LOCK PLEASE.

[Dad]

Ichigo turned to greet Onie, only just noticing him. "Oh, hey there bud. I'll be brief, because these hollow are crazy. But what I do know is, the secret to finding the right key is in your right eye, which should always look right. Right? Go on, go find the right Shinigami." Ichigo turned back to the north, and continued to stared off into the distance.

[Zexaeon]

Lucas watched Elena go, and also nodded to his commander. "Understood sir. Just know that I'm ready to act as soon as you require. Also..." he said, turning his gaze to the snake on his shoulders. "Nothing that you just heard is to reach the king's ears, is that much understood? Kiron is our commander. Leak a thing, and I shall kill you myself."

 

Lucas didn't wait for his answer, before leaping off in the direction of the King. "Now, let's get you introduced."

 

 

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Byakuya lay in his bed with quiet dignity, letting his wounds burn with the oinment without letting his pain become visible.

 

When Yoruichi offered him the antitote, he drank it without a second thought - he wasn't so childish that he couldn't take unpleasant medicine.

 

He acknowledged Zaraki's orders with curt nods as he drank, finishing with a small gulp. He then turned to the two others in the room. "And how is Shina?" he asked.

[Guest]

"Understood Lucas-Taichou." Mateo didn't really plan on leaking anything he heard anyways, he knew that he wouldn't be strong enough to last a fight with all the espada let alone anyone else that would join in to help them. "So what will I have to do to become a Arrancar anyways? Is it like a bunch of tests or does the King just choose?"

[Dad]

Shiro stepped in right on cue. "Kuchiki-sama, Kenpac--" Zaraki shot Shiro a daring glare. "Er, father. Shina has a steady pulse, but she's out cold. She should come to soon. She did suffer a mild concussion however, but we can patch that up with the human's help."

 

Yoruhichi rushed Shiro back to his post with Yachiru. "Don't leave her alone dumb-dumb!" Shiro sighed, and took off to his position.

 

Urahara mumbled in his sleep over on the other side of the room. Something about burgers attacking the front window. It was all mumbling. Yoruichi took a move towards the window and stared at the sky. "Two more days. It's almost frightening," she said.

 

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Keyonshi abruptly stopped Kiron as he was about to move with Lucas to the King. "Master Kiron, the King requires your immediate audience." Keyonshi bowed, scoffing at Lucas. "You may come if you wish, sloth." He stood up straight, and vanished.

 

Kiron was going to kick Keyonshi in his feeble mouth, but he was already gone. "Come, we have business there regardless." Kiron was not worried. He knew he could count on Lucas to be right behind him. And that he was. They arrived immediately behind Keyonshi.

 

The King gave a hideous look to his son. "Kiron, stand aside. I'll address you in a moment, boy." He waved his hands moving his son aside. "Ah, Lucas. What have we here? You're off your bum bringing me human clothing? Snake skin? How elegant!" The King was pleased.

[Guest]

Mateo quickly got off Lucas' shoulders and hissed angerly. "I'm not exactly a human plaything, I do want to join your forces however...." The snake wasn't exactly happy about the fact that he was called "snake skin" but picking a fight with the king wouldn't be the smartest choice.

[Dad]

The King was stifled to life and shock when the leather belt spoke. "My my, a Casto Lorde." He gave the snake a daring look, forcing a small portion of his immense reiatsu upon him. "Why, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were trying my patience. . . " The King noticed the hesitant snake resist his reiatsu somewhat, and he was actually impressed.

 

"So what brings you to see me? You, a Vasto Lorde." The King's smug attitude was easily detectable.

[Guest]

"Well for the first part I would like to join your forces but also I would like to ascend and become a Arrancar." Mateo hissed as he looked at the eyes of the King, his reitsu was definally enough to crush the hollow at his current strength.

[Dad]

The King gave a slight chuckle. "Well, I suppose I could evolve you into an Arrancar. But beware, it is a long and painful process." He paced the giant hill before speaking again. "You will endure three tests: Strength, Intelligence, and Endurance. Each more challenging than the last."

 

The King guided the Snake Vasto over to a blackened land mark. "This is where your first test--strength--begins." He moved his hand over the Vasto's head, and below him the ground sank in, several hundred feet into the ground. "You will fend off one hundred Class B Hollow. That should be simple enough hmm?" The King called, and below, two gigantic chamber doors opened in front of the Vasto Lorde. where his swarm of foes charged through.

[Guest]

Mateo just nodded as he quickly swiped his tail quickly at the oncoming hollows. "If this is really all you have this trial should be a cakewalk." The snake Vasto unleashed his full reitsu and started to charge a full power Cero. //Please, at this rate I should be able to finish the battle in no time at all.// After firing off his Cero twenty of the hundred Hollows were already eradicated, leaving only 80 left. However they already surrouned Mateo, all ready to strike on the preparing Vasto. They all lunged at him as a giant wave of snakes flied up into the sky and positioned themselves right above the massive group of Hollows.

