Bleach: Rise of the Bount [PG-13][Co-Owned by Ryuujinn][Second Arc][Accept via OOC]

[ryuujinn]

Saren groaned. He has lost consciousness even before Jun Fon carried him. He was lost in a dark realm. His whole life flashed before him, reminding him of what has happened in the past. A sea of shinigamis surging all over the world, streaks of white flying around, men in white, the quincys, fighting for their life. He remembered how he was helpless before, how he could not save his family. He saw Quincys around him fall one by one, a blade through their hearts, and the smirk of the shinigamis following their demise. It was a sickening sight. He then remembered a white arrow piercing his shoulder, causing intense amount of pain. His eyes suddenly open.

 

"Wha---" He nearly said before finding himself being carried by the shinigami he was fighting earlier. He turned his head slightly, and saw Sayori walking near them. His heart skipped a few beats and a thin smile curved out on his mouth. He then rounded towards Jun Fon.

 

"This is...... awkward." Saren finally said, his body still limp.

 

Suddenly, a shinigami in a captain's haori appeared before them. He has a long black hair, and a familiar air of calmness surrounds him. He stared at them with his hazel brown eyes. It was none other than Yomi.

 

"Jun Fon-san, Kuchiki-san, what happened to you two?" Yomi noticed the quincy in the arms of Jun Fon, "And who is that quincy? I can't believe this. First it was a pair of Bounts, now there's a Quincy. Has the world suddenyl conspired against Seireitei? Not to mention those Arrancars are out in force."

 

Yomi's face looked worried as he drew out his zanpakutou, and stabbing the earth with it. He muttered, "Shatter the Earth, Tatsu no Koku", transforming his katana into a massive brown scythe. He placed his palms on the ground, producing a slab of earth-like table that seemed to levitate off ground.

 

"Put him there. I can feel you're not at your best too, Jun Fon-san. I've managed to prevent the 4th division barracks from collapsing due to a barrage of Cero," He conjured up another slab of earth, but in a chair-like shape, "Sit down first, Jun Fon-san. That earthen chair will hover to the 4th Division. Kuchiki-san, please follow suit. You're looking extremely fine, good for you."

 

Yomi gave the two shinigami captains a warm smile as he walked with them towards the 4th Division barracks. He stared at Saren, looking rather confused at the quincys sudden appearance.

 

"Don't stare, shinigami. It's.... rude." Saren coughed, trying to not move too much.

 

"Yes. My apologies. We have a lot to talk about, quincy." Yomi replied warmly, breaking his stare, and moving forward.

 

They arrived at the 4th Division barracks, or at least what's remained of it. Yomi's earthen dome has created a strong shelter for the injured and the 4th division healers. The original barracks was completely battered and nearly destroyed, with debris lying around

 

"Sorry for the mess. An Arrancar was gracious enough to leave us with a parting gift." Yomi said apologetically, scratching the back of his head, "In any case, lets go inside. We need your wounds treated."

 

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Zasalamel looked at Sven casually as he arrived. He was fixing his clothes and fitting his gloves again. His face is still completely bandaged off, save a space for his bloody red eyes, and a few of his Azure Blue hair poking out. He brushed his white trench coat once again, dusting it off and fixing it once again. He brought a finger to his zanpakutou right beside him, and stroked it gingerly, causing the handle to glow white as his hands glowed yellow.

 

"Ah, Sven-san. Good to see you," He then stared at Nato, "I can see Seireitei is in a much better shape because of you. Interesting. And you need not kill this captain, yet. Me and captain-san are having a gentlemen's conversation right now. However, there is something that should merit your attention."

 

Zasalamel glanced sideways and saw El Higante up in the air, sitting on what looked like an empty space, sipping from a crystalline cup, looking down on a cage made of crystal below. From his position, Zasalamel could see that a shinigami Captain is trapped within it. He was one of the shinigami captains that responded to his hormiga earlier. Zasalamel gave a mild smile from within his bandaged face.

 

"Yes. In fact, Sven-san, I think you should do it yourself. I'm going to request you two jobs. First, I want you to track down Muertos Grande, who's probably somewhere along the path towards the Northern Gate, and please kill him. A loss is a loss. Let it be an example," Zasalamel said playfully, then his voice turned serious, "And also, there's a matter of that quaint reiatsu. I believe its from Seireitei's Captain Commander. Primera has warned me earlier of this, but I'm not sure if it is him. Can you try to locate him? Just try to find him. But don't engage him. Primera explicitly stated he will handle him himself."

 

Zasalamel turned back towards Nato. His bloody red eyes looked at the shinigami with utmost interest, and at the same time, scrutinizing him. He wanted to know how the captain reacts to him.

 

"I sure hope I will like your answer, captain-san." Zasalamel remarked playfully, hinting a tone of deadliness with it.

 

[spoiler=[b]OOC[/b]]

lol yeah. but its cool. I'm going to push into the mainstream of the plot. :D

By the way, the captain commander's location is not yet revealed. So you'll have to wander around and use your imagination as to give clues to where he is, its up to you. As for Muertos Grande, you can now eliminate him, and how you eliminate him is up to you.

 

[CarlinFan]

Akiyama looked up to see his foe seated in midair sipping from a cup made of crystal. He smirked. His foe really was a fool.

 

"So I'm allowed to cheat?" As Akiyama spoke, the rings on his back began revolving. He sheathed his Wakizashi calmly. "Good. That'll make this much easier."

