[IC] Bleach: A New Dawn

[AbigailTenshi]

Ōhi Sango

"Henry! You're Okay!!" Sango smiled but then frowned after listening to Henry. "B-but... I can't... Not without you.... I-I'll be fine, so I'm not leaving you alone!" Squeezing her eyes closed, Sango whimpered a little, hating the idea of going back without Henry. Opening her eyes again, she grabbed Henry's arm. "Can you stand up? Are you really Okay?" Clearly Sango was concerned, she didn't want Henry hurt but after watching him with that woman, she wouldn't be surprised if he was...

[AbigailTenshi]

Fumio Hari Kouineji & Souta Fushimaru Hari

Noticing a bright, large blast in the distance, Fumio and Souta stop in their tracks. "My my~ How about we go check what's going on over there Souta?" Fumio smirked, intrigued by the over-powering energy he was sensing from that area. Souta blasted a Kido at another swarm enemy, toasting them before looking at Fumio with a raised eyebrow before shaking his head. "I'd rather not Prince. You do realise that they aren't things that you can play will... They will kill you without a second thought" Frying another enemy, Fumio chuckled before turning to Souta. "Come on Souta! Atleast if we go there and engage it, if we escape, we would of had an experience with fighting them which could give us an idea of how powerful they really are" Fumio urged, however Souta just looked at him oddly. "Weren't you the one telling me not to get sucked into this and that we don't belong here?" Souta reminded Fumio, However the latter just straightened up waved a hand at Souta's words before smirking at Souta. "Who said I wanted to do this for the Seireitei? We still live in the Soul Society, our Clan could benefit if we got involved, incase we're attacked" Souta sighed to this, turning to Fumio with crossed arms. "Fine. Lead the way Prince... If I die, tell Aya I'll miss her... That joyful little demon spawn..." "Oh quit being dramatic Souta~ You're not going to die, now this way~" Fumio Shunpo'ed as Souta sharply looked to the left, closing his eyes before Shunpo'ing himself.

"What do we have here~?" Within seconds, both Souta and Fumio showed up at the scene. Scanning the area, Fumio quickly spotted Shoske with Rin, but of course he didn't know who they were so he didn't say anything. Souta, however, was too busy looking at what he considered would be his death... a woman seemingly dressed as a clown hovering in the air. Despite his calm face, Souta was quite scared on the inside. He wasn't afraid to die, but something about this Arrancar's energy shot a chill down his spine. 'Dammit Kazuhiko... Could of picked someone who looked less creepy...'

[Zane620]

Joker simply clapped at Shoske's answer. "Correct! You squad eleven folks can be smart if you try" She then sat there in the air and watched him save both his comrade and zanpakuto, and even attempt to strike her neck which made her raise her right arm and block the attack. "Now now, you are much too weak for me to have any enjoyment fighting, so just rest of my toys, I'll play with you again someday." Joker said before pulling out a light green balloon which upon activation blew a strong wind against Rin and Shoske blowing them away from her. she then sensed two new people near her which made her laugh as she sonidoed in between them, and examined them both. one who seemed less than willing, and one who probably was enjoying this as much as her. She then sonidoed away and with her fast hands went to work on a balloon which she then sonidoed out of sight and hide, before reappearing. "Lets see, if I'm guessing correctly the timid one isn't seated, and the one with an erection most liekly, is fairly ranked rather high. She held her hands together and did another jig. "Perfect~" She said before sonidoing between them again with two green balloons stuck to their arms she then moved her hands in to clap.

[AbigailTenshi]

Fumio Hari Kouineji & Souta Fushimaru Hari

Just as quickly as Souta spotted her, the female clown disappeared. Around the same time, a large gust of wind blew both Shoske and Rin further away from the area. "Kazuhiko... Did you see her?" Souta asked, about to tug Fumio's arm but felt something between them, causing him to just look down into the clear space. It felt like something touched his hand, something smooth stroking past it but nothing was there. "See who?" Fumio turned to looked at Souta only to see the guy staring at the space between them. "What's wrong Souta?" Fumio watched him, blinking in slight confusion. "She's fas-Huh?" A green balloon appeared out of no where on his arm, looking over at Fumio, he had the same thing on his arm. "Kazuhiko your arm!" Souta pulled the balloon off as Fumio looked at his own arm, lifting it up. "A balloon?" "Get it off!" Grabbing the other green balloon, Souta let it go and watched the balloons tumble across the ground. "It was only a balloon Souta-" "Don't be dense, it'd most likely be a trap"

