Expllo said
As the fireballs shot at him Aokiji just blinked, it was too easy with this one. He stayed focused on one spot and shunpo'ed to it, and shunpo'ed again when he was in the barrage of balls. He got out of there with only a small burn on his clothing, nothing too big. Hearing an Expllosion, he quickly turned around to see dust fly then clear. The Hollow looked.....Very bad, and stood there for a few seconds, as if stunned. It was a small enough chance for him, sealing his Zanpakuto he was suddenly to the left of the Hollow and punched him. As he was punched an expllosion shot off sending the Hollow flying to the right, Shunpo'ing to the right of the Hollow while he was still flying, Aokiji punched his chin with another expllosion causing him to fly into the air. He shunpo'ed once more with his fist colliding into the Hollow's face with an expllosion sending him flying towards the ground, before he hit the ground Aokiji appeared below him with his knee smashing up causing the Hollow to fall hard on his knee with a crunching sound echoing throughout the dead area. The body hung on his knee, as if the supporting bones in his torso caused him to go limp. Though Aokiji wasn't done, with his fist clasped together high in the air they both slammed down on the Hollow's torso with a large expllosion which made the body look even more limp than it did before however that was possible. "Sack of shit was strong, probably still isn't dead!" Aokiji said, finally a bit of emotion in his voice, sounded like anger or frustration. He held the Hollow by the head, letting the body dangle. He threw the Hollow towards Kaizo, just in case he wanted a last hit, or wanted to beat it's skull in. He turned around and pulled his mask down, pulling in a couple deep breaths before putting his mask back on and turning around. He used a bit more energy in that than he thought he would, it was satisfying though. If that was the beast the Captain talked about, then it was easier than he thought, but if it wasn't and they came across what they were warned about....And tried to fight it, Aokiji might have felt worry the first time in years.

Kaizo watched as Aokiji beat the hollow down and for the first time he showed emotion...it was in the form of Anger but it was still emotion then once Aokiji was done he threw the hollows body towards Kaizo...he was sure it was dead but with these things you could never be to sure...and he had a good way to dispose of it...at least if the body was gone they could be sure it was properly dead. Kaizo walked towards the hollow as his Shikai's began to glow yellow as he crouched down next to the hollow and gently pierced the hollows skin with his left Zanpakuto causing a yellow halo to imprint on it's skin, then with the right Shikai he stabbed the exact same spot causing another Halo to show up on the skin around the other...making it look almost like a bullseye. Kaizo then picked up the hollow and threw it down into the bottomless pit..."Sayonara..." the ground then begun shaking violently as an explosion could be heard then all the fire and Spiritual energy from the explosion erupted up and out of the pit in the form of a pillar leaving it smoking afterwards..."Bullseye..." Kaizo then let out a sigh as his Shikai reverted back to it's sealed form then he sheathed it and spoke "Are those two done yet?...i'm getting sick of being here..."

Kurisa said
As the cero closed in on Ryuu he simply cut at it with his Zanpakuto, batting it away. He then went to fire a Hado at the hollow but due to it being caught and about to get hit further it's body shun brightly blinding everyone that could see it then it planned to smash a fist into Ayashi and send her flying then it planned to get behind Ryuu and fire a cero at him whilst he couldn't see, sure they still had their senses but most fights were fought with vision,,,taking away the vision momentarily and the person almost fells helpless for a few seconds...

When the light came Ayashi shielded her eyes, foiled by her own trick. She quickly switched to Yang form and shield her body, she figured an attack would come after and it did, the blade taking some of the damage while the force kept her flying. Purposely she didn't stopped, trying to get away from the light. Once she was a good ways away from it to able to see, she saw the Hollow go behind Ryuu in which caused her to shoot a spike towards them. She had good accuracy, and planned for it to attach to Ryuu's clothing to send him pinning so he didn't get hit by the cero. She began heading back towards the two, hopping the spike made it in time, it was fast after all.