 

As Akiyama finished his sentence, the rings stopped on Void. Akiyama opened a portal directly behind him, stepping back. He reappeared on the portal's other end... directly behind Muertos Grande.

 

Akiyama reached out with the enhanced reflexes granted by his Bankai, seizing his foe's throat with the augmented strength. As Akiyama began falling (his Void powers did not include levitation), he opened another portal below him, twisting his foe's body so it fell head-first. Falling through, Akiyama closed the portal a half-second after he emerged on the ground... while Muertos Grande's throat was still in his grip. The Arrancar's upside-down head and neck were separated at the shoulder.

 

As blood poured from the Arrancar's disembodied neck, Akiyama took a deep breath and reflected on how lucky he'd been to pull off that maneuver. If his foe hadn't been 'seated' in midair while drinking from a coffee up, he most likely would've been able to wrench Akiyama's hand off. His foe's hubris had largely contributed to that, not to mention Akiyama's enhanced reflexes.

 

Akiyama threw his foe's head to the side, punturing the forehead with his Katana. He drew the blade back out just as the larger corpse fell to the ground. Akiyama kicked the head such that it sat beside the corpse, pointing his left hand at the body. He began intoning an incantation in a bored voice. "Ye lord. Mask of flesh and bone, ashes to ashes, ye who bear the name of man. Cast to hell, the demons burn, reduced to naught but dust. Hado 54: Haien."

 

A sizable purple blast was fired at the body, issuing a large plume of smoke. Akiyama didn't wait for it to clear, turning away to sprint towards Jun. He felt a spike in his comrade's spiritual pressure that only occured with Bankai.

[Ultimate Assassin Ninjew]

"Fine, I'll go do my thing," he said with a large sigh. Killing weaklings was something he only did for a bit of training, not for getting rid of them. This was something he disliked as much as being around people. He suppressed his reiatsu again before he left. In a flash of sonido he disappeared and headed for the Northern gate. As he arrived he saw that Muerto's Grande was being killed by the shinigami. Then when the shinigami began sprinting in his direction he took it as a sign of attack. In a burst of sonido he moved past the captain and extended his right arm, clotheslining the captain into the ground. Then Sven turned and looked at the captain on the ground. "Well I came here to kill off a weakling, but since you did it for me I shall give you the honor to fight with me. Prepare yourself shinigami," Sven said.

[Hotaru987]

Sayori returned Yomi's smile, as she followed him back to the 4th division's barracks. She winced in reflex at the damage done and all of the paper work for the remodle that was ahead of her. When they entered a few free Shinigami ran over and took Jun Fon. They hesitated when they saw the Saren, but after a stern look from Sayori that clearly said 'Don't question me, and just do your job', they quickly took him away.

 

So now she stood alone with Captain Yomi. She turned to him, "Yomi-Taicho, there was a man who save Jun Fon and I...Back at the estern gate." She furrowed her brow trying to remember as she was trying to stay conscious and heal Jun Fon at the same time. "I didn't recognize him...So I assumed he was Raizo-sama, spokesperson of Chamber 46."

 

Sayori happened to look at him and see his pained expression. "So I take it you felt his reiatsu vanish..." She stopped there, before looking at Saren with a happy but sad smile, "As for the Saren, he attacked us so Jun Fon had no choice but to fight him. He's why I'm healed now, he gave me-" She reached into her pocket pulling out the golden cube, "-One of these. It healed my reiatsu while this silver substance on my neck healed my injuries...."

 

"....Why did we do it Yomi? Were the Quincy's that much of a threat?...They also got rid of hollows, so why not ally's instead of enemies?"

[ryuujinn]

[spoiler=[b]OOC[/b]]

Well, since everything is in place, I'm allowing Sven and Akiyama to fight.. lol.. I had another thing in mind but its not much of a sidetrack to the plot anyway.. xD..

 

 

Yomi stared at Sayori rather grimly at the mention of Raizou's death. Indeed it was unforeseen and even though he didn't quiet liked the man, he had respect for him. Especially since Raizou gave the initiative to guard the gates. Had he not called for the meeting and assigned the gates to be guarded, there would've been far greater casualties. Yomi reverted his zanpakutou back to its sealed state then gave Sayori a quick tap on the shoulder.

 

"Indeed, Kuchiki-san. Kagetora-san was a good man. That much I can say. He died as one of us, and for that I will order my division to prepare a funeral ceremony." Yomi said grimly, looking sad himself.

 

It wasn't long after he replied that Sayori remarked about Saren, the Quincy, and narrated what happened earlier. Yomi didn't looked surprised at all, instead he looked thoughtful as he glance towards Saren then back at Sayori. He also stared at the Golden cube in her hands.

 

"Hmm. I don't blame him for his hatred. In the history of Seireitei, its one of those choices I myself view as extreme measures. However, had the quincys been allowed to run rampant, the balance would've been destroyed. However," Yomi suddenly wore an expression of regret, "It was the arrogance of the shinigamis that we did not accept the proposed alliance that the quincys offered way back. Somehow, this man, Saren was it? He has all the reason to raise arms against us. But the way he interacted with you, it's simply curious. For that, he has earned my respect, if only for now."

 

Yomi motioned Sayori to follow him as he went towards Saren, who's wounds have already been patched up by the 4th Division. The quincy is awake, but his movements are restricted. He glanced at Yomi with annoyance, but it quickly changed to gladness when he saw Sayori.