[Zane620]

As she watched their reaction, she laughed quite a bit as when she clapped Acid sprayed all over the ground. "Ding ding my timid toy. You just saved your retarded friends arm! Should have seen the first person to take my Acid balloon, his back probably disintegrated by now. Not that it matters, I crushed his head too." she then leaned on Soutas shoulder as she looked at Fumio, and pulled a flower balloon seemingly out of thin air. "A flower for you, but wait there's more!" She said and suddenly when she tossed the flower balloon at Fumio it multiplied into a dozen of them heading his way. She then looked at Souta and grinned. "Your friend is about to become quite the hot catch." Joker spoke grinning as she raised her hands again and moved them in to clap.

[AbigailTenshi]

Fumio Hari Kouineji & Souta Fushimaru Hari

The woman finally revealed herself, laughing abit before clapping which caused the balloons to pop and spray acid all over the floor. "Knew it, a trap." "Heh, Acid, I see" Fumio observed the female clown as she spoke, no reaction to what she was saying. Souta, on the other hand, scowled angrily at the woman. "Sounds like cheap shots to me." Souta spat out before the woman leaned on his shoulder, making him raise an eyebrow. Fumio only watched the woman, unimpressed as she pulled a balloon out of thin air. She then spoke before throwing it at Fumio, saying something about him being a 'hot' catch. "Prince! Don't let them touch or surround you! It could be a fiery net or something!!" Souta yelled as Fumio only jumped, shunpo'ing back with his arms still crossed and expression still unimpressed. Souta then jumped away from the female clown, watching her movements carefully. 'A clap again?... hmmm' Unsheathing his Zanpakuto, Souta prepared himself, watching both Fumio and the female.

[LostBrotherGrimm]

Rin

Barely managing to get himself up to his knees, Rin looked around to find Shoske. The Joker's last attack got them enough distance away from her not to get caught into any more attacks. It seemed the two of them were both sprawled across the floor. He wasn't able to recognize the exact place they landed, but quite frankly, he couldn't care much. He owed Shoske his life and luckily, he could still feel his Reiatsu. "That last one blew me away." Rin spoke as he lost his grip and fell face first to the floor. His momentary laugh was cut short by a painful moan. He didn't like the fact that they weren't able to get her, but he should be content. Him being an unseated Shinigami and still managing to make her bleed, however little that may have been.

And he made it out alive. Both of them did. What he could promise to himself was that he'll get her next time. As for now...

"I guess we can go for that beer."

[Zane620]

As her clap resounded the area, Fumio already moved out of the way which made her nod. "Seems like that man would be lost without you toy, I wonder if I should take out the one that warns, or the strongest first. " Joker giggled a bit before several people then surrounded Souta, which even made Joker look truly confused for once. I only used one fake human balloon though? Oh well guess hes just a special case. Joker thought to herself as she watched them float around Souta, while she wouldn't recognize them, Souta and Fumio certainly would, as they were members from the Hair clan, one was even Sango, and all they kept saying was, why and Kazuhiko is evil and murderer. Joker just stared up at him, and grinned, she then clapped her hands and the Balloons then began moving in closer towards him.

[Kurisa]

AbigailTenshi said
Rio thought as Zatsuo batted away her Hado and aimed his palm at her, charging a Cero. Gritting her teeth, Rio bent slightly, preparing to evade the attack until Kaizo appeared, punching Zetsuo which caused him to crash into several buildings. The Cero Zetsuo charged was released but missed Rio since it wasn't focused due to Kaizo's intervention. Looking behind her instantly, Rio saw that the Cero was still travelling, no too far away. Raising her Ninja Star so that the Cero could be seen through the hole, Rio moved her Kunai to point at middle of the hole, causing the hole to instantaneously close up with a layer of crystal. Crystal then shot from the tip of the Kunai, straight into the middle of th Crystal sheet, causing it to quickly grow, shooting out the other end at a fast past. The Pillar continued to grow until the tip touched a part of the falling Cero, promptly absorbing the power. Swinging her Pillar around, Rio pulled her Kunai back, releasing the concentrated pillar of Cero energy back at Zetsuo. As a precaution incase that didn't work, Rio held out her left palm towards Zetsuo's position, charging a blue orb of energy while holding her Shikai in her right hand.

