Rio had taken the pill bottle out of her inside pocket, staring at it before stopping just around the corner from Squad Twelve. 'Is this really a good idea?.... Because I'm starting to doubt it is...' She looked at the plain white bottle, there was nothing but a sticker that said 'For Huerona' on it.... Either her mother stuck the sticker over the top of the original label or she didn't buy these, she made them... Gripping the bottle a little tighter, Rio put it back inside her inner pocket. 'This is getting ridiculous... I need to stop worrying, I can combat th-' Her eye suddenly widen as she gasped... A tall, familiar ginger woman was spotted in Rio's sight, heading towards Squad Twelve. Peaking around the corner, Rio saw the ginger be greeted by a member; a woman with brown hair, glasses and green eyes, smiling warmly. As she watched, Rio noticed the ginger woman following the other woman inside.
Taking a few steps back, Rio was utterly shocked... After a moment, she turned around and began walking off, thinking to herself while her eye kept wide. 'H-how... b-but I thought.... How is she still... alive?....' Stopping, Rio closed her eye and took a deep breath. 'What should I do now?... I'm so confused.. Dammit, I need to train through this, away from everyone else...' Rio then shunpo'ed, making her way out of the Seireitei to find a Hollow-infested area.
Once in the forestry area's, Rio started walking and looking around her as she kept her senses sharp. The first thing she sensed was Souta since she was near the Hari Clan grounds. 'Wow, Souta's gotten so much more stronger now, wonderful' A faint smile dusted across Rio's lips as she walked further away from the grounds, finding a small ruin that seemingly used to be a village but must of been torn down by a mass of Hollow. 'Perfect...' Taking another breath, Rio drew both of her Zanpakutos before running into the centre of the area, shunpo'ing up into the air. It didn't take much longer for the Hollows to spot her, jumping at her from every angle. Rio then suddenly grinned. "Planning on eating me? Give it your best shot." Her grin dropped as the Hollows closed in. Rio turned her body and began spinning with both blades held out parallel, slicing through the masks of the first five that closed in. Shunpo'ing, she moved closer to the next Hollows in line, slicing through them one by one, causing them to dissolve. Hollow blood coated her blades as she shunpo'ed again and again and again, slicing through and killing more Hollows. As she fought, Rio began chuckling darkly, a grin returning slowly across her lips. "Is that all you weaklings have got? Pitiful." As she spoke, she shunpo'ed higher.
More than needed spiritual energy burst out of her body, attracting more Hollows within a wider radius, and this time some stronger ones. A red glint twinkled behind her eye, her grin toothy. "Heheheh... Now now, no need to all attack at once~ This is supposed to be fun and take my mind off of things~" Her voice sounded more playful than usual, quite odd coming from Rio. She then jumped and slowly turned in the air at a downward angle as she pointed both blades towards the Hollows she was currently targeting before darting down like an arrow which pierced through the masks of around six, or was it nine, lined up Hollows. Rio hit the floor at the end with a bang, a crater beneath her while dust swirl swirl around her in the air. She then shunpo'ed up, hovering above the crater, still grinning. "It's no fun if you all die off so easily~" Shunpo'ing to the floor near the crater, a few more Hollows once again dived for her, in which Rio's grin instantly dropped, replaced with a bored look whilst the glint faded. With a few more strikes, the Hollows that dived for her had dissolved. Rio then sighed. "This isn't helping..." Walking forward a little, Rio sheathed her Zanpakutos, dropping her arms to her sides as she watched one of the stronger Hollows move towards her. It was pretty close, it's mouth open as it howled a Hollow's scream while looking up before Rio smirked. Lifting both of her hands up, Rio punched her fingers into the Hollow's chest, raising her energy as she slowly pulled the Hollow apart using the Hakudo technique Kagamibiraki, effectively tearing the hollow in two, causing it to dissolve after letting out a screech. As the Hollow disappeared, Rio's smirk stretched into another grin. "Now that's more like it~" Looking up to the rest of the group of Hollows, Rio chuckled, the red glint returning. "Now to dispose of the rest~" Rio's eye grew wide with her maddening smirk whilst she chuckled. Shunpo'ing into the air one more, Rio extended her right arm before swiping it fast across her body, firing off a purple oblong blast of energy that head for the current strongest Hollow. The second the blast hit the Hollow, they were completely incinerated, which is what happens when you fire Hadō #54. Haien. After that Hollow had been incinerated, Rio fired off more Haien's, maybe too much as the area beneath her had erupted into a fiery mess. Despite this, she continued to fire off more of the attack, watching the inferno grow with her twisted grin growing along with it. The fire made the glint her eye more noticeable as she watched the Hollows be completely erased from existence.
After a short while, Rio had enough and just watched as the fire die down after a while, leaving nothing but ash, no traces of Hollow anywhere. Shunpo'ing back to that ground, Rio's grin suddenly dropped as her face turned serious, scanning the area. "Nothing left... Good." She took a few steps before abruptly stopping and howling in laughter. "Now THAT was fun! I should go fight something else next! Something, or more someone who'll actually put up a fight!" Rio looked straight as her grin returned with a vengeance, along with that red glint. "Hmmm, now who should I kill? Scarlett is on my list, that thing did such a poor job in crushing me but I'll make them regret not killing me when I gave them the chance. But no, that'd be too boring, I want someone stronger, maybe Keisa? No, still not fucking good enough, she's too damn clingy and wouldn't put up any fight worth noting. I'd kill her in an instant. Hmm... Think Rio, think" Rio crossed her arms, tapping her chin in thought. Suddenly her expression turned mischievous. "What about that piece of shit Kenta? He's not needed in this world, or in any. Disposing of him once and for all would be best. Might as well take out that poor excuse for a Squad Two member Takara also, she's nothing but a fucking annoyance, I shouldn't of wasted any time training her for her to be a coward and run away with Kenta. She wouldn't be missed anyway. Neither of them are worth my fucking time though, especially if Kenta still thinks he can take advantage of my fucking feelings for him. I cared, when he was here, when he left countless times, I still cared like the idiot I am and now he's back, expecting me to still care and think about him? He's got another think coming. I refuse to let this go on for longer, besides Kazuhiko and Souta actually cares about me and how I feel, I should be focusing on them, what an idiot I am." Rio hit the side of her head rather hard but continued to grin, unaffected by how much her head was hurting now. "But I can deal with those two wastes of flesh later, there is only one person that can hinder my progress... The person I care about the most, Kaizo~ Heheheh" Rio chuckled darkly once more. "I love you, so you need to die Kaizo. Heh, you're the only one in my way of getting what I want, but I must tip my hat to you, you've wiggled your way in deeper than you think, but it's starting to become a problem, so you need to be exterminated. Hmhmhm~ I just have to take care of you then the others will be easy to pick off~" Rio then began walking, chuckling as she walked away from the area towards the Seireitei, her grin dropping as the glint disappeared once she had gotten closer to the Seireitei gates.
Once she had gotten back into the Seireitei, Rio walked to Squad Two. 'I need to inform Kaizo... I've made up my mind, he needs to know that there's something going on with me...." Sighing, Rio made her way up the steps. 'I just hope I can do something about it... these pills won't work forever.... I just don't want to be a danger to or hurt anyone.... I mustn't forget to mention Scarlett either... Hmm....' Stopping outside of Kaizo's office, Rio knocked and waited while completing her routine as she'd normally would of straightening her clothes and hair, being sure to look professional at all times.