 

"Quincy, Saren was it? How's your injuries?" Yomi asked graciously, smiling warmly at Saren.

 

"What is it to you?" Saren replied to Yomi, then turning towards Sayori with a smile, "I'm glad you're alright, shinigami. I wish we could've met at a different circumstance, maybe we could've been friends."

 

Yomi gave another smile as Saren finished his statement. He tapped Sayori's shoulder, telling her by eye contact that he was going for a walk. He left the two of them to talk, as he exited the earthen dome, clearly looking towards the Eastern Gate.

 

"Someone's being busy." Yomi remarked.

[Hotaru987]

Sayori nodded inclining her head slightly when Yomi left. "Be safe Captain." She then turned to Saren quickly looking over his injuries making sure the 4th division didn't do a poor job because of who he was. That and she wanted to make sure she repayed her debt to it's fullest. Her worried look quickly changed into relief when she didn't see anything wrong with their work, before smiling at the bed ridden Quincy.

 

"Are you feeling ok?" She motioned for a chair, then sat once she had one. "I would hate for you to be comfortable."

 

Sayori then laughed, "Although, I doubt you could feel too relaxed in a place filled with soul reapers." She waved off one of the Shinigami that was trying to get her attention, instead giving her full attention to Saren. She glanced over at the shinigami quickly only to see that he was whispering to two other shinigami.

 

"Is there anything that I could get you. Something to drink? Eat?"

[Azure Flame Kite]

"Ugh," Jun Fon muttered as he finally regained consciousness; The last thing he remembered was dropping out of his bankai a few minutes before entering the 4th Division. he didn't want anyone else to see his bankai, which, like his sister, he rarely ever used. There were only 5 other people alive (or dead) who were supposed to know about it, and he ended up with 7. Just f$&ktastic. "What hit me?" his head a bit clearer now, he noticed his surroundings, he was in a giant earth dome.

 

"Better question, what hit this place?" he was surrounded by dead people, injured people and debris of what was left of the decimated division. Just great. Looking down at himself, he found that his shirt was still missing, but his entire torso was completely covered by bandages, along with his right arm and his forehead. Testing the arm that was previously rendered useless, he found that he could perform basic motor skills, like picking up the glass of water that he had found. Looking around, he found his zanpakuto under his bed.

 

Jumping off the bed, he bent down, picked his katana up, strapping is across his back, and to the other side of the dome. He noticed Sayori, that quincy, who seemed to have healed up, and the absence of Yomi. He also noticed the reiatsu of his best friend/rival, Akiyama rapidly approaching. 'A little late to the party, ain'tcha?' he thought amusedly. "Oi!" he spoke to the two captains present, shooing off the three whispering shinigami. "Where's Yomi?"

[ryuujinn]

One of the shinigami looked rather frightened at Jun Fon, but spoke nonetheless.

 

"H-h-he's g-g-gone for a walk, sir." the shinigami replied, "He s-s-said he wants to check out t-t-the Eastern G-Gate."

 

The shinigami immediately walked away together with two of his pals and made haste towards the upper floors, along with the 4th Division healers.

 

Meanwhile, on the far side of the dome, Saren was talking with Sayori.

 

Saren smiled towards Sayori's rather well-mannered disposition towards him. He tried to sit up, but he immediately fell down to his bed again, his body quivering slightly from the effort. He shook his head and stared at his shoulder. The wound was nearly gone, but its still in no shape to be used. The shock from the arrow was also still lingering around his body, preventing him from doing anything strenuous.

 

"Sorry, you have to see me in this state. I've used the last of the silver fluid earlier, and the last golden cube was attuned to your reiatsu. But its okay, I can always make them again. How are you? How's your reiatsu flowing?" Saren asked kindly, showing a different side to his cold demeanor.

 

The place was busy admitting more injured people as the battle in Seireitei grew intense. Saren was amazed at the earthen dome Yomi has erected. It managed to house more than hundreds of injured shinigamis plus 4th Division healers, not to mention the beds and chairs.

 

"That captain earlier, the one you called Yomi. Is he decent? His smile towards me looked sincere, but I don't trust them shinigami types. From the flow of reiatsu emanating from these walls, I'm pretty sure he's responsible for this. And I also assume it was he who carried me here on an earthen slab. I can feel the same reiatsu from that slab of rock. Tell him my thanks." Saren remarked, then he noticed the haori Sayori was wearing.

 

"So you're a captain huh? Its funny how fate seem to play with my mind. Of all things and people, it has to be a shinigami captain that would be a look alike to my sister huh?" Saren smiled, shaking his head, but immediately stopping as a current of pain shot from his wound. He mustn't move too much.

 

He stared back at Sayori, trying to look okay.

[.:Abarai Renji:.]

NAto had been about to finish off Muertos Grande with his Bankai's power, but they were both interrupted as a bandaged Arrancar appeared on the battlefield, which kind of shook Nato a bit. "Who is he?" he thought for himself. "He is by far more powerful than Muertos Grande, I can feel his Reiatsu even from this distance, and he is not even charging any visible Reiatsu! WHat... is this Arrancar? An Espada?" he shook off the thoughts as he looked down at Zasalamel.

 

"It seems that we've underestimated Arrancars for quite a few years now." He sighed for himself, but kept his voice tone serious as he looked back into Zasalamel's blood-red eyes. "However, I can tell that you are not an ordinary Arrancar. You spoke of Fraccions, no? Are you an Espada?" Nato always wanted to know things before acting, even though he had been a bit... rash with the battle against Muertos Grande.