Expllo said
When the light came Ayashi shielded her eyes, foiled by her own trick. She quickly switched to Yang form and shield her body, she figured an attack would come after and it did, the blade taking some of the damage while the force kept her flying. Purposely she didn't stopped, trying to get away from the light. Once she was a good ways away from it to able to see, she saw the Hollow go behind Ryuu in which caused her to shoot a spike towards them. She had good accuracy, and planned for it to attach to Ryuu's clothing to send him pinning so he didn't get hit by the cero. She began heading back towards the two, hopping the spike made it in time, it was fast after all.

As Ryuu couldn't see he heard a Cero charge up behind him but before he could react he was sent flying as he was then pinned against the wall by something...but nothing hit him...just his clothing, Once Ryuu regained his sight he tore away from the building ripping his uniform slightly, the hollow had fired a Cero but missed due to Ryuu being saved...unlike most he didn't care that he wasn't able to get himself out the situation..he was thankful where as most would have had their pride hurt...but this was a Shinigami's job, to look out for eachother...especially in battle. Ryuu dropped down to the ground and so did the hollow but it was infront of where Arashi was standing, a hollow then rose up from behind Ryuu and charged up a cero then hollow then moved as the cero fired making it head towards Arashi or so it seemed, it was actually aimed just a bit above where Arashi was standing, this revealed Ryuu's true plan all along as a cero blindsided the hollow and exploded violently. A hollow...a zombified one had fired a cero from the Fire hollows left side whilst it was distracted by the oncoming cero allowing Ryuu to blind side it. The fire hollow then slashed it's arm through the smoke cutting it as it then started to show frustration, the hollow began smashing it's fists into the ground which were coated with flames and shortly after pillars of fire shot out from the ground around both Ryuu and Arashi, surrounding them as they began to close in

Kurisa said
Kaizo watched as Aokiji beat the down and for the first time he showed emotion...it was in the form of Anger but it was still emotion then once Aokiji was done he threw the hollows body towards Kaizo...he was sure it was dead but with these things you could never be to sure...and he had a to dispose of it...at least if the body was gone they could be sure it was properly dead. Kaizo walked towards the hollow as his Shikai's began to glow yellow as he crouched down next to the hollow and gently pierced the hollows skin with his left Zanpakuto causing a yellow halo to imprint on it's skin, then with the right Shikai he stabbed the exact same spot causing another Halo to show up on the skin around the other...making it look almost like a bullseye. Kaizo then picked up the hollow and threw it down into the bottomless pit..."Sayonara..." the ground then begun shaking violently as an explosion could be heard then all the fire and Spiritual energy from the explosion erupted up and out of the pit in the form of a pillar leaving it smoking afterwards..."Bullseye..." Kaizo then let out a sigh as his Shikai reverted back to it's sealed form then he sheathed it and spoke "Are those two done yet?...i'm getting sick of being here..."

A clapping noise could be heard, echoing throughout the forest. "Congratulations, you two actually managed to defeat the guardian" An ominous being, letting off no presence whatsoever was sitting on a rock, watching the entire time.

It vanished, appearing near the pit with little effort. Its speed was too great for the two to follow with their eyes. He looked down the pit and sighed "What a failure, I would of expected it to atleast kill one of you." He said, with an emotionless expression and tone. He turned towards the two, his eyes gazing into Aokiji's. Then Kaizo's. "What are your names" He demanded of the two. He wasn't a person to be smart with, he never had time for games.

Phobos said
A clapping noise could be heard, echoing throughout the forest. "Congratulations, you two actually managed to defeat the guardian" An ominous being, letting off no presence whatsoever was sitting on a rock, watching the entire time. It vanished, appearing near the pit with little effort. Its speed was too great for the two to follow with their eyes. He looked down the pit and sighed "What a failure, I would of expected it to atleast kill one of you." He said, with an emotionless expression and tone. He turned towards the two, his eyes gazing into Aokiji's. Then Kaizo's. "What are your names" He demanded of the two. He wasn't a person to be smart with, he never had time for games.