 

"Cero Dele Garda!" Atleast two thousand snakes started to charge up their Ceros. While they would be less damaging by themselves all together they would form one of Mateo's full powered Ceros but while being shot like a gatling gun would cause more damage over time. After a few seconds of charging the snakes let loose the first wave and Ceros towards the Hollows and started quickly followed with a second round. Meanwhile the Hollows simpily watched as a massive rain of Ceros started to cut through their numbers one by one. A total of 5 Hollows remained as Mateo descended back on to the battlefield as his full self, but they were easily taken care of by a single whip of his tail. "Next?"

 

OOC: The process of the battle was of course sped up but probably took about a 15 minutes.

[Dad]

The King watched in semi-impression as the Vasto Lorde removed and wiped out his enemies in a matter of minutes. "I've seen better record times, but that was rather decent. I'll pass you onto the next trial."

 

Six shinigami were once more brought out for the 2nd exam, each of them to resemble someone or something Hebi valued most. They turned to face Hebi at the snap of the King's fingers, each in a zombie like state. "Each of these Shinigami hold a key. One of the six keys will lead you onto the final task, while each other key will banish you to hell, to forever be punished by Dura Sixsaied. Do not fail, Vasto Lorde."

 

The King stood back, as the six shinigami spread off in different directions.

[Guest]

Mateo smirked as his focused his Reitsu into five other fragments, before the Shinigami disappeared he had placed very small snakes on them so he wouldn't have to go hunting. "So what clue do you have for me?" He had the other five snakes ask the question at the same time to make sure that he took in every single clue at once.

[Dad]

Five shinigami began to ring back answers at once, each giving different descriptions of the answer to Hebi's problem. Noticeably, however, 3 of the five clues had something related to parallel partners in them. What could this mean?

 

Meanwhile, the closest Shinigami to Hebi just happened to be Kurosaki Ichigo, the two faced Shinigami hero.

[4tutoralcom]

Onie was searching for Zaraki Kenpachi and talking to himself,"Why am i going for the man that is covered in the right. He can't always look right, because that patch is in his right eye. If i had some time to think then probably am right, but there is a high percentage that i am wrong. ether way if i am wright or wrong i get what i want."

[Guest]

The snakes returned to Mateo as he plucked the golden key from the Ichigo clone. "So I'm guessing that this is the right key, right King?" The snake rotated the key on the tip of his tail and hissed, he was ready for the final challenge.

[Zexaeon]

Lucas looked on at the test, watching Mateo's progression with amusement. That foolish king....he was bluffing.

 

He knew damn well that the amount of time Mateo had destroyed the Hollow in was excellent. And if Lucas didn't know any better, he might have thought he was ignorant. But no, the king wasn't ignorant to Mateo's obvious strength - he was frightened.

 

For all his talk of Keyonshi's success, here was a Hollow that was already making Keyonshi look like a joke. The king was probably looking at Mateo with the same kind of fear that he looked upon Alexander with, and that he looked upon his own son with.

 

The coward kept trying to build himself a bigger guard. Everyone who was smart could see it. That's why he had "rewarded" Keyonshi rather than kill him when he had failed.

 

Lucas approached Keyonshi now, standing silently behind him, whispering. "Off the record, I might ask that you never call me by such an insulting name again, filth. We wouldn't want you to end up like the former fifth and seventh Espadas, now would we?" he asked.

 

Everyone in the Seireitei remembered that - the then Quinta Espada had attacked Mleya out of fury, as she had teased him about his hair. Lucas had torn him limb from limb. The Septa Espada was a friend of the Quinta, and had attacked next, only to meet the same fate.

 

Despite hearing that two of his Espada had been murdered, the King had never ordered Lucas' execution. Just as well though - the former fifth and seventh Espadas had been the only Espada at the time who followed the King and not Kiron. Lucas had simply cleaned the trash. And they were promptly replaced by far better candidates, too. The Clock of Doom, and of course, the crafty Fox.

 

Kiron had promoted those two to Espada, and the king had known nothing of it.

 

Lucas was curious now to see just how Keyonshi would respond to his threat. He would just love to humiliate the new bodyguard fresh after his promotion.

[Dad]

The King applauded Hebi. "And without even hunting down the other Shinigami! You're very sneaky I say! The King snatched the key from Hebi, impatiently. "Now let's see here," he plucked a dimension in front of him and a door opened. Inside it, a black room, filled with flames was prepared for Hebi.

