Bleach: Advent of Hell's Army

[Reaper of Shadows]

Alvaro looked down at the battlefield from inside of his negacion. 'It seems my purpose here has been achieved.' This wasn't a preemptive strike again the Soul Society an Gotei 13. No, Alvaro's real reason for being here wasinformation. Information on the military force of Soul Society, any potential weakness's that this particular place had, and finally...information on Hell. And he managed to get two of those three; one from direct contact with the forces himself, and another from his secret contact. 'She delivered well today. Maybe I should raise her pay. If I paid her that is.' He laughed dryly at his wit. 'Now its time to head home, relax, and then plan. Hopefully Yoku's come through on his end and found weakness's on Soul Society.'

Alvaro was taken out of his musings by a large Spiritual Pressure. 'Interesting' he thought. 'It seems someone new has joined the battlefield. Or what's left of it at least, considering most of the Menos's are with me. Still though, this is Captain's level reiatsu, but I'd thought I'd sensed all the captains when I first arrived. But this reiatsu also feels a little...darker...and almost familiar. Could it be!' His head snapped down sharply toward the area it was emanating from. 'Is that...I think it may be. And Yoku's right next to him. I have to go stop this!' With that he effortlessly dispelled the Negacion and rushed toward Yoku.

[Mr.WHAM]

The Seikamon that Ze'borova exited had mere seconds before it would have been engulfed by a number of Hollows shooting Ceros. "Seems like these idiots finally got what was supposed to happen to them. Nonetheless, I might as well helped out." Ze'borova jumped into the fray, careful to avoid any Soul Repears that may have appeared. He bore no ill will against the Soul Society and the Gotei 13. In fact, people probably wondered where he'd gone after he gave up his position. 'If the only knew' he thought to himself. Without wasting another second, he dove into battle, a gust of violent winds following behind him. He saw a Shinigami surrounded by 5 or so hollows. He shunpoed and within an instant all their masks were broken from sheer brute force alone. He wielded a bladeless hilt in his hand as he looked for more Shinigami in need. Then he noticed something. 'An Arrancar...lurking around...damn. Don't need those here causing more problems...I'll take care of it.' Of course he saw other Captains battling Arrancar, but they were captains and could handle their own problems. Ze'borova ran in close to the hollow, closing in on him. He spread his hands open in a triangle, and utterted the words, "Hado 77: Speed Zero" as the yellow ball of energy charged in his hand. The Arrancar turned around just as Ze'borova released the incredibly fast mass of energy, almost exactly similar to a Cero, erupted from his hands at Yuko while another Arrancar rushed over to stop the attack.

[Hydra of Ages]

Sparrow sighed as she woke up and look into the featureless sky of Hueco Mundo.

The featureless, blue, sky.

She thought she saw a cloud a little to the left.

She scowled. "What the hell, Hero?" She asked, darting up quickly, her armor quickly forming around her body as she awoke. Within a moment she was standing over the well-dressed Vasto Lorde and sticking the edge of her sheathe into his side, none too gently- and only stopped the clothing deflated into a Shadow.

"Leynnit! she cursed, the dark Vasto Lorde simply shrugging noncommittally and latching onto her shadow. Her gritted her teeth and tapped her foot against the ground. "Exactly why are we in Soul Society?!"

Another shrug.

"I would venture a guess that Hero has an plot of some sort in the works..." came Caesar's lazy yawn from outside the camp. The insectoid was sitting on a hillside, watching with vague interest the chaos that seemed to be unraveling in the gleaming city that lay only a few kilometers away. "Though why he chose to do it during an invasion, I don't know."

Sparrow gritted her teeth. "And he didn't tell us? Or even bother to wake us?"

Caesar shrugged. "He evidently informed Leynnit about. Though if that's because Leynnit never says anything, or because he didn't want to trust a non-Vasto Lorde with information, I couldn't say. I'm sure it's important at any rate... or at the very least, clever."


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"This... might not be the cleverest thing I've ever done," Hero muttered to himself, as he strolled through the streets of the Seireitei. He noticed a Shinigami run past, and raised a hand to stop the fleeing man.
"Good sir, I was just wondering if-" the man ran past Hero, not stopping even in the slightest. Hero paused, sighed and put his hand back into his pocket. "Well that was rather rude."

A hollow came around the corner- less than a Gillian he observed, but at the very least, something of his own species. "You there, good Hollow, could you spare a-" the Hollow proceeded to ignore him as well, opting instead to chase after the previously seen Shinigami. Hero paused once again in mid air, then sighed and flicked a couple locks of his hair backward.