 

"In any case, I'd suggest that you call your Fraccions here at once, if I am supposed to wait." he said with a slight smirk. "I hate being kept waiting."

 

[spoiler=OOC]I'm gonna be gone for this weekend, and won't be on until late on Sunday. Please don't interact so much with my character, if that is possible.

 

[ryuujinn]

[spoiler=[b]OOC[/b]]

Since you'd be away for a while, I'd be implementing the same stuff I did with Zelmen Clock starting this weekend. Don't worry though, you're still in the story line. Just so there'd be a logical explanation for your character's absence. :)

 

 

Zasalamel laughed hard at the remark given off by Nato. He was almost on his knees laughing hard, his bloody red eyes starting to get teary from laughing so hard. He eventually stopped laughing gradually, fixing his trench coat once again, and fixing the bandage on his face. He wiped the tears from his eyes with his white sleeves, then handling his zanpakutou again rather stiffly. He coughed for a bit, then stared back at Nato.

 

"You have got to be kidding me, captain-san. On what grounds do you think I'll follow your orders, huh? That won't do," Zasalamel fixed his gloves tightly around his hands once again, "I said you let me wait for my fraccion. I never said I'd call them here. I will stay here until he gets back, whether or not you like it. If you don't want my terms.."

 

Zasalamel's bloody red eyes suddenly turned extremely serious, yellow and white aura slightly forming around him, causing the earth to crack, and loose stones to levitate in the air. He purposely shut off his magnetic field to let a little spiritual pressure out, clearly a sign of warning. The levitating rocks suddenly broke into dust as easily.

 

".. You can always try to piss me off."

[Hotaru987]

Sayori watched Saren carefully when he trid to sit up, sharply shooting forward when he fell uncerimouniously back down. "You shouldn't try to sit up. You're arm isn't ready to hold your weight. "She lightly scolded, then changing to a lighter tone, "That arm of yours will need quite a bit of time to rest."

 

Sayori was about to continue her thoughts, but she was cut off by Saren, unintentionally she knew, then frowned at the mention of using the last bit of his healing equipmnt on her. "I do apologize for that. You shouldn't have had to use that reiatsu cube on me. Although I wish you hadn't, I am gateful for your concern. For now I feel even better than when I returned to the seireitei."

 

Saren began observing the earthern dome created by Yomi, seemingly fasinated by it's sheer size and structure. To be perfectly honest so was Sayori. It never ceased to amaze her at the abilities, and raw will power these captains can produce. Yomi's dome provided more than enough room for the paitence, which more were being admitted, and the 4th division.

 

A tired sigh then escaped her lips at the thought of the events tonight. She was positive that no one was prepared for the sudden attack on the seireitei. For half of the captains were absent for the initial attack, and still a good amount of captains are still missing. Where is our 4th captain when you need him/her, she added as a side thought. No one was expecting such a sudden attack and-

 

"What?" She paused trying to gater the situation, as she was pulled from her thoughts, "Oh, right Yomi. Yeah, you're correct this dome and the slab you were carried on were created by hs earth-style Zapakuto." The female captain put a finger to her chin, "As for decency...He's probably the only one of us shinigami even a quincy could trust." She then shrugged, "But I guess that's up to the quincy in question."

 

A look of sadness and guilt found her face when he mentioned his sister, but quickly melted into one of worry when he tensed at the pain from moving his head. Sayori knew he was in pain, but he tried to look as if nothing was wrong. So instead of adressing it, she just returned his smile acting as if she missed it.

 

"If you don't mind me asking...What was your sister's name?"

[ryuujinn]

Saren looked thoughtful, though there was a certain degree of sadness present in his eyes. He stared at the exit of the room, seeing a few more shinigamis being admitted, then turned his glance back at Sayori. He gave her a thoughtful smile, and sat up straight with all his might, enduring the pain. He pulled out a heart-shaped, golden pendant from within his shirt, and opened it, revealing a girl with blue-hair that stops around the shoulder portion, with a light, icy-blue pair of eyes, and a facial structure nearly similar to Sayori, with only the lush, red lips being different.

 

"She's Hiyori Kushinada, my dear sister. I remember, when she was still alive, we would go out to the field and stare at the starry skies at night, and during the day, we would hunt hollows. She was one of the best Quincy in her days, and that technique earlier, that very same arrow, was rightfully hers as the successor to my clan," Tears lined the eyes of Saren, "But she was taken from me. And so I decided to learn that technique myself, using whatever information left behind by my grandfather, vowing revenge upon your kin who slaughtered her."

 

Saren wiped away the tears from his eyes, staying silent for a while. He concentrated a couple of spirit particles towards his index finger, producing a hazy glow. He then placed it near the wall of the earthen dome, and then touched his forehead with the index finger he used. His eyes widened in surprise.

 

"Yomi, that captain earlier. His life is in danger," Saren placed a glowing index finger towards his shoulder wound, then towards his entire body, "Ransotengai will allow me to move for a bit."

 

Saren suddenly stood up, as if his injuries were nothing. He tapped Sayori's shoulders with his left hand, then started to move towards the exit.

