Bleach: The Rise of The Renverseur IC

[Buio DiAngelo]

"So... it's really been two months already..." thought Ukita as he walked back through the gates of seretei. He could count on his fingers how many times he'd actually been here during his stay in the Shinigami World. He'd only come in to check up on willimina discretely a few times then had gone away against as silently as he'd came. For the last two months all he did was train. Train and travel, seeing all the districts of rukongai. Interacting with the sent souls there.

To be honest he felt like this place was the perfect land for him. The rejection he suffered every time he let his Reiatsu flow, it was the perfect way to make his training more efficient since it immediately put him under a larger amount of strain. He had even grown accustomed to it b now and could freely resist the rejection even when his reiatsu was flowing untampered. He had grown more now that he ever could have training somewhere else over these last two month. Now, he felt ready. He would save Rebecca, he would finally atone for his sins towards willimina. He had, more or less, given up on a romantic relationship with her. Not because he no longer cared for her, to the contrary he found hi feelings for her only grow more over the last months, but he realized that the love would stay unrequited and had accepted this. He only hoped that the girl could at least one day bring herself to call him a friend.

He gave a small smile to a few shinigami who passed him and walked towards the squad four barracks where he hoped to meet Captain Primrose. Hopefully she would be able to point him in Willimina's direction.

This was another change in his character. Despite still hating the shinigami and not wanting to have any more to do with their race than necessary, he had still learned how to be more Civil and tolerant towards them. Were it not for the fact that he was a shinigami Ukita would even go do far as to call the man who'd first treated him a friend, in the lightest sense of the word possible, but still.

He got to the barracks and saw a hurried looking medic shuffle by and tapped him on the shoulder. "Excuse me, shinigami, could you tell me If Captain Primrose is in her office?"

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Clair smiled as she was forced to dodge and weave through her "sister's" attacks. Every day that girl's powers had been increasing. Her attacks were constantly sharper, quicker, more precise and deadly. Rebecca was still not quite at Claire's level but the amount of progress she had made in these two short months was nothing short of astounding! Why, she'd even already learned her Frome Divine! even if she did have a hard time controlling it. If she continued improving like this she might quickly surpass Claire herself. Claire smiled and blocked Rebecca's swing with her shield then moved in within the range of her spear and pointed her sword at the girl's throat. One day she might surpass Claire, but that day was not yet here.

Claire gave Rebecca a warm smile and sheathed her weapon. "That's ennough for today. Let's take a quick breather then we'll go wash up. Your form is improving daily but you're still too full of openings, remember to fully communicate with your weapon, it knows what it can and cannot do. If you learn to listen to it and follow it's advice wisely, there won't be a foe in the world who can escape your spear." She said this with a kind smiled bt it soon faded lightly when she saw Mother Angelle atop a balcony, observing the two. Claire didn't like how much attention that woman was paying to Rebecca. Granted it was the holly mother who had been placed in charge of the new unsent's religious teaching by order of the king himself, but sometimes Claire wondered if there wasn't another reason why the holly mother was so keen on constantly observing Rebecca's progress.

Well, things had always been smoke and mirrors with that woman. She was no more than a big mystery to everyone but the king, Claire had stopped trying to understand her a long time ago. She looked away from the woman and went to sit on a nearby bench, smiling at Rebecca and patting the place next to her. "Are you coming?"

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Mother Angelle 'looked' down at the two momentarily with her closed eyes then retreated back within the castle where the king awaited her. Moving like a ghost through the walls of the keep she eventually made it into the king's private quarters where he already awaited her.

"You asked for me my Lord?" asked the woman, her lips unmoving and her voice coming from the air all around her as usual.

King Laurence was polishing the blade of his naginata when she came in and did not interrupt his activities as he replied.

- How is the girl doing Mother?

- Well, responded Angelle coolly. She is excelling in both combat skills and her understanding of The True Way, in ways never anticipated. I would call her no less than a prodigy among Renverseurs.

- Is that so? responded Laurence with a small smile. What would you say her future in this kingdom is then?

- If she does not reach a developmental ceiling soon she will most probably surpass Valkyrie in battle strength. Her knowledge of The Way nearly rivals my own,however it is still a long way from saying she has a faith and dedication to You and to our holy Lord that would allowed her to surpass mine... however that is not to say it could not happen with time.

- Then you tell me that she has the potential to take both your place and Valkirie's?