"Perhaps this could have done with a bit more thought..." he muttered as he wandered around, trying mentally to make a map of the area. He felt his Planeswalk activate a couple times, skipping him across the city at seeming random, never staying too long or straying into an area of too much danger.

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At the moment that Yoku turned around, his eyes widened, his body froze, and he was instantly struck by the brute force of the Kido Spell, sending him flying back a good distance until he hit a building, a dwelling smoke surrounding the area as some buildings collapsed in over him. Yoku had been crushed under the buildings, and judging by how large they were, he couldn't have possibly survived. In that same instant that the buildings began falling, Yoku Sonido'd quickly from between the buildings crumbling remains, allowing himself to emerge. His cloak was ripped to nothing but the hood, which was made of a special material which didn't damage easily. Everything else on the cloak had been ripped to shreds, several holes in the torso, sleeves and even the back, when he had hit the wall.

He wiped some sweat off of his head, landing about 50 yards from his attacker.[b] "That seemed rather rude, and especially dirty to attack a man when he is not properly prepared."[/b] Yoku cleanly spoke towards the Vizard. [b]"If I may ask, who are you?"[/b] He asked smiling, then quickly spoke again before Ze'borova could answer. [b]"My, my, where are my manners? I am Yokushin Houshoku. I'm an Espada. Which number however, I'm afraid I cannot say."[/b] He smirked, a serious look finally appearing on his face. [b]"Though, I suppose you knowing my name wouldn't mean anything."[/b] Just as Alvaro appeared in sight, he reached out his hand towards Ze'borova.[b] "Let us play Kido Games...."[/b] As he said that, he muttered something under his breath at a steady pace, energy quickly forming in both his palms. [i]"Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! On the wall of blue flame, inscribe a twin lotus. In the abyss of conflagration, wait at the far heavens."[/i] Just then, a large blue excreting energy forming from out his palms forming a lotus.[b] "Hado #73: Twin Lotus Blue Fire, Crash Down!"[/b] He shouted, blasting the energy at his enemy that was just off in the distance.

Yoku was fully aware that Ze'borova would deflect the attack, especially if he was capable of level 70 spells too. At this point in time, Yoku decided he must escape away, but he wasn't going to make Alvaro do his work, especially after he had just had a battle. [b]"Alvaro, I'm going to walk away from this one. We don't have the time to waste on petty Captains and Vizards, nor on this war. Go find Farriego and Irghesu. I'm going to distract him,"[/b] he turned back towards the Vizard, unsheathing his blade. He struck the ground with his blade, sending a slight shockwave across the ground, although the shockwave seemed no more powerful than sound, making a loud screeching noise. The ground slowly cracked in a few areas, then increased in speed, until arms quickly burst out of the ground, undead bodies reaching up and crawling out, making their way towards the Vizard.

There were several thousands, mostly dead souls that were drifting throughout the Seireitei were emerging, although these souls were no more than puppets, not the actual dead bodies. He felt it was not necessary to release his blade. He hid himself throughout the large crowd of undead puppets, allowing himself to Sonido away quickly from the area. He knew that Ze'borova could have easily handled all the puppets in a record time, so he decided it'd be best to dissociate himself from the area as quickly as possible. It was obvious that Alvaro would take this chance as well, so Yoku did not question him, knowing he would get away as well. He arrived back in the middle of the Seireitei, where he felt there was a thorough enough amount of Reiatsu that he could use to repair his cloak. After about five minutes of slaying and destroying, the undead puppets were all destroyed by Ze'borova, and at that moment, as more of them were about to emerge from the ground, they quickly turned into ash, the earth that had once been in their place was now completely destroyed.

Meanwhile, Yoku was finishing up his cloak, and finally masked his Spiritual Pressure again, moving on his path towards the Shinigami Research and Development Institute, although he didn't actually know he was headed in that direction. He thought to himself, an actual worried look upon his face. [i]"I hope that Alvaro, Farriego and Irghesu have finished their jobs. If they haven't, we may have a little less of a chance in this war than we originally had expected."[/i] Just then, his foot tripped on a broken off tile, which seemed like it was moved on purpose. There was something there, but he didn't completely know what it was.