Kaizo waited for an answer from Aokiji then he heard clapping as a voice followed shortly after prompting him to look in the direction of the voice, Kaizo tried not to let his eyes widen, not even a little but he was shocked...truly shocked How long has he been there? Why can I not feel anything from him!? this has got to be the real one...the one the Captain warned us about...this is going to be difficult...I don't think we can simply stall him with small talk and a fight with a guy who you can't even sense is just ridiculous! Kaizo then noticed the being look at him which made his eyes narrow slightly as he grit his teeth very slightly Should I really give him my name? I know some people like to be formal about a fight and so they ask the names of their opponent so that when they are dying they can call them by their name...I guess I don't have much choice Kaizo clenched his hands into fists, he almost dared not to reach for his Zanpakuto as that could be the last thing he ever did before he died "Kaizo..." He dared not to ask or say anything else right now...he choose to let Aokiji say his own name or try something different..plus...it stalled this just a tiny bit longer...and time was the only thing they could use right now...

"Are those two done yet?...i'm getting sick of being here..." Aokiji heard Kaizo asked, once he was going to reply he heard clapping and suddenly looked at the figure who clapped. Faster than his eyes could follow, he was at the pit looking down it then looked at the two asking for names. Aokiji showed no emotion, though he wondered how long the figure was there, and why he couldn't sense him. It almost made him shiver a bit, but he stayed calm, the little part of his face showing showed no emotion. Guardian? So that wasn't the thing the Captain warned us about, but maybe this guy is? I can't even sense him....The guardian was tough as is, and if this guy is stronger then I'd rather not fight him. I have my God strength, but that runs out in about three minutes, and I'd rather not use that in a place like this. I know this guy hasn't threatened us....Yet, but it's best to think of a plan of attack just in case, Aokiji thought quickly before it was interrupted by Kaizo speaking his name. He kept his own voice calm yet emotionless as he spoke, "Aokiji," his voice was just as emotionless as the guy they were talking to, probably not surprising though.

Zane620 said
"Oh he agrees with me, see they all eventually realize that Im right, even when Im clearly wrong. But thank you very much for supporting me Densen, it means sooooo much too me." Henry said jokingly, as he smiled at the Zanpakuto, when he heard Rio's voice and turned around towards her grinning at her remark of him calling her tiny. "Hey compared to me, you are rather tiny, but fine don't like Tiny leader, understandable." Then when he heard that she had been watching he smiled yet frowned inside. "Oh so you saw my mad skillls huh? Eh sounds good to me." Henry said as he went and picked up his Zanpakuto's before giving the thumbs up sign to show he was ready.

Ōhi Sango & Rio Okotaru Darishimo

Sango giggled at Henry. "I'm sure Densen would be very happy to hear that!" ... She didn't quite know what sarcasm was so she thought Henry was actually being serious... '... One of these days I will feed you to the fucking sharks.' Densen thought to himself, glaring at Henry from Sango's inner world.

Rio then looked at Henry, her eyes still narrowed. She continued to look at him while he spoke, not bothering to give him a response. "Mad skills?... Heh, riight" Rio spoke sarcasticly as she turned around and began to walk off, surveying the area while expecting the other two to follow her.

Sango stood straight and ran up to Henry, taking one of his hands again. "Come on Henry Tobias! Lets go so we can get this done!" She smiled, letting out a little giggle as she waited for Henry to move. Sango tried her best to return back to normal, despite what had just happened.

Kurisa said
As Ryuu couldn't see he heard a Cero charge up behind him but before he could react he was sent flying as he was then pinned against the wall by something...but nothing hit him...just his clothing, Once Ryuu regained his sight he tore away from the building ripping his uniform slightly, the hollow had fired a Cero but missed due to Ryuu being saved...unlike most he didn't care that he wasn't able to get himself out the situation..he was thankful where as most would have had their pride hurt...but this was a Shinigami's job, to look out for eachother...especially in battle. Ryuu dropped down to the ground and so did the hollow but it was infront of where Arashi was standing, a hollow then rose up from behind Ryuu and charged up a cero then hollow then moved as the cero fired making it head towards Arashi or so it seemed, it was actually aimed just a bit above where Arashi was standing, this revealed Ryuu's true plan all along as a cero blindsided the hollow and exploded violently. A hollow...a zombified one had fired a cero from the Fire hollows left side whilst it was distracted by the oncoming cero allowing Ryuu to blind side it. The fire hollow then slashed it's arm through the smoke cutting it as it then started to show frustration, the hollow began smashing it's fists into the ground which were coated with flames and shortly after pillars of fire shot out from the ground around both Ryuu and Arashi, surrounding them as they began to close in