- It is not beyond the realm of possibilities.

- And you are alright with this? asked Laurence smiling

- If I am no longer suited to represent you and God all mighty as holly Mother then I shall give my title to she whom deserves it. anything else would be detrimental to the sanctity of the way.

- Such devotion to the purity of God's name, you are an inspiration Angelle. I Do not think you shall be surpassed any time soon... still. If you say that this girl is indeed so promising, perhaps I should begin to pay more attention to her as well." he said smiling and getting up from his chair, putting his naginata down and walking to the mosaic window in his room that depicted holy angels with black wings saving humanity from the evils of corruption.

- My lord?

- What do you think Mother Angelle? he said, looking back at her with a small smile. Should this King begin looking for a prospect Queen?

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"Then, that is the current situation?" asked Cao Bu as Lu Bei presented him the report provided by their spies.

- Yes my Lord. There is no question about it. The West has most definitely made contact with The arrancar race. Multiple exchanges have been recorded between them and they seem to have forged some sort of alliance. Also, one of our men was captured while we were stalking out one of these said exchanges happening in karakura town, It is evident that the enemy now knows that we have intelligence on their alliance. The odds of them NOT bringing the Arrancar into the Great Clash in two Days from now are minimal to say the least.

-... What were they exchanging? Asked Cao Bu gravely.

- Hollow, my Lord.

- Hollow? What would The arrancar desire with the West's Hollow?

- Well, more precisely. Ouests my Lord. The arrancar seem to have developped a particular taste for a tamed hollow's exquisite flesh. Thus every time we would observe an exchange of a few Ouests, from four to six of them, versus their double or triple in regular hollows. These trades are believed to be a way to solidify good will between the two factions.

- Hmm, then that woman has once again pushed her people to the brink of starvation. said Cao Bu gravely. Her ways have stayed identical for these past four centuries.

- It appears so my lord. But what shall we do about this deadly alliance? It is no secret that the West despises us more than any other kingdom. With their new found allies, if they manage to form another alliance with the south or east we will most definitely be crushed under their strength.

- I realize this Lu Bei, but before passing judgment on the matter, I would like to hear the opinion of my 'Five Braves'. he said turning his gaze to the rest of the war council. Well men, what do you propose as a solution to this new threat?

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Évangeline smiled as she walked into the torture room reserved for the man they'd caught snooping about their business a few days ago. A northern spy scoping out the enemy before the Great Clash. He was beaten, burned, wiped, stretched, crushed and made to suffer all kinds of mental and physical torture. He would not talk, no mater what one did to the body of a northern man he would never betray the honor of their land and their Emperor. But of course Évangeline knew this already, and with the arrancar on her side she didn't really need any information on the North anyways. To be honest she could have just killed the sot on the spot and have been done with him. but why waste such an opportunity?For the past three days now she had had the pleasure of hearing his screams as he was subjected to every torture imaginable. It was like music to her ears and she had oft come down here to enjoy a good read and a warm cup of tea while he wailed out in pain. but today was different, today she faced him directly, her seductive smile intact and aimed completely at him.

-You impress me, man of the North. But isn't it time you ended this charade? Come now, just give us information on how to defeat those pesky warrior nobles of yours and I'll set you free. all of this can end but with a few words

- To hell with you you wench. said the man, looking up hatefully at the vampire queen from his chains. I'll tell you nothing and you know it

- To hell with me? My dear child, have you not realized it yet? This IS hell, and I am it's iron fisted ruler. but no matter. You're right, i did know that you wouldn't say anything to me, but it simply would not have been in good form to administer you final torture without giving you a way out. Also. she smiled and moved closer to him, nearly pressing her boy up against his. I must thank you, dear man of the north. Your screams were most pleasurable to my hears. she said before kissing him lustfully, much to the distaste of the prisoner. The embrace lasted but for a few seconds and when she pulled away, five elegant and graceful men and women stepped out of the shadows, their eyes all fixated on him, the prisoner knew what fate awaited him and welcomed it.

"Now my children. my five elite soldiers. The five beasts that plague the west. Have your fill, and mark the taste, much more men of the North will fall to your fangs soon. by the end of the fortnight. The Northern Kingdom will be no more." and with that she disappeared into the shadows, leaving her children to fall upon the man. And as they did so, his screams resonated for the last time.