Kaizo's Hado crashed down on Zetsuo and shortly after Rio's attack made contact, this caused a large explosion which made Kaizo grin "That had to do something" Kaizo landed on a nearby roof and watched the smoke caused from the explosion as Zetsuo then emerged from the smoke slowly, however he seemed hardly damaged at all "You two are really starting to piss me off..." Zetsuo was about to break his necklace when he felt something off in the distance then narrowed his eyes "Fuck...looks like it's that time already...You two should count yourself lucky this time, but next time I will kill you both!" Zetsuo then used Sonido and vanished then Kaizo frowned "Dammit!...we hardly did anything to him at all..."

[AbigailTenshi]

Fumio Hari Kouineji & Souta Fushimaru Hari

Fumio stopped in the air, arms still crossed but only watching the female clown. "He's smarter than you think clown!" Gritting his teeth, Souta grabbed his Zanpakuto hilt with both hands before several people suddenly surrounded him, floating above him... they were... "No..." Souta's eyes widened dramatically as he looked into the faces of his Clan mates, all that were corrupted by the Clan itself. Then their voices reached Souta's ears. "..n-No..." He then spotted one amongst the group, the one that pained him most. "Konome... Konome don't say that... Please.... He's not... a murderer.... He isn't... evil... Hari's please...." Unable to look at the deceased members of his clan anymore, Souta was about to close hie eyes before Fumio entered his vision. A grin on his face while his blade was released, Fumio chopped each balloon, making them pop one by one. It seemed like a funny little game to Fumio, not effected by the people the balloon's mimicked. "Souta! Snap out of it! These people are dead!... You've got to let them go, you know that we couldn't do anything to save them..." Leaving the Konome balloon until last, Fumio looked at Souta. "Pop it." Souta's eyes widened a little more. "NO! I CAN'T!" He yelled. "POP IT SOUTA! You need to let the past go NOW DO IT!" Shaking, Souta released three deep breaths before taking a step forward, his grip on his sword wobbling. "Souta, I know you can do it... You know you can't hold on to the past.." "B-but... Crimson... It's Konom-" "No it isn't, it's a fake. Think of this as a way for you to let go, release... I'm here for you Souta, you don't need anyone to live, but you'll always have me by your side until my last breath... Now, pop it and let go" Raising his sword, Souta grit his teeth and with a half-heated thrust, he popped the balloon, watching Konome disappear in an instant. "You Monster" Souta then turned to look at the clown, angry but handling himself. Fumio only smiled, his smile soon growing into an amused smirk.

[Zane620]

Joker could only laugh at the little breakdown that occurred before the one know as Kazuhiko came along and ruined it, where he made his friend pop someone that seemed rather close with him. Souta then called her a monster which made her shake her head and then snap her finger. "And you are a hypocrite. I may be a monster for showing you their faces again, but who is the monster that so effortlessly just slaughtered them again hmmm? So maybe the monsters should think twice before calling someone else a monster right?" Joker then winked with her left eye before her star shaped cero fired off at them

[Kurisa]

As Shiro continued to attack he was halted by a cero coming his way which he simply cut in half, however when he went to attack once again he noticed utsu on top of a roof looking down at him "We are done here...we got what we came for. Perhaps we will fight again some time" The arrancar then used Sonido as it disappeared, Shiro taking a few steps after it disappeared "Dammit! you coward! finish what you start!!" Shiro stabbed his Shikai into the ground in anger then clenched his left hand into a fist as he let out an aggravated sigh

[AbigailTenshi]

Kurisa said
Kaizo's Hado crashed down on Zetsuo and shortly after Rio's attack made contact, this caused a large explosion which made Kaizo grin "That had to do something" Kaizo landed on a nearby roof and watched the smoke caused from the explosion as Zetsuo then emerged from the smoke slowly, however he seemed hardly damaged at all "" Zetsuo was about to break his necklace when he felt something off in the distance then narrowed his eyes "" Zetsuo then used Sonido and vanished then Kaizo frowned "Dammit!...we hardly did anything to him at all..."