Ayashi wasn't really sure what happened around her as a cero flew towards her but instead hit a Hollow, then more Hollows showed up. It got confusing for her how the Hollows got there, but she didn't think too much on it. What she knew now was that they were about to be trapped in fire. Hm, hopefully this works, Ayashi thought as she flicked her blade. She shunpo'ed in front of the fire Hollow and charged, right as she got close she activated Yang’s Light to hide her appearance for a bit. She quickly shunpo'ed to Ryuu, gripped a part of his clothing, and shunpo'ed them above the Hollow. The light effect was going to ware off in a bit, she shot her last spike at the second Hollow to keep him busy for just a bit while. She hopped Ryuu would follow up in the next bit as she held her palm down, "Hado number thirty, Shitotsu Sansen," she said as a triangle formed and three other triangles solidified and shot down at the Hollow. Her plan was for the hado to keep the Hollow pinned down, then have Ryuu follow up with a stronger attack whatever that may have been. The spike she had thrown was to keep the extra Hollow busy for a quick second, which meant they had to do it fast. But if Ryuu didn't follow up fast enough the back up plan was hopefully for the Hado to keep the flame Hollow pinned for a bit just in case the other Hollow tried to attack, they could take care of that one and then focus back on the flame Hollow as the Hado would give them enough time to kill the fodder Hollow....She hopped atleast.

At Rio's comment he grin and faked a pained blow to his heart. "Ouch, that hits deep lady, you don't hold back at all. You spare no feeling for even the sweetest, the most handsome of guys." Don't forget the most dumbest as well. Sosa said. 'Oh right and most dumbest.... wait a minute." Henry then glared at Sosa in her shikai form, until Sango came and grabbed his hand. "Yeah, that way I can go back to relaxing." Henry said with a grin as he followed behind Rio

Expllo said
"Are those two done yet?...i'm getting sick of being here..." Aokiji heard Kaizo asked, once he was going to reply he heard clapping and suddenly looked at the figure who clapped. Faster than his eyes could follow, he was at the pit looking down it then looked at the two asking for names. Aokiji showed no emotion, though he wondered how long the figure was there, and why he couldn't sense him. It almost made him shiver a bit, but he stayed calm, the little part of his face showing showed no emotion. , Aokiji thought quickly before it was interrupted by Kaizo speaking his name. He kept his own voice calm yet emotionless as he spoke, "Aokiji," his voice was just as emotionless as the guy they were talking to, probably not surprising though.

The figure looked at them in silence before finally speaking "Ah I see...Kaizo and Aokiji" He shifted his attention from them to Shoske and Emilo "Rats" He said, before his eyes flickered momentarily. Shoske noticed a distortion in the air, pushing Emilo to avoid it. It passed them, hitting a rock and causing a massive expllosion. Shoske acted fast, moving without a second thought. He quickly moved in front of Emilo, blocking him from the blast radius, the light engulfing Shoske. As of a result, Shoske's back was badly burnt causing him to collapse to a knee. He turned to Emilo "Emilo...hurry" He said heavily panting and tightly gripping his zanpakuto hilts. "Rise and Fall Tsutaiyou Kengetsu" He had to use the shortened version, he had no time to waste. His two zanpakutos transformed into his shikais. Despite the severe injury, he was ready to fight til the end. The figure raised an eyebrow, no long showing much interest in Shoske nor Emilo "Good eyes...I commend you for surviving" He commented, before looking back at Aokiji and Kaizo. All of this happened within a matter of a few seconds. "Now I have a question for the two of you. Why should I let you two live?" He asked them, slightly curious in not only their answers but also actions.

Nicias Askani said
"the net wont last long. or rather it wont hold up for very long. Its supposed to work as a catalyst for other spells but I havent gotten that far in my training yet so it just holds." Gio added for the sake of full disclosure "so after the net it will be as you say. playing off each others strengths. you watch my back i'll watch your's" They had no idea what kind of numbers they were about to face. Hopefully the net would allow them to take out at least half the numbers. "maybe we should have a plan B just in case"

"I understand now, still, it's a good start for taking them down." He said, rotating his neck to get the kink out. "I don't have much for a plan B though, my hope is that after the net has fulfilled it's purpose, we can cut them down from there. If we get overwhelmed or separated for whatever reason, we should have a rondevu point, that's the best I got right now." he said jokingly.