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"Damn dawg, those two be beefing before the fights even kicked off? Momma-vamp and Big E.C.B are gonna be going all out this time. Shoo, I think one of them might actually kill the other now." said Boss Sutenaki as Ryu delivered him the message concerning the frictions between the northern and western Kingdoms already.

-You got that right boss. replied Ryu with a worried air. This funk is just not groovin. There's gonna bee some major discorder on the dance floor when the four kingdoms come at eachother in two days."

-Man, you've got it all wrong, yo. said Tora, annoyed with Ryu's attitude. This is just what the East needs, yo. Those pussy-weight churches already don't stand a chance against us, bro. We just sit back, wait for the emos and the honnor-gonners to kick the shit out of eachother then we just weep in and wipe both of the suckers out, yo! Damn, you, this is gona be like the biggest party ever yo!

- what? I think you got some flamenco's falppin around up'n that head of yours shawty. There's no way that shit could go down and groove that smooth. We gotta be ready for some serious dance battles goin on. This ain't girlly fights like you're used to any more, we've got to deal with them arrancar cats AND them Shinigami dogs comin down to the get down this year. If we don't go in there fresh we'll be leavin in a stink.

- Yo, you're jsut chicken shit yo. I don't care if thery're Shinigami, Arrancar or Shinirancars yo, imma take care of all of them for boss sutenaki.

- Yeah yah, I'm chicken shit. Tch i got your groove ballerina, you're just actin tough to look smooth for boss, missy yo-yo ho-ho.

- Yo! Say that again and I'll pop one up your ass!

- I'd like to see you try grovealicious!

the two got up in eachother's faces, each with their hands itching to draw out their weapons but Sutenaki only sighed. "Cut it out, you're makin me lose my beats."

the two immediately got away from each-other an kneeled down in front of him. "Sorry boss!" they said in unission. Tora adding a 'yo' at the end as her trademark.

Sutenaki smilled and looked up taking his foot lightly. "Awwww, damn! they gonna be rocked by these Jams! when we're done they'll know who i am! Here I stand! Take my hand! Imma take you high this ain't no scam!

Conquer and de-vide! We're the one'n'only Wild East side! ain't no body who cna stand up in a fight. Boss to Sutenaki will rock all night!"


"Damn boss, that was beautiful funk!"

"Yo, i'm so pumped yo!"

said the two subordinates crying manly tears.

sutenaki only smiled and put his fist in his palm,with an exited grin painted on his face. "all, this had bot me so inspired. Imma get some sweet beats outta this one, and by the end, ain't no body who won't be movin' to Sutenaki's beats. y'all can believe it!"

[Hunter of Shadows]

Metus lay comfortably reclined against a wall, watching the other Espada through slitted eyes, they were a motley rabble, most of them weren't capable of thinking beyond the next fight. Idly he composed music in the back of his head while he waited for something interesting to happen.

The bastard Primera was going to be the death of them all, the Renverseur could not be trusted, Metus knew it, but why was the Primera blind to it? So far he'd managed to gain tight control over Las Noches and the Arrancar Army, to Metus's frustration, he hadn't had a chance to move before the first Primera had been overthrown and eaten, thus adding to the usurper's power.

Metus hated him.

The new Primera was a completely uncultured barbarian, he gave no thought towards anything but his next fight, and increasing his own power, but...

Metus was fear, doubt, and panic all rolled into one little neat package, if anyone could undermine and overthrow the new Primera, he could, Metus was a master at spreading doubt at other motives, making others afraid of things they shouldn't, and creating sheer unadulterated terror in his foes. If they weren't captain, they didn't have a chance.

Or Espada, but currently Metus's only option was to look for potential allies who would support him, the 4th was promising, but he was unwilling to move yet, he had to manipulate the other Espada some more.

Yawning he made a show of stretching, as if waking up, blinking about blearily, he wondered if any of the other Espada even guessed and the Primera was just playing with him, it was possible but...

Highly improbable, the idiot wasn't capable of manipulating anyone, let alone Metus, he'd gotten his position through brute force, not through actually being a leader.

That would work against him, Metus knew that the new Primera, he could never remember his name, not worth trying to remember the name of the barbarian, and to call him by his name would acknowledge him as Metus's equal...that he would not do.

He knew that the new Primera could care less for his fellow Espada, with that Metus could plant seeds of doubt in the new leader, if he could place enough doubt in the hearts of the other Espada about the new Primera, they would most likely cast him down, wherein Metus would devour him and gain his power for his own...