Rio Okotaru Darishimo

Rio stayed in her spot with the blue orb charged but closed her hand when she saw the size of the explosion. Watching cautiously, the figure of Zetsuo emerged through the smoke... but this didn't surprise Rio. It was painfully obvious how powerful these Arrancar's were and considering the lack of desperation felt in their energy, they must not of been using much energy. Even though the exact extent of their power was unknown, it was clear that whatever it was, no one in the Seireitei was ready to combat it and win, atleast not yet... She watched as Zetsuo reached for his necklace before something stopped him, causing him to disappear. 'Time for what?... And that necklace.... ' Rio would be lying if she said that she wasn't greatly relieved to not have to continue this fight. She then shunpo'ed to stand near Kaizo on the roof as he spoke. "Well... That's true, but atleast we have some basis on what their power level may be. Right now I don't think any of us would be able to defeat them, especially not alone... We need all grow power wise... I just hope we didn't loose too many lives during this attack..."

[AbigailTenshi]

Fumio Hari Kouineji & Souta Fushimaru Hari

Souta's anger began to boil as the Joker spoke, however he wasn't able to give her a response since she fired a star-shaped Cero at them. Souta would of been hit if it wasn't for Fumio's quick Shunpo work, Shunpo'ing both of them out of the way. Dusting himself off, Fumio turned to look at the clown. "Listen clown you have no clue about us or our Clan. Just because your little illusions say that I'm a monster, who's to say that they weren't monsters themselves? After all, they've all took the lives of other members of the Clan, I just seem to do my job better than the others~" He then chuckled. "However, I'm almost flattered that you think I'm a monster when you're clearly worse. You find trying to make people break down amusing, do you not? I do too in fact, but I'm not a monster when compared to the likes of you." Bending his finger back against his thumb, Fumio flicked it at the clown, preforming the Oni Dekopin Hakudo move. Depending on how far the clown would fly back, Fumio would gage somewhat how powerful this Arrancar currently was.

[Jangel13]

Expllo said
Takeshi didn't reply to the other two, they didn't need to talk they just needed to work. Takeshi watched as Xura dodged the Hōrin rather easily, almost with no effort. As he got into a certain spot Neil shot his attack, and once it got a certain distance Takeshi slashed downwards sending air downwards faster than Neil's. Once it caught up with Neil's wind pushed forward from all directions and gathered with their own wind slamming into Xura causing a massive expllosion.....With Hōrin. Once the dust settled it revealed Xura burned but he was overall fine."Pissing me off," Xura said as he looked up at Takeshi, the one he wanted to kill the most.He shot up at Takeshi grabbing his throat and squeezing, "Hadō 9-"Before Xura said anymore Takeshi had activated Raitoningu• bādo creating birds made from lightning behind him in which they all struck Xura at the same time managing to paralyze him. Takeshi put his foot on Xura's chest and kicked off, managing to get out of his grasp. "A Shinigami Arrancar hybrid, Zero would love to take a good look at you." Takeshi shunpo'ed above Xura and kicked Xura's head hard, to the point his ankle almost snapped, but it sent Xura flying into the ground.Once Xura came back he returned his Shikai to it's sealed state and put his Zanpakuto into it's sheath, "Resurrección!" A large amount of red spirit energy shot into the sky, covering Xura over all. "Let's see you stop a bomb! This technique will destroy a large portion of this place! Even my own guys will die!" Xura yelled laughing.The amount of spirit energy pouring out of Xura was overwhelming, but Takeshi managed to stand blocking his eyes with his arms, "Loud mouth, Shrimp, get away from him. I'll stop the explosion, I'm the best one who can stand around him." Takeshi said before he shot down at Xura.He stood in the spirit energy, it burning him and making him want to fall to his knees but he managed to stand. His eyes narrowed, barely able to see Xura's Resurrección, but he seemed surrounded by more bones....It was something indescribable, being a hybrid, but it didn't matter to Takeshi. Takeshi held his Zanpakuto horizontally while holding the butt of his sword, he narrowed his eyes, "Lightning step," Takeshi then shot forward with his Zanpakuto having enough cutting ability to cut Xura's head off interrupting the explosion....Though some still went off, but instead of it covering a large amount of the area it shot high into the air, Takeshi caught in the middle of it.When it all died down Takeshi was on the ground coughing, spitting out blood. He pushed on his arms, slowly standing.....That was until Rujimaru shot down landing on Takeshi's back, it caused him to try and scream but nothing came out as he was being crushed with blood shooting out of his mouth. Rujimaru stepped off of Takeshi's back and kicked him sending him rolling, "Xura could never finish the fucking job, why do I have to clean up his messes!?" Rujimaru said angrily as he appeared in front of Takeshi stomping on on him rapidly, harder with each word he yelled, "Why do I have to do your fucking job! You had one you useless sack of shit! Now I have to kill this one for you!""Ugh," Rujimaru said as he picked Takeshi up by his neck gripping tightly, soon more of the stitch like wire shot out of his sleeve into Takeshi's body. The stitches stretched out as Rujimaru let go of his neck, Takeshi was now high in the air with the wires in his body. Suddenly one more shot out that seemed to go through his head. "Was it really that hard?" Rujimaru said as the stitches quickly pulled back into his sleeve.Rujimaru shot off as Takeshi fell hard into the ground, seemingly dead as blood poured from his wounds.

