability." Ptolemy grinned and scratched an itch on his back. "Don't try to run..."

[Oblivion Fenrir]

"You say you didn't attack me? you call collapsing the building I was on 'not attacking me'?"
Corona said as she disappeared and reappeared in her original position as before. She stashed her broken claymore handle.

"And no... I'm not out of my mind... you attacked me first. You attempted to kill me by collapsing the building I was observing from. Sure I escaped it easily but I was only defending myself." She withdrew her Celtic cross from her pocket and Began manifesting her spirit bow.

"It seems I can't really fight this fullbring with my claymore or my Steele weapons." Her bow finished manifesting.