Then Metus laughed inwardly at his own unwitting joke, hearts?

Hollows have no heart.

Walking along, he decided he ought to look for a fraccion or two, a few underlings would help...no, that was not the answer, they would probably slip up...unless they didn't know themselves.

Walking through the halls of Las Noches, he gently danced his way to and fro, moving to a beat and rhythm only he could hear, the other arrancar underlings occasionally glanced at him curiously but he ignored them.

They knew better then to question what he was doing.

Sighing he stepped into his quarters, and sat down on the floor, and began to meditate....

He would have to plan...very carefully.

[Glitchybugger]

Rebecca had been fighting with Claire for a good length of time now, practising with her fighting techniques and generally improving her abilities. She panted lightly as she saw the sword against her neck and returned the smile, leaning her spear against the nearest wall to the bench as she sat down next to Claire. "Yeah, I just had to put down my spear."

She leaned back against the wall behind the bench. "I don't know how, but I've done quite a lot of improvement with everything in general, Claire. Though the Holy Mother is somewhat strange, she seems to follow and watch me a lot. To be honest, I feel uncomfortable whenever I feel her presence nearby."

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Willimina was tired as she had been training almost non-stop for a majority of the two months, her power had definitely increased and she had even managed to obtain a few Quincy artefacts that would be able to help her fight through the Renverseur and get her sister back. Now was the time to find out where this Clash was going to happen so she could actually fight again, she already had her own five pointed Quincy Cross, which was more powerful than a normal cross being used for it.

She straightened herself out, hugged her two siblings tightly. "You two stay here and be good, alright? I wouldn't be able to bare it if I lost you both as well, I promise I will get Rebecca back no matter what state she is in." The two siblings smiled up at her and nodded. "If you don't get her back with the first try then you're going to stay until you're found her, right?" Her little brother Kenji asked.

"Of course, Kenji." She nodded and smiled slightly at him before standing up to head out. "Look after Gloria and don't cause any trouble for the Shinigami, understood?" She got a nod of response and then she left to get to the Senkai gate, using hyrienkaku(sp?) to get there much sooner, there were already shinigami there ready to leave, Ukita knew about what was going to happen and where the Clash was, so he was needed for this.

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Damien was relaxing quite happily in the office of 8th squad's main building and he sighed softly as Ayro passed by the door way. "Ayro, are you certain that you and your Hollow aren't going to be any problem while you're on this little trip to wherever that Unsent battle is meant to take place?"

"Of course I'm certain, captain. I've been chatting with her a lot more now and she's decided to stay out of any fights I get into unless I want her to come out." Ayro smiled at Damien and took a little swig of a bottle of sake that she had attached to her hip.

"Don't drink too much before the battle, Ayro. Otherwise you're going to go into the fight drunk and end up hurting yourself or your allies."

I really should ask Isamu for a sparring session later on, I've heard that he has a pretty powerful Zanpakuto. If it is as powerful as some say, it might even be worth letting my Queen out for a while, she's been rather annoyed at me since Rarren smashed the tea set.

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Ayro nodded at Damien's advice and closed the bottle of sake so that none would spill out, then she went on her way towards the Senkai gate, her captain had asked her to go along with them, mainly because he felt that he wouldn't be needed while he still wanted 8th squad involved in the matter.

You shouldn't listen to him so much, sugar. Even if he is your commanding officer he can't tell you whether or not you can drink on your own free time, which is technically up until you actually arrive at this stupid battle field. Why are we going anyway? It's not like this one soul is important to you of all people. You're a Vizard and this isn't Vizard business, this is pathetic Quincy business. That Quincy bitch should just go do this herself instead of carting us along with her.

Oh gee, you're really selfless aren't you? I don't know why you haven't yet gotten an award for such a caring attitude towards others... I think I know why though, it's because you're a heartless bitch while some of us actually care about others.

Hey! That's just rude... Her inner hollow stopped talking after that, having been beaten in a little argument with Ayro always made it/her like that.

[PrimezTime]

Yomiko
"Time's up." She stared at the landscape that surrounded the squad 2 quarters. Today is when everyone will trek the unknown for the Quincies' sister's soul, Rebecca. Seems like a waste of resources, but it was their job. Guide the lost soul's to the Soul Society, there they can live at peace. She smiled and closed her eyes. She saw the past two months as a time to better this place. Despite the rumors how bad the Shinigami were, Yomiko could only think why. She laughed to herself out of shear madness, "If only things were that simple." She then turned to where her vice captain was preparing. The two of them would go to the gate together.