Angelo watched the entire thing unsure of what to make of the entire ordeal wondering what was happening to this place if something that powerful was able to make explosions like that. Angelo knew that something big was happening but he didn't understand what, all he knew was the creatures name and that whatever it was it brought friends to play with the seretai. Angelo looked to the men that had helped him and yelled " my name is not shrimp its Angelo" Angelo yelled down as he dropped to the floor to see the both of them wondering if their injuries needed to be seen by someone of squad 4 but Angelo knew that he had to get to the bottom of this somehow but he didn't have any solid lead to follow

[Expllo]

Zane620 said
Neil did a little fist pump when it seemed that the arrancar they were fighting was dead. "All right! Justice never..." Neil stopped himself when a huge powerful presence came by, it was enough to make Neil freeze as he could do nothing but watch Takeshi get killed by this one arrancar, that seemingly called the one they just beat useless and weak. Then the man left, while Neil still stood speechless, he shunpeod over to Takeshi and shook him a bit, before he shook a bit. "What the hell.... These guys, were nothing more than insects to them. "Sorry I couldn't help you, whoever you are...."

"Sorry I couldn't help you, whoever you are...."

Hearing this, Takeshi's arm moved up a bit, fingers curling against the ground. The palm of his other hand weakly against the ground as he tried lifting himself up, pulling forward. Once he got an inch off the ground more blood poured out his wounds, he then felt back down without a sound. Mai then walked up pulling out her Zanpakuto, "Don't move, the more you move the faster you'll die," she said bluntly as she bent down to Takeshi. She moved his hair back, seeing blood drip from his forehead, "Aim seemed to be off, you're lucky he didn't actually pierce through your head, just cut it.....Seemed to have just gone through your hair. Meanwhile your torso, seemed to have pierced through fully...Luckily missed the important parts, but it didn't help the damage you sustained from the explosion....Saved the Seireitei from that one though supposedly, so nice job. Now, time to get started." Mai said as she activated her light healing ability, making sure to leave Neil out of it.

She then began healing his wounds alongside the light. Some would say that her talking would have been a waste of time as she just could have healed him, but she needed to analyze the wounds before just healing. She wouldn't waste her time on someone who had no chance at survival, but he did.....And if she could heal Captain Kuchiki and the Head Captain at the same time who had sustained major wounds, she was sure she could heal this guy too.

(Shiat paste)

[Zane620]

As they dodged her cero Kazuhiko began to say she was worse which made her grin. "Thats just what i do an effective strategy, bring up loved ones,that puts them at a halt before the loved ones kill them, isn't that a nicer way dying by a loved one, than a clown? But ya see the difference between us. While I bring loved ones to fight them, you seem to find pleasure in murdering them, so tell me which one is truly more sick and twisted toy!" She was then hit by some air on the forehead which moved her had back, while she stayed still for the most part. "A flick? Well I hope you remember that last action, for it's time you die." Just then Joker noticed something and frowned, she the shrugged as she put her hood back on followed by her mask. "Well lucky you hypocrite, seems like were done here, may we meet again, cause I certainly can't wait to see how many more people you killed." She said laughing as she sonidoed off, leaving a balloon with her face on it.