 

"I believe we haven't formally introduced ourselves. My name is Saren Kushinada, a Quincy by birth and by worth," Saren motioned towards the exit, "You must help me find Yomi. Something is concealing his reiatsu, but before that, I managed to feel a sinister aura near him. The nature of this sinister reiatsu was so that it cannot be detected by any means. Of course, as a reiatsu specialist, I was able to bypass that for a while. But it was impeccable how that sinister reiatsu shut me out immediately. We must go. I have a debt to repay."

[Hotaru987]

Sayori was entranced by the similarities between Hiyori and her. As she listened to Saren's story she couldn't tear her eyes from the picture in front of her. Sayori finally looked away from the picture as Saren was wiping his eyes from tears. However, she didn't say anything figuring he wouldn't what her to point them out.

 

His finger then began to gain a faint glow as he concentraited the spirit particles to that point. She watched curious at what he was doing, only to have her eyes widen considerably at the information shared by the quincy.

 

Saren traced that same finger over his wound and his body before standing as if he was completely healed. "Thank you for telling me this." She said, as they walked towards the entrance, right before he introcued himself. Now out of the dome and on the way to where Saren last sensed Yomi's energy she said, "I am Sayori Kuchiki captain of squad 6, born in the seireitei in the Kuchiki Manor, and as of now the potential leader of the Kuchiki house."

[ryuujinn]

"So, you are indeed a captain. 6th Division eh? Not to mention a member and potential leader of a noble family. If we had met in different circumstances, I'm pretty sure we could've been good friends." Saren remarked, smiling at Sayori warmly, then drawing his bow.

 

From the top of his crescent bow, a faint white glow emanated. It shone brighter and brighter, glowing more intense. Saren pointed his bow upwards, and released a flare-like arrow, lighting Seireitei up like a mini Sun. From the bright light, a thin line hazily stretched out, heading somewhere towards the East. It flickered for a bit, then disappeared as the light slowly dissipated, plunging Seireitei into darkness once again.

 

"Yomi is somewhere in the Eastern Area. Somehow, whatever it is that's near him, there's a reiatsu strong enough to interfere with even my Tracing Light. But it did gave us a general area to search." Saren said, staring at Sayori again as he brought down his bow.

 

From his face, there is a definite sign of pain, but Saren was trying hard hide it. He gave Sayori another smile as he used Hiryenkyaku to move towards the top of a nearby house. He rounded back to the female shinigami captain below.

 

"Come, Kuchiki-san. Your friend is in danger. I intend to return the favor he did to me. The last thing I needed is to be indebted to a shinigami." Saren remarked cooly.

 

He then turned towards the Eastern Area of Seireitei, a very serious look visible across his face.

 

That aura just now. It cannot be. He's dead. How is this possible? Kushinada-sama cannot be alive anymore. No. There must be a better explanation to this. Maybe I was reading it wrong. Saren thought to himself.

[namelessk]

[spoiler=[b]OOC:[/b]]I'm back! Thank you guys so much for keeping this RP alive. I had a fun time in Europe and now I'm back to continue the RP. I see that alot has happened while I was gone, and it took me some time to read it all. I had alot of homework to do because I was gone from school for two weeks so I had to finish that, but I'm still not finished.

 

Now, for the RP, I'm gonna be introducing two new NPCs right now and the Captain-Commander will soon follow.

 

 

Over at the North Gate, the wind suddenly picked up around the area, and an eerie feeling descended. A sufficient amount of reiatsu began emanating from the area, enough that could be sensed but only faintly. Just as soon as the reiatsu had flared up, it quickly died down. The wind then slowed down and stopped blowing, and two figures wearing black cloaks appeared walking towards the now destroyed Gate.

 

"Heh...looks like no one-" the figure on the left began. "Is guarding this gate." the figure on the right finished. The figure on the left had a more masculine voice while the one on the right had a feminine voice. The figure on the left stopped walking and then looked around, surveying the area and it's damage. "Someone already got here before we did." the figure said and turned around to face the second figure who had now stopped walking. "Doesn't mean we can't help them finish the job." the second figure said.

 

The two figures continued forward and saw the massive metal cube standing there. From underneath it, they noticed strands of bandages poking out. The first figure stopped and sniffed the air. He then lifted his hand and pointed towards the cube. "Do you feel it? Reinhardt's reiatsu." the first figure began. "Yes, I can feel it too. Want to help him?" the second figure asked. "Do you have to ask?" the first figure said as he lifted his right hand to the collar of his cloak and pulled it off. The figure stood at about 5'8" and had dark red hair which spiked up in the shape of flames, a red left eye and a crystal blue right eye, and light brown skin. He wore a dark red shirt with a black jacket over it, black pants with flames designs running down the sides of both pants legs, and dark brown boots.

 

The second figure reached up to her collar and pulled her cloak off as well. The second figure was a woman who looked exactly like the first figure. She was about 5'6" and she had smooth, flawless, light brown skin, silky smooth long black hair, a crystal blue left eye and a red right eye. She simply wore a white silk dress that emphasized her curves and her well proportioned chest. Around her neck hung a necklace which had, hanging at the end of the chain in front of her chest, three purple droplets. "Let us help him now brother." the woman said as she reached up to touch her necklace. "Zeige Dich, Giftige Risse." she said and the three purple droplets glowed and disappeared, and in front of her appeared a woman who seemed to be wearing a skin tight purple outfit which accentuated her curves and hourglass figure. The woman had purple eyes, smooth pale skin, long dark purple hair which reached down to her back, and long purple fingernails.