[Mr.WHAM]

[font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][size=2][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][size=2][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][size=2]Ze'borova smiled as the Arrancar addressed him. "Well Yoku my name is Ze'borova Preyn and--" Ze'borova disappeared and reappeared in front of the Espada. "--You'll be seeing lot more of me. Since my friend Alvaro entrusted you with a task ,as there aren't any Espada who are stragglers unless they are doing something, I can only guess your strong." Just as he finished saying that, he saw Alvaro and then the Espada say "Kido" & games. He turned around to look the Blast in the face as it burst out ward directly in his face. 'This is slightly annoying...' he mused as he caught the blast in his left hand. 'So Alvaro's doing something...well if he's placing others in charge, I can only assume that its covert. So therefore I can't allow this one to get away...' After he was done with his thoughts he deflected the blast towards a bunch of Hollows that were a bit distracted. Looking upwards he saw Yoku talking to Alvaro and then the Espada struck the ground. Ze'borova mouthed the words to release as he would not take on any Espada without a blade. But then an array of undead souls arose from the ground. "What the hell is this??!" He wanted to go after the Espada but he was no longer in sight. A smile went over his face, "Well I guess I'll find someone new to ply with when Alvaro's busy." Blindingly fast, a fist punch the first of the creature in the head, its face shattering and blowing up as a result of the power. "Hmph." Ze'borova cracked his knuckles and proceeded to beat the annoyances with his fists, dancing through them whilst ripping of arms blowing though and shattering torsos, and his favorite. ripping them in half. He grabbed of the beasts by the legs and flung it in the air, him immediately pursuing it and smashimg it into the ground amidst the others creating large craters. Ze'borova didn't bother holding back he would dispatch them quickly. He fired two Speed Zeros and released some more of his reistu. With a sonicboom, he took of in a circle crushing the zombies. Within a few minutes he was down to his last one. "Damn you guys, you made me go full sound breaking speed." He picked up the last one by its head and charged a Speed Zero in his hands as the yellow Cero-like energy erupted from his hands and decimated the last creature. "That took too long...Where is Alvaro, I'll find the Yoku later," he said as he shunpoed t where Alvaro was looking him face to face.

"Alvaro Konotce, nice to see you again...under different circumstances."[/size][/font][/size][/font][/size][/font]

[Reaper of Shadows]

Alvaro inclined his head slightly as Ze'borova addressed him. He had watched their encounter with little amusement and extreme annoyance. 'I can't gather the other two with [i]him[\i] here. But what is he doing here?' "Ze'borova," Alvaro said in response. "I cannot say I expected to see you here. Not at all. Not after our agreement. You know. The one we made the last time you interfered with my...activities." Without warning he Sonido'ed to Ze'borova and nailed him with a hard punch to the chest, followed by a strong spin kick that knocked Ze'borova back a few feet. Ze'borova responsed with a punch to Alvaro's face that he easily blocked...with one finger.

"So you're not here to fight. You would've done better than that if you were. So, explain to me exactly. Why are you here?"

[Mr.WHAM]

"It's simple really. I came to see what the Soul Society is up to and with the Hell situation, I came to give my assistance." Ze'borova walked forward, well more of ped forward and kicked Alvaro six times to the chest before backhanding him away. A smile lifted across his face as he stated, "And I don't remember any such agreement. I jut said I'd won't really interfere with what you were doing then.Now though, times are different. If you want my help, ask. As for taking those things seriously, your right I wasn't. But if you wish to spar I won't stop you. But I'll want to know something in return. What are you having Yoku do and what's his rank?" Ze'borova backed away from Alvaro and let himself get serious. The sky started to darken as Ze'borova uttered his release phrase.


"Howl in Armageddon, Raikou!"

A bolt of lightning struck down from the sky & a Zanpaktou formed in his hand. It shone bright red as he sheathed his weapon. "Before we have our sparring match, I have one suggestion for you. Talk to the shinigami or at least send a messenger. As we all have a enemy that plans to ruin all our plans. So think about it. Ready?"

[Reaper of Shadows]

Alvaro was unfazed by both Ze'borova's initial attacks and hia words. 'I should have known.' What did surprise him was Ze'borova's release. "He's using his Shikai!?" Alvaro said with slight amazement in his voice. "Just how serious are you Zeborova," Alvaro said as a black aura flared up around him. "Talk to the Shinigami?" Alvaro laughed. "I make a point of not talking to those who don't talk to me." He slowly drew his sword. "You're first mistake," He rushed at Ze'borova aiming a sweeping blow. Ze'borova easily blocked it before using Shunpo to appear behind Alvaro, sword aimed to decapitate. Alvaro ducked and lashed out with his foot but Ze'borova managed to avoid it.