 

In the center of the room, two large posts, swarming with an electric reiatsu were groaning for Hebi to come closer. "Step into the center of the two pillars my son." The King usered Hebi inside.

 

"When you awake, you will be an Arrancar, but only if you can endure this for a night. If you wish to surrender, simply say so, and you will be released immediately." The King shut the black door, with Hebi still inside. The flames losed around Hebi, as he stood between the two pillars.

[Guest]

Mateo felt locked in the pillars by the flames and the heat wasn't really helping. //Of course it had to be ****ing fire right? OF ALL ****ING THINGS!// The snake started to feel a bit sleepy but he knew that he had to keep his strength together for the trial just started.

[Dad]

A large ball of thunder gathered above Mateo. It struck him with the force of a thousand bullet trains, and the itch of cockroaches. The pillars themselves grew metallic arms, and each latched themselves to Hebi's sides, piercing through to either end. He would be held in place as they drilled inside of his torso.

 

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Over confident Keyonshi was sure he could crush Lucas. After all, he was powerful enough to be the King's body guard. This guy shouldn't be a problem! "Your foolish threats don't frighten me, Lucas. Only before were you stronger than I. But it is I who has the upper hand now. If you dare speak to e again this way, I'll remove your head."

 

He turned his back to watch Mateo be tortured for many, many hours.

[Guest]

//Great now you just got to be kidding me....// Mateo felt a sharp pain as it was and the flames and arms weren't exactly helping. "So this is your third trial King!? This is nothing!" The snake was of course bluffing but he didn't want to show his pain.

[Zexaeon]

OOC: xD Ken-chan, didja see my post earlier?

[Signosis]

Jo woke about half an hour later, glaring at the dark dome wall.

 

"Why're you singing...?" Jo yawned, raising her head. "You're terrible and need lessons."

 

Well, thank you very much, Missss Knowitall. I was booored, with you sssleeping. The Hollow hissed. Well? You're choice?

 

Jo stayed silent, staring at the wall.

What was she to do? She wanted to continue living, and doing so would mean accepting her Hollow half. Jo couldn't exactly see another way out of it. She knew it was selfish, but...it wasn't exactly a sin to want to continue living.

They would never take her back, not like this. Not with this rampaging beast inside her. She had even attacked Shina. That's something she couldn't bear.

 

"Fine. You win." Jo said, a tear escaping her right eye. And odd feeling stirred inside her, and she looked down at her rib cage, where a perfect hole sat.

 

You made the right desicion. The Hollow said, calmly and comforting.

 

"Like there was any other." Jo spat, slithering from the dome house, staring at the brighting sky, and the bright moon that glittered in the heavens above her.

 

"Massster." Both Jo and the Hollow whispered, both...feeling quite lost.

[Dad]

OOC: xD Ken-chan' date=' didja see my post earlier?

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OOC: XD I just edited it Zex. Sorry about that.

 

A hand of shadows reached out from below Mateo now, and split itself in two. It reached now to his backside, and the other to his head, and began forcefully pulling him apart, as though stretching him. Finally, the roof above Mateo was opened, and a third hand, reached itself deep inside of Mateo's throat and began ripping at his organs.

 

Keyonshi of course stood watching. "He'll never survive," he said cockily.

[Zexaeon]

Lucas started to chuckle. He was out of the earshot of the King, but still plenty audible to the foolish Keyonshi. "You say you'll take my head? Well, would you look at you. Once shift into the realm of Arrancar, and you would think you were God himself."

 

He leaned in close again, a wicked gleam in his eye. "Would you care to try that, Keyonshi?"

[Guest]

The snake couldn't hold a straight face for much longer, his eye shut and he was biting his tongue to keep himself from screaming in agony. //Not much longer...... Just need to last this final part....// Mateo didn't know how long it would take but all he cared about was surviving.

[Dad]

Every sound around Mateo grew silent. It was as though he went deaf. The arms had faded away, his organs were missing, his insides had holes in them, his body was fried, and he smelled like a singed burger. But, he survived.

 

The King clapped slowly. "C-Congratulations my son. You have earned the right to become an Arrancar. Kiron will take you to your quarters where you'll be given the chance to catch yourself. The wounds you will feel for days. The power you will feel forever." The King sentenced Kiron to drag away Mateo, who seemed as though he was about to pass out, to bring to rest.

 

Keyonshi however, was not impressed. "You could tell he was faking it." He finally turned to regard Lucas' comment. "Why should I waste my time with you Lucas?" He chuckled, tossing his hands into the air, following Kiron and Mateo. "I'll deal with you when it's time, Lucas. And I'll be sure your Fraccion get the last look at your head!" He snuck away, but not before landing a blow to Mlyea's face.

 

"And you used to be so pretty. Hmph." He vanished off with Kiron and Mateo.