"alright, You can pick that rondevu point then." giovanni offered. it wasnt much but so long as they worked together they should be fine. now that they had a plan and a back up plan they just had to get to the 67th district to put it into practice. The walk from prosperity to poverty was rather disheartening honestly. it was a visible decline that made walking this road almost depressing. As a whole all the wealth of the soul society was concentrated in the serieite. a couple districts around it had some money but everyone else was dirt poor or poorer

Kyo had decided to entertain himself. He found where his room was and began to meditate. While he meditated he found himself deep in his zanpakuto's world. "HELLO!!" Called the happy girl ready to play with him. "Hello." He responded. They took the time to sit down at a blackjack table and proceeded to play hand after hand. "Now then just play nice we are now on a team so we can't go off on tangents." He spoke to her like a child. "Oh well, Lets keep having fun. In fact go find me some fun." She smiled at him and then kicked him out of the world.
He woke harshly on the bed. With that he went looking for the captain. He proceeded to the captains office was and knocked. "manners" He whispered to himself

They passed into the depths of poverty, as they did, one thing stood out. It was some sort of tower that collected rain. "That'll be the rondevu point, it's high enough and visible that we should be able to find it no matter what." he said, pointing at the rusted structure. Seeing the shady houses and disturbed farmland dwindle until there was only dirt and huts made Shusuke sad, knowing that his life was that of mere adequacy but to them, he lived like a king. He took a deep a sigh. "Let's just hurry, this place is bringing me down." he added, seeing a sign that barely hung on it's post that said 61st district.

"i couldn't agree with you more" Giovanni said in response to the depressing atmosphere. he Picked up his pace, walking silently as he tried to sense anything abnormal. he could sense a few low spiritual pressures from the residents but nothing significant. more importantly he wasn't sensing hollows yet. His senses were sharp and his distance was far enough to give him a good head up if he sensed something. but it took his concentration. "we should find a spot to set up soon. we are getting close"

"I'll take left, over there behind that mound. You take the cliff to the right. You'll need the high ground. "If things get squirrely before you're set, youse a kido blast like Geki. Something that won't take a lot of your riatsu but will let me know you need help." said Shusuke, scoping the area visually and searching for spiritual pressure. "Once you're set, I'll just wait for the trap to be sprung, act fast and you can rain fire from above." he said, hoping it would be that easy.

Giovanni nodded and started to the right. "harmonize Sorareo" he placed his hand on his zanpakuto a he whispered the release command. His reatsu lulled to a low as he began concentrating. creating a big enough was what would take the most amount of time but the hollow he did sense was a ways away. as he gazed off the cliff he had to think of a way to set it up. if he used the cliff as a center point it could potentially leave him vulnerable. laying the net on the ground left aerial hollows unefected. and if he layed it laterally it was simply a matter of direction. a sphere would have to do. He would have to use the barrier from his shikai ability to create the sphere though and have the kido net surround. expanding the barrier as much as he planned on doing it would leave the barrier extremely weak to the point of literally just being for show. But the net would solidify after he hid it so it was just a matter of acting quick enough.

He took a deepbreath and let it out "here we go Sorareo" he raised his blade, still in its scabbard up and held it horizontally. a Web like kido began to pour out of his hands and fell to the ground around him piling up quickly. this was the net. and it was already beginning to attract attention. Giovanni could sense Hollows begin to approach. he still had a moment but he realized that there would be enough time to hide the net. so he just had to bank on the fact that hollows were stupid. easy enough. "inhale Sorareo" his blade began glowing inside its sheath as the hollows approached his position. he could see a couple of them in the distance but could sens more beyond them

Shusuke watched in awe as Giovanni set up the net he talked about. He had never actually seen something like this so it was a treat for him, and for it to be used to cleverly was astounding. Various types of hollow approached the net, attracted to it's reishi, it's sudden appearance and glow. They appeared in random places, closing in, some humanoid, others more like animals. Their skin was also different shades of greens, blues, even whites and grays. Their numbers didn't appear to be a huge concern, though they did gather in large groups instead of spread apart. "This may still work, long sweeping slashes, large blast's from above. Yea, this could work." he thought, slowly unsheathing his zanpakuto. He didn't want to call upon it's name until the moment was right, once they sprang the trap is when the moment would be right.