 

The man rolled up his sleeves to reveal golden wristbands with flame like designs all along them on both arms. He clinked his arms together at the wrists to form sparks as he called out "Zeige Dich, Wärmekönig" Flames sparked off of his wrists and grew in front of him to form into a seven foot tall flaming lion. The lion's body was golden yellow, and where fur should have been to form the mane, there was only flames. Flames also sprouted from around it's ankles and wrists. It's eyes glowed a menacing red and it's teeth, which were bared, looked very sharp.

 

"Do it Asaka." the man said and nodded his head towards the woman. "No need to tell me twice Kasaka." the woman said as she turned towards the woman that had appeared in front of her and nodded. The woman raised her hands and then began moving them in circles in front of her. Her hands moved slowly and in intricate patterns before finally being pushed forward towards the cube. From thin air, a massive surge of a purple colored liquid rushed forward towards the cube. The liquid completely covered the cube and washed over it. After it had passed, the cube was still there, but it was now different. There were large portions of it that had been eroded away, and steam could be seen billowing off of it as evidence of this.

 

Asaka then lifted his hand as he called out "Let's go Wärmekönig!" The flaming lion which had formed in front of him rushed forwards with intense speed, flames lapping up from the ground where its feet had passed over. The lion jumped into the air and lifted its head, forming a golden ball of fire within it's mouth which glowed intensely. The ball of fire grew to the size of the lion and then it fired it forward towards the cube. The golden ball of fire moved with incredible speed towards the cube, and as soon as it hit it, there was a massive explosion which shook the area around the Northern Gate. Surely anyone near the gate would feel the aftershock of the explosion and feel the intense reiatsu given off in the area by the two Bounts. Kasaka then began walking towards the burning cube, staring at it to see if Reinhardt was still alive within it. "Those shinigami will be here soon." Kasaka said, turning back to Asaka. "Then let's give them a party like no other." Asaka said.

 

[spoiler=Kasaka's Stats:]

Skills

Offense: 9/10

Defense: 8/10

Strength: 8/10

Speed/Dexterity: 9/10

Intelligence: 8/10

Doll Control: 9/10

Spiritual Pressure: 8/10

Total: 59/70

 

 

 

[spoiler=Asaka's Stats:]

Skills

Offense: 9/10

Defense: 9/10

Strength: 8/10

Speed/Dexterity: 9/10

Intelligence: 8/10

Doll Control: 8/10

Spiritual Pressure: 8/10

Total: 59/70

 

[.:Blu:.]

[spoiler=OOC]Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, I didn't really know what to write about.

 

 

Iyusaka finally finished his investigation of the area. "Well, that took longer than I expected it would." Iyusaka said as he wiped away the sweat from his forehead. "I wonder what I'd missed during all of this time?" Iyusaka asked himself. He then felt a strong shockwave coming from the location of the North Gate. "What was that just now?!" Iyusaka asked himself, surprised by the powerful shockwave that had just swept through the land.

 

Iyusaka then shunpo'd his way to the North Gate, where he saw two figures. Iyusaka also saw what appears to be a flamming lion. "(Who are those people? Are they arrancars? No, they can't be, they don't have a mask. And what is that creature?)" Iyusaka thought to himself as he gripped his zanpakuto. "(Whatever they are, I cannot allow them to do anything to the Seireitei. I guess I'll have to stall, until the other captains arrived.)" Iyusaka thought to himself as he shunpo'd a little bit closer to them, being carefully quiet with every step.

[Hotaru987]

Sayori smiled in pride when he repeated her intro to her. She was glad that she could become to the Kuchiki house. That is if those old geezers get off their high horse! Just because I'm a girl...

 

She quickly tuned into Saren as he said they were at the Eastern gate, and changed her direction accordingly. She was interested by that technique he used to find Yomi. It reminded her of Bakudo 58: Kakushitsuijaku, the tracking kido. After he used it she noticed the look in his eyes. He sensed something that he wasn't sharing with her, but she knew that if it was something she needed to know he would tell her.

[Azure Flame Kite]

Jun Fon's eyes widened and then narrowed as he felt the massive explosion of reiatsu coming from the north gate, he'd felt this kind of spiritual pressure before; it was a bount's. Being the hyperactive shinigami he was, he rushed out of the makeshift hospital just in time to see the dissipation of the mushroom cloud. Despite his newly-healed injuries, he still managed to smile in anticipation and began to sprint towards the north gate while strapping his sword onto his back, not wanting to waste any reiatsu by using shunpo. He passed by both Sayori and the quincy, who was looking towards the eastern gate. He knew he probably was going to have to do this alone again; Sayori was with that quincy (why, he didn't know), Akiyama had been stopped by a very powerful opponent, Yomi had gone to the eastern gate, and who knows where the others are.

 

"Hup!" he grunted as he flipped onto a roof, using the remainder of the pent-up energy to springboard himself high into the air. "WAAAHHOOOO!!" he shouted, somersaulting rapidly before stopping in midair, crouching as if standing on an invisible floor, before pushing off and nosediving with his fist arm extended in front of him like he'd seen in one of those crappy-ass superhero movies Yoruichi-sempai had shown him. Noticing the three figures coming into view, one facing the other two. Flipping himself so that his feet were facing the ground, he landed next to the single man in a crouch, hand secured on the hilt of his sheathed katana. "Whassup?"