Yormistu and Keada
Yormistu stood by the front gate staring at the crowd gathering. The crowd were all Shinigami that wanted to see the attack group that would invade the new threat of the Renvenseur. This all could have been avoided if Yormistu secured the child first, then disposed of the Renvenseur. Unfortunately, things didn't play out like that. Next to him stood Keada, his trusted vice captain. She looked at him and smiled, the both of them were now in command. Yormistu was glad to be named the man in command, but with it came responsibility and he is still to young to feel all that. However, he thought this plan through to the end and knew it would work. He turned to Keada, "Thank you, for being here." Keada smiled, "Always" Then the two watched as more and more people arrived. They left a large circle in the middle for the brave Shinigami leaving.

Isamu Saito
Isamu Saito stood on his balcony staring at the Seretei gates to the human world. He wasn't going, although he felt...satisfied that those selected were going. He figured they could get the job done and return like promised. He didn't have any feeling towards the soul they were saving or this new race of souls. They were simply alive. Isamu looked up at a few hell butterfly that flew past. It was time to say goodbyes but he merely wanted to watch.

[Elation]

Primrose

"Ahh Ukita," the Medic, Daisuke, said in acknowledgment of the man's presence. His arms were full with paper work and files. "The Capp'n should be 'round somewhere, ahh there she is."

Out of a nearby doorway arrived the Captain of Squad 4, Primrose. Her appearance had changed little over the 2 months, and in fact she had done little training. She had mostly meditated. She was angry with herself over her initial reaction towards the former Renverseur and had been attempting to calm down. Over the two months she slowly grew to tolerate Ukita, despite his ghastly diet of Hollows. In a way, she and Ukita were similar in development.

"You may go Daisuke I know your very busy," Primrose said to the Medic. "Well see you 'round 'Kita," he said in a rather southern accent before disappearing behind another door.

"He is up to his neck in paperwork," Primrose stated as he walked off, "since we don't have a Lieutenant and I'm going to be gone, he is often busy. Anyways, I presume you are looking for Willimina. She is going to be accompanying the others, as can be expected. I presume you are also leaving? Let us go then." With that, she flash-stepped off to the gates where thew crowd was at. There was no reason to hold back, Ukita would likely be able to keep up with her at this point.

Peter Smithson

It was time.

Peter had marked this date ever since he met Ukita two months ago. If it were up to him, he would have gone to rescue that girl the same hour he heard about it. But Ukita wouldn't comply. He had to wait two months, when he promised it would only take a day.

Well that wasn't going to pull him down! Even if it was closed off schedule, Peter was still going to close this case! So he snooped through Karakura Town, looking for something out of the ordinary. He didn't know where Hex went, but it seemed his fellow Sleuth had dropped the case. That was very uncharacterisitic of the man, but it wouldn't hold Peter back.

Now... he just needed to find Ukita!

"Grahh!," he grunted angrily to himself, "where is that guy! Is he leaving me out of the loop! Ukita better show!"

Clyde Rasch

Clyde was just chillin' at his apartment. He had nothing to do. He was rather out of the loop. He just knew that the Arrancar were around.

Over the two months, the Vizard had been practicing more and more to access his Hollow's powers. He forcefully used its abilities. He had beaten it savagely. He was already becoming much more powerful in his use of his mask, and he had caught on to its ability to make webs from Reitsu. He had previously shunned his hollows power,but after his battle with Max, the 7th Espada, he realized he needed more power.

Now all he could do was wait. Yomiko knew were he was. He told her he'd help, so she would contact him if he was needed. Until then, he would just sit back, relax, and watch a movie.