[AbigailTenshi]

Nishiki Kalemoru

Nishiki watched the fight in amazement, wincing at every attack Shiro delivered the Arrancar. She was so immersed in the fight that her surroundings didn't even effect her anymore. Grinning while watching her Captain, Nishiki had already sealed and sheathed her Zanpakuto when she threw her hands in the air and cheered her Captain on. "YAAY! GO KENPACHI GO! WOO!" She yelled, grinning with excitement until Utsu suddenly stopped fighting back and appeared on a roof before declaring his retrieval and leaving. Nishiki looked at Shiro as he angrily stabbed his sword into the ground, clenching his fists before letting out an agitated sigh. Shiro certainly wasn't happy, so Nishiki walked over to him to try and fix it. "Damn that coward!! Don't worry Captain, you'll kill him the next time he show's his face! You can let out all your anger on the leftover swarm if you want?" Nishiki smiled at him, feeling proud of her Captain for holding his own against the Arrancar. Even though they were much stronger than they were letting show, Shiro still did a good job, a really good job, plus he also wasn't at full strength either. Overall, Nishiki was happy to of been able to witness the fight.

[Expllo]

Kenji skid back with his hand on his eye, not letting blood pour into it....That shit burned. Himeko put her hand on Kenji's back patting it, he nodded, "Yeah, I'm ok....He's strong though," Kenji grinned, "To be expected." Himeko let out a breath, "Don't enjoy it too much."

"Not enjoying the fight," Kenji said as he straightened himself, "Just enjoying the thought of killing him is all."

"Oh really?" Rujimaru said as he began charging up something in his hand, that was until he sensed something. He looked behind him and stopped charging, looking back at Kenji and Himeko, "And when I finally find decent fights...Some in which who finally got a few hits off on me, I'm supposed to end it. Fuck this."

Rujimaru said as he tossed his Zanpakuto over his shoulder and began walking away. "Asshole! Co-" Before Kenji could say anymore Rujimaru had disappeared leaving the two alone. Kenji rubbed his arm looking over at Himeko, "You alright?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine....Shall we continue looking?" Himeko asked.

"Yeah, your brother is probably worried about you," Kenji said as they began walking slowly.

"Same for your girlfriend."

"She isn't my girlfriend!"

[AbigailTenshi]

Zane620 said
As they dodged her cero Kazuhiko began to say she was worse which made her grin. "Thats just what i do, an effective strategy, bring up loved ones, that putt them at a halt before the loved ones kill them, inst that a nicer way, dying by a loved one, than a clown? But ya see the difference between us. While I bring loved ones to fight them, you seem to find pleasure in murdering them, so tell me, which one is truly more sick and twisted toy!" She was then hit by some hair on the forehead which moved her had back, while she stayed still for the most part. "A flick? Well I hope you remember that last action, for it's time you die." Just then Joker noticed something and frowned, she the shrugged as she put her hood back on followed by her mask. "Well lucky you hypocrite, seems like were done here, may we meet again, cause I certainly can't wait to see how many more people you killed." She said laughing as she sonidoed off, leaving a balloon with her face on it.

Fumio Hari Kouineji & Souta Fushimaru Hari

"Eheh... Ehehehe... AHAHAH! You're one to talk! Atleast I kill them quickly, you torture people with the one's they love most, giving them false hope before murdering them! You are the more sick and twisted one Clown!" Fumio couldn't help but chuckle as the Arrancar tried to make Fumio out to be worse than her, what's not laughable about that? "Ooo? Going to kill me? Want to tear me apart and paint my blood everywhere? Well you won't be the first and certainly not last. You'd only be another of many that want to kill me~" Grinning widely, Fumio grabbed his Zanpakuto tightly, ready for her to attack before the clown got distracted, shrugging before redressing. "Hehe, the only hypocrite I see here is you" With that, she took off, laughing herself and leaving behind another balloon with her face on it. Crystal formed on the edge of Fumio's blade and he swiped his sword, sending an arc of Crystal at the balloon and popping it.

Souta stood silent throughout the whole of the conversation, watching the two bicker about who was more fucked up than the other... As much as he hated to admit it, Fumio clearly wasn't innocently... He may of been murderous but Souta believed that side of him wasn't the true Fumio, the Kazuhiko Hari he grew up with... It was the person he was made to be, the one that Souta was trying to make disappear... He did understand the clown's words, maybe he was a hypocrite? But her words meant nothing to him... Souta was working towards helping his friend... Fumio wouldn't change overnight, but that wouldn't stop Souta from trying to help him.