[namelessk]

Kasaka suddenly lifted his head and sniffed the air, as did the flaming lion which was his doll. "Someone is here." Kasaka said as he turned towards Asaka. "Then why don't we destroy them for sneaking around?" Asaka said as he smirked. Kasaka looked around the area, trying to locate the reiatsu that he was feeling, more specifically smelling. "Come on out. I can smell you and your reiatsu from a mile away." Kasaka called out.

 

Wärmekönig bounded forward and began gathering in it's mouth a large golden fireball which grew to twice it's size very quickly. The fireball burned with intense heat, melting even the ground around Wärmekönig as it grew. "If you don't come out, I'll destroy every last one of the villages located around here." Kasaka said. Just as he had said that, a man landed right in front of him. "Where did you come from? You do not have the same scent as the one hiding." Kasaka said to Jun Fon. He then smirked and nodded his head towards Wärmekönig. "The name is Kasaka." Kasaka began and then pointed towards Asaka. "And that's my sister, Asaka" he said. Asaka bowed lightly, a small smirk forming across her face.

 

"You guys came faster than I had expetected. Prepare to die Shinigami." Kasaka said as he leaped backwards and away from Jun Fon. Suddenly, Wärmekönig was then above Jun Fon, the large golden fireball still within his mouth. He launched it down onto Jun Fon with incredible speed. As the golden fireball neared Jun Fon, it exploded, showering the man with many smaller meteors which crashed down onto him all at once. "That was quick." Asaka said as she and Kasaka watched the golden flames rise into the air in the spot where Jun Fon had once stood.

[.:Blu:.]

Iyusaka noticed that someone had just shunpo'd next to him. It was Jun Fon, captain of the 2nd Division. Iyusaka and Jun Fon had never really formally met before, only in meetings were the two were present at the same time. "You must be Cpt. Jun Fon of the Gotei 13's 2nd Division. We never formally met before, but I'm Cpt. Yusuke Iyusaka of the Gotei 13's 5th Division. Anyways, it seems as though new enemies have arrived at the Seireitei. As captains, we should defend the Seireitei with all of our might. So let's welcome our new friends." Iyusaka said sarcastically.

 

Just then, the flamming lion jumped into the air and shot a barrage of fire balls at the two captains. "So it seems they've sensed us. Bakudo 81, Danku!" Iyusaka exclaimed as a barrier formed in front of Iyusaka and Jun Fon, blocking the attack. After the smoke disappeared from that attack. Iyusaka dispelled the barrier. "Well Cpt. Jun Fon, I guess we have something to keep us busy for awhile." Iyusaka said jokingly as he looked at Jun Fon and gave a friendly smile. He then turned his attention to the three enemies. "Well, might as well have fun right?" Iyusaka proclaimed, giving them the same friendly smile.

[Azure Flame Kite]

"Hehehe," the crimson-haired captain chuckled, standing up to his full height, a smile on his face, "You know it." Even though it he could have blocked that attack by himself, he was always grateful for some help, especially if it came in the form of a captain. "By the way," he said, turning his attention back to the twin bounts, "That wasn't very cool of you to attack us like that,but thanks; because of it, I can tell two things about you: 1) You two are bounts, which surprises me, because I thought that there were only one of you guys left, and 2) You..." he casually pointed to Kasaka, "Your doll uses fire, right? Good; Inusaka-taicho, I'll take the guy and the large flaming cat. After all..." in a flash of light, his single katana was replaced by twin bladed tonfa. Twin flaming bladed tonfa. "Fight fire with fire."

 

'Let's see, I've fought a quincy, an arrancar, and I'm about to fight a bount all in the same day. Now all I need to do is beat Akiyama without my bankai and go out with Yoruichi and then my bucket list is complete.' he thought

[.:Blu:.]

"I see....... So these two are bounts....... I haven't fought them in such a long time....... I think my memories are getting rusty." Iyusaka said jokingly as he scratched the back of his head. Iyusaka then turned his attention to Jun Fon. "So you're taking that one huh? Very well captain, have fun." Iyusaka said, giving another friendly smile and then turning towards the other bount. "Well, guess it's you and me huh? We should probably start off by telling each other our names. I consider that common courtesy. I'm Cpt. Yusuke Iyusaka of the 5th Division." Iyusaka proclaimed giving the smile again.

 

"Fun fact for you. The 5th Division is known for its nurturing of shinigami with immense talent. I would show you some of the shinigami that I personally trained, but I have a feeling that you don't really care for that. Oh well........" Iyusaka said as he motioned his hands in a 'too bad' motion. "Well, so what is your name, if I may ask?" Iyusaka asked in a gentle tone of voice.

[ryuujinn]

From underneath the eroded metal cube of Bankin Taiho, steam suddenly started to vent out profusely, as if the entirety of the spiritual cloth was in a sauna bath. The metal bolts started to shake violently, turning a faint blue color. Suddenly, the bolts started to freeze out, and the spiritual cloth starting to turn red. Another moment passed, and the entire thing just frozed over, including the eroded metal cube.

 

"Bilden Sie Zuerst" A muffled voice underneath shouted.

 

A wave of blue and red aura surround the entire seal, causing it to freeze over. From within the frozen seal, a burst of blue fire erupted, consuming the eroded metal cube along with the bolts, leaving only the spiritual cloth.

 

"RRRRRAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!" A rowdy voice sounded from within the frozen spiritual cloth, completely shattering the seal.