[Valerium Therme]

*Clank**Clank**Clank* was the only noise that could be heard echoing in the interior of Las Noches's hallways. This Arrancar's metal boots created the clanking sound after each step along the marble floor of the hallway, this Arrancar made no effort whatsoever to muffle the sound of his walking as he walked with a sense of self superiority. His hands casually sat within his Arrancar robe pockets as his head meticulously held itself high and proud. He casually glided down the hallways as he made his way to his destination, shadows lingered along the Arrancar's body from the lightly illuminated hallways of Los Noches. The lighting in Las Noches had been made to satisfy the Arrancar's preference to darkness and helped to add a eerily dark appearance to the citadel. Now as this Arrancar neared his destination he turned to face two large doors, these doors were illuminate brighter then the rest of the hallway as if to make them stand out to any passerby's. The Arrancar examined these exquisitely designed doors for about a minute before placing his two hands along the door surface and pushing the doors inward with a large *Creak.* As the man looked into the room dull beams of light broke through the doorway and cut a shallow path into the shroud of darkness that covered the room. The Arrancar smirked as he looked down into the room and quickly made his way down a short flight of stairs that led onto the ground floor of the room. As his right foot touched the surface of the floor the room suddenly illuminated and appeared to illuminate much brighter then the rest of the citadel. The man examine the room for a second before turning his head to glance back at the entrance to the room, in the doorway stood another Arrancar. A very slim, pale Arrancar at that and as their eyes met that Arrancar quickly kneeled even though he was at a much higher altitude then the other man. The kneeling Arrancar stayed silent in the doorway as the other Arrancar spoke.

"Maliruki, my dear Fraccion, I would like you to go gather the others. Tell them their Primera is calling a meeting and make sure to inform that this meeting is mandatory. Also please fetch Daryaki from my chambers and tell him to bring a 'friend.' "

With that Maliruki stood and quickly exited the room, using his Sonido to quickly maneuveur through the large Los Noches Citadel and fetch all the other Espada in the citadel. Now the Arrancar left alone in the room walked gently to the other side of the room and sat down in a throne like chair that stood a couple of feet off the ground. Now well he sat down in the chair he crossed his legs and rested his arms on the arm rests of the throne. He straightened his back and examine the rest of the room with a subconcious smirk. He rested his Zanpakuto on his lap and began to lightly tap his index finger against the cold concrete that his throne was made out of. The room in which he sat was large, a table that took the shape of a Octagon sat in the center with 9 chairs not including the chair the Arrancar sat in. None of the chair's faced away from the Arrancar's throne as he sat thus all the Arrancar's would have a good view of him as well he sat away from the table leaving an open space between his throne and the Octagon table. The Arrancar spoke quietly to himself as he awaited his company.

"Rarren Miziruki the new Primera? What an excellent thought, I wonder what the last two Primera would have thought if they had known that I would become the leader of the Espada. How surprised the last Primera must have been when I took off his head to keep as my trophy!"

[Elation]

Amarda Pulula

Amarda's shoes clicked softly on the ground as she walked through Hueco Mundo. She had recovered since her last battle. It was... an embarrassment. It ended in a draw with the 2nd Captain Yomiko, but Amard considered it a loss. She was completely bed-ridden for days.

She had since trained to increase her Resurrection's endurance, and her will-power. She was making strives along the way, and felt more confident now in her abilities. Her determination was what kept her going. Nothing would get in her way of reaching the top. And over the course of the two months, she had gone from the 6th Espada to the 3rd.

"Why hello there Rarren," Amarda said as she opened the doors to the meeting room, seeing the new Primera on his throne. "It is good to see you again. You have moved up I see. It is so unfortunate what befell the previous two Primeras. But I am sure you will make a proper leader."

She then took her seat on the Third chair to the left of the table. She pondered Rarren's promotion. Did he have ambition? Yes. Was he ruthless? Yes. Was he intelligent? Yes. That last quality made him a danger. Intelligence can make someone a decent judge of character. Amarda wasn't shooting for Primera just yet, but she would be damned if 2 was the limit for her.

She didn't care for this new alliance either. While it increased their chance of removing the Shinigami, it also gave them association with a new faction. That posed a new threat. They would have to careful in dealing with these Renverseurs. There was no telling what may come from them.

Jacques Arlequin

Jacques chuckled to himself as he walked the Halls of Hueco Mundo. The large Fortress was home to the Espada. Although Jacques wasn'tcertain of how long that would be. He held the others in little to no regard. There was constantly a new Primera. This Rarren chap was just another figure, likely to be overthrown soon enough.

Why did he stay then? Because it was fun to him one would suppose. Maybe he thought he would be Primera one day? It was hard to say. Who knew what this Arrancar really wanted.

As Jacques made his way through the Citadel, he took note of the presence of Metus, the tenth Espada. He may as well grace the man with his presence.