Phobos said
The figure looked at them in silence before finally speaking "Ah I see...Kaizo and Aokiji" He shifted his attention from them to Shoske and Emilo "Rats" He said, before his eyes flickered momentarily. Shoske noticed a distortion in the air, pushing Emilo to avoid it. It passed them, hitting a rock and causing a massive expllosion. Shoske acted fast, moving without a second thought. He quickly moved in front of Emilo, blocking him from the blast radius, the light engulfing Shoske. As of a result, Shoske's back was badly burnt causing him to collapse to a knee. He turned to Emilo "Emilo...hurry" He said heavily panting and tightly gripping his zanpakuto hilts. "Rise and Fall Tsutaiyou Kengetsu" He had to use the shortened version, he had no time to waste. His two zanpakutos transformed into his shikais. Despite the severe injury, he was ready to fight til the end. The figure raised an eyebrow, no long showing much interest in Shoske nor Emilo "Good eyes...I commend you for surviving" He commented, before looking back at Aokiji and Kaizo. All of this happened within a matter of a few seconds. "Now I have a question for the two of you. Why should I let you two live?" He asked them, slightly curious in not only their answers but also actions.

Kaizo watched as the being shot at Shoske and Emilio which almost made his eyes widen but he couldn't show shock or anything, he had to keep a straight face during everything. The Being then asked why he should let Kaizo and Aokiji live...it was a bit of a stupid question but still..."I don't have a personal reason...There is no reason for you to let either of us live, surely that goes against some sort of code you have? letting Shinigami go free with their lives?...Sure it sounds pleasant and all but in this world and even our own nothing is ever that good...I don't know about you but we were trained to expect the worse...not how to deal with it...just expect it...in other words we were told when the worst happens, make peace with yourself and die like the good Shinigami we are...so a reason for why you shouldn't kill us?...were different species...isn't that enough reason to slaughter us intruders? That seems to be the normal around here...after all we just take orders and do our jobs, we don't necessarily agree with what we do but that's how a job works, but you are free to make your own decisions...no one to tell you what you must do...must be a good feeling having full control over the life you have, we don't get such a luxury and we never will...no matter how high of a rank we become. So whatever way this goes we'll suffer...we get beat here and die or we go back alive and beat ourselves up about it and punish ourselves...we can't win...we never do..." Kaizo had rambled on a bit but most of it was for stalling purposes although some truth sat within the words he spoke

Just Like Moths to the flame, the hollows came. At this intensity Giovanni's reatsu would keep their attention away from Shusuke. when the first few hollow attacked him He erected his Shikais barrier. expanding the spherical energy construct from the blades. it pushed away the Kido net thus spreading it over the barrier. more hollows instantly came at him with the rise of spiritual pressure. but were insnared by the net. His barrier broke from being spread so thin. But the Net remained. He had ensnared 8 hollows at this point but they kept coming. He Slowly drew his still glowing blade from its sheath and slashed across the masks of two hollow. as they dislved another, larger one took its place, shaking the entire net. Giovanni took a cautious step back to re-evaluate his senses. there were at least a dozen more coming. He held his hand out. feed more energy to the net to make it a beacon and then slammed his hand to the ground "Bakudo 21 Sekienton" A large plume of red smoke erupted and he used it to cover his escape. She sliped through a hole in the net he had made and dashed toward Shusuke's direction While lowering his spiritual pressure. That way the net would draw the hollows thinking he was still inside and the smoke would keep them out.

Now it was just time to pick off the stragglers. When Gio emerged from the dust, in clear view of shusuke he cut down another hollow that had caught sight of him. He Shunpo'd toward Shusuke. He turned around to face the smoke once he stopped. take care of the stragglers first then worry about the net.

Hollow kill counter: 3