 

Reinhardt gradually stepped out of the shattered cloth, revealing an entirely different form. His left shoulder has the minotaur head from earlier, venting steam as usual. But his right shoulder looked different. An icy blue dragon hangs on it like a shoulder-guard. It vented an icy mist around it as its eyes stared over at Kasaka and Asaka, then towards the two shinigami.

 

"That took you long enough." Reinhardt commented, looking over at the minotaur on his left shoulder, his voice emotionless as always.

 

"BUT BOSS! THAT WAS AN ANNOYING SEAL!" Schmerz replied, venting more steam.

 

"Shut up, horn-head," the icy dragon with a soft female voice spoke out, "We have more pressing matters to attend to in front of us. At least that seal was broken, right? So shut up."

 

"BUT----" Schmerz started but was cut off by Reinhardt's cold stare.

 

"Vereisen is right," Reinhardt said, motioning towards the two shinigami captains in front of him, "We have more pressing matters to attend to."

 

He shot a wave of fire towards Iyusaka, and a torrent of icicle spikes towards Jun Fon, getting their attentions.

 

"I have a debt to return to you shinigamis." Reinhardt spoke out loud enough for everyone to hear, his voice retaining its cold, emotionless tone.

 

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Saren led Sayori through the Eastern Area of Seireitei, weaving in and out of structures and debris expertly as though he's not injured. Every now and then, there would be a sign of visible look on his face, but he shrugged it off with sheer persistence. His eyes looked troubled, but he didn't want Sayori to know what it was.

 

Kushinada-sama cannot be that strange aura. Saren thought to himself, trying to rid himself of unnecessary thoughts.

 

After a few more turns and a few more ups and downs, Saren felt a distinct air of reiatsu near them.

 

Meanwhile, Yomi was standing near the 9th Division barracks, staring at the Eastern Gate as if there's some sort of show around it. He yawned a couple of times, but it was nothing. He sat down on the roof of the 9th division barracks, still staring at the Eastern Gate.

 

"You look well, Yomi-san." A playful voice sounded out.

 

Yomi turned around, but saw no one. He tried to feel the reiatsu around him, but he didn't feel anything. He shook his said, as if trying to say he was just hearing voices.

 

"You're not hearing voices, Yomi-san. Don't tell me you've forgotten about me." the playful voice said.

 

This time Yomi stood up, drawing his zanpakutou, a look of surprise seen on his face. He turned his head left and right, up and down, front and back, trying to see where the voice was coming from. The lack of reiatsu was disturbing too, as if the person speaking didn't exist at all.

 

"I came here to visit. Don't look too scared." the voice jeered, sounding very provocative.

 

A bandage head with bloody red eyes and a few azure blue hair poking out suddenly emerged from someplace within Yomi's blindspot. A white trench coat covers the person's body from half his head down to his toes. The collar covers the nose down to the neck, and is currently zipped up. A pair of gloves can be seen worn around both hands by the person. It was none other than Zasalamel. But Yomi cannot find him due to the magnetic field around him, which prevents his reiatsu from leaking out, something which also nulled Saren's reiatsu-tracking abilities.

 

As Zasalamel walked towards Yomi, three streaks of light blocked his path. Zasalamel looked rather surprised but retained his composure. He stared to the direction where the shots came from, and there he saw Saren. Their eyes met.

 

Saren Kushinada. That brat is here? Interesting. Zasalamel thought, his eyes looking rather cheery.

 

Is that even possible? Those bloody red eyes and this overwhelming aura. Even without reading his reiatsu, I know who this is. Junpei Kushinada, the former head of the Quincy Clan, but why does he look like an Arrancar? Saren thought, his eyes filled with shock and confusion.

 

Yomi spun around and saw Saren staring somewhere below the structure he was standing on. From his place he saw a bandaged face. But no reiatsu was emanating from the person.

 

"Who is that?" Yomi remarked.

 

[spoiler=[b]OOC[/b]]

NOTE: Zasalamel is also at the Eastern Gate facing Nato. How did two Zasalamels popped out? You'll have to see for yourself as the story progresses.. :D

 

[Hotaru987]

"Saren who is this?" Sayori quiestion, realizing she repeated Yomi's question. Her eyes cut to Yomi relieved that he hadn't been harmed. She also noticed that Saren and the bandaged arrancar seemed to be aquainted with eachother. Now that she thought about it, this arrancar must've been what caused that look on Saren's face earlier.

 

Who is this guy? I can't sense any reiatsu coming from him...I can't even sense Yomi's and just barely Saren's. Sayori eyed the arrancar closely following his movements. If they couldn't sense his energy then if they had to fight him it would be very difficult. Our best bet wouldbe to never allow him out of our sights.

 

[spoiler=ooc]Sorry it's kinda short. I really don't know what to put...

 

[Azure Flame Kite]

"Whoa! Hun Fon exclaimed, blasting the approaching ice with a fireball, curtosey of Karouga. "Don'tcha think that was a bit much?" he questioned/yelled at the newcomer, blazing tonfa still blurring in his hands. "Besides," he pointed out, "You gots to get in line; these two were here first, so they get first dibs on us. Though it is kinda cool how you've got a dragon head and Minotaur head on your shoulders." Though externally, he was calm, internally, he was beginning to get nervous. 'Crap, if we use all our energy fighting those two, we won't have enough to fight the chimera. We need some one else; goddammit, Akiyama, why'd you have to get caught in a fight?!'