"Metus," Jacques said jovially as he opened the door without even knocking, "how are you doing today comrade." He paused for a moment before continuing is little Spiel. "It appears our new boss, Rarren the glorious Primera Espada, has ordered a MANDATORY meeting," he said with a mocking and sarcastic tone. "It must be of dire importance if he needs to give it such a frightening air. In fact, I am so intimidated I am afraid to walk the corridors alone. Would you like to accompany me on my walk to this meeting?"

[Im Not Me Im You]

It had been a particularly long day for Sato. The sun had pierced the cloudless sky all day, both reflecting light from countless sky scrapers and heating up the environment more than usual. It caused him to go slightly mad. He hated these days and sometimes wished he didn't leave the dark alley where he usually stayed. The sun now, was at its peak and it was surprisingly quiet in Karakura.

This doesn't exactly seem right. I get the feeling I'm about to be ambushed. No! Stop thinking Sato! You always get like this when the suns out. Ugh! I'm going crazy.

As he walked through along the sidewalks and observed the few people that shared the area with him, Sato finally decided that this part of town was not in need of any surveillance. His slow pace continued all the way back to his alley. Every so often, Sato would stop to check behind him to make sure nothing was following him.

Damnit, Sato. Nothing is following you. You shouldn't be worried of hollows anyways. You can dispose of them easily.

He continued his slow pace to the alley.

With my luck, Arrancar will show up! Hmph!
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Takai, one of the newer Espadas, quickly moved along in the halls of Los Noches. He never liked to move slow. The glowing walls became a blur as he used sonido to fly through the corridors. It wasn't long before he was in the illuminated room and took his seat, fifth from the right of the Primera. He sat in silence, his gaze fixed on nothing but the center of the octagonal table. His mind drew complete blanks, as it usually did when he wasn't fighting. To be honest, Takai probably wouldn't even care what was to be said. Nor would he understand. His only intentions were to eliminate any foe and become stronger. He had been there but a moment and even now, the confined space gave him the itch. He could feel eyes on him, and he shot a blank look at the Espada who called the meeting. A stoic expression. No words, no thoughts on the matter at hand. How could a being manage to be so void. It was obvious, even in his Arrancar mask, that this certain hollow, did not grasp reason or reality. He only knew killing, and he was already anxious to start annihilating, something. His finger nails suddenly took on a mind of their own and began scratching at the marble make-up of the chair he sat in.

[Hunter of Shadows]

Metus looked back, peered at Jacques and said "Ah hello there my dear Jacques, how nice of you to drop by, our newest Primera you say? Yes he's..." Metus appeared to be thinking for a moment "...like a hungry dog I would say." He ventured, then casually said "Come, let us go to his mandatory meeting, shall we?"

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Kazuma sighed tiredly, apparently he had been selected for the attack squad that would infiltrate the Renversuer, attack them, generally cause a ruckus and as some put it 'blow shit up.' Not the expression Kazuma would have used but he was not one to tell others what they were and weren't allowed to say, and it didn't particularly bother him either.

He wasn't thrilled about being selected, he'd rather just manage Seireitai, but being as strong as he was, his abilities would be in high demand, so it somewhat figured anyway. That and he had no lieutenant, so 9th Squad was unofficially...not around, this was slightly annoying but nothing could be done about it either way.

So, walking out, Kazuma didn't need to jostle or bump others out of the way, his hayori did that well enough, in what were crowded areas, were suddenly clear for him, he waved off the attention and told everyone to go about their business, he'd do something else. Hopping up onto the roof of a nearby building, he saw the assembly area and began to flash step, within a short period, after traversing the many miles necessary, he was there.

"Well I'm here...when do we go?"

[SethNever]

Aim picked up his Zanpakuto and put it back on his back and smiled over at his 'Boss' and said "so boss you ready to go" I had the same smirk I had on my face as allways had, I didn't really want to go all that bad but I needed to get out of this place and fight something god lets just get out of this place I thought and smiled at my boss...With a fakish smile that I seemed to like, "and boss do you think it'd right to train your squad before leaving...Wait that sounded smarter before I said it..." I said in a I'm-just-acting-dumb voice though I'm sure that Yomiko knew that...Or maybe she thought I was was stupid as I acted, but this wasn't the time to ask her.
(Ooc: Sorry for the lame post but I'm tired and didn't want to not post here for five days >.<)