In a black flash, Alvaro reappeared in front of Zeb and grabbed him by the throat. "You're first mistake...don't ask questions, especially about things that don't concern you. If you're not with me...then you die." He stabbed at Zeb was let out a smirk as his sword pierced flesh. That smirk immediately turned into a frown however as Ze'borova's after image dissolved. In a black flash, Alvaro vanished once again, an instant before a bolt of lightning hit the spot he'd been in.

Alvaro reappeared and struck out a Zeb furiously, a furry of slashes, thrusts and jabs that he was matched for at every turn. He swung wildly, his sword locking with Ze'borova's before they both vanished, reappearing a few feet away from each other.

In Alvaro's hand, a white cero was forming and in Ze'borova's an orb of black lightning. They both locked eyes with each other before letting their energy build to the max and releasing they're respective techniques. The techniques raced toward each other in an unstoppable head on collision before...the lighting split apart, and Alvaro's Cero passed right through it. The two techniques were aimed straight at its respective target, the lighting and Cero growing closer and closer to Alvaro and Zeb. An instant, less than an instance, when it seemed to late to avoid, just before the techniques hit, both parties vanished using their respective speed techniques.

They reappeared on the ground a few feet away from each other as thwir attacks crashed into buildings, resulting in large explosions. Ze'borova appeared unfazed, as did Alvaro...except his black aura was slowly disappating. He looked down at his hand as it melted away, interested but unsurprised. "You're faster than me in that state," Alvaro said without looking up. "I didn't think it was still true but I had to confirm. My regular Sonido wouldn't be enough, only through the use of my Shadow Sonido was I able to keep up with you. And it would seem that your also stronger, physically at least. The best I could do would be to stall right now, unable to attain a decisive victory, though neither could you."

Alvaro dropped to the ground quickly, and as his aura flared up a black Aura surrounded Ze'borova, before solidifying and entrapping Zeb keeping him from moving. "We are done here. You've given me what I needed. You can't beat me, we both know it. But I won't kill you, because you are right. I still have to focus on Hell, and now I've got someone to do just that. Don't ever attack me or my Espada again. I will kill you," and with that, he began walking away.

[Mr.WHAM]

Ze'borova couldn't help but smile as Alvaro walked away. "That's at least the 17th time you've said something like that. Don't worry, It'll be a good day that happens. And I can kill--" Alvaro stopped for a second. "--You too. But I don't want to do that. Its nice having an Espada as a friend. Or whatever you call us. It has its perks. But as your underlings, just hope they're good enough fighters. Also take this" Ze'borova made a ring of black lightning which he then solidified. "Yeah I'm able to do that now. My bankai is much better though. That ring won't do much to you, but If you ever need to speak or something, tap it in the center. I'll be notified and establish a means of communication." Ze'borova watched as Alvaro and the rest of his forces departed from the Soul Society. 'Time to do damage assessment.' Ze'borova looked down for any shinigami that were injured and began to escort them back to their quarters. A few recognized his face. But that didn't concern him. He just knew there were problems & they needed solving. "Don't ask questions...Ha!"

[Dad]

"Interesting," Ryota said amused. "[i]Cuatra Espada[/i]," he thought. "[i]Perhaps he's hiding his reiatsu. Either way, I cannot completely sense it. I'd rather avoid killing the child, and be rid of the Espada quickly,[/i]" me mused. Before he continue his private thoughts amongst himself, a faint whoosh sounded behind his back. "[i]He's fast.[/i]"

With a quick flick of Ryota's wrist, he barely managed to parry the overhanded strike at his back.

"Playin' dirty huh? Understandable, but not unpredictable," he uttered as he turned over to his shoulder glaring at the Espada before him. With a quick spinning kick from his right heel to the man's rib cage, he managed to separate the Espada and himself. "You would prefer me to call you the [i]Cuatra[/i] Espada, but I hardly feel that potential within you. Unless you are toying with me, [i]Espada[/i]. I don't like to play games!" he cried. Shunpo was Ryota's newest friend, and with this, Ryota managed to gain the momentum he hoped for, and burst forth with blinding speed. As he came to his opponent, he raised both his hands back on his blade, and came down with his own overhead, two-handed strike.

[Mugendramon]

The Shinigami's blow sent the Hollow flying a few feet back, knocking him off balance for an instant as his Espada chuckled a little and yelled a 'Ouch' at him, to which the subordinate replied with a glare.
The child loudly burst out laughing as the Captain said Irghesu had not a Reiatsu to fit his number. To this, too, the adult chuckled. He was headed in the right direction, it was a pity the substitute's release was so good at [i]pointing[/i] in the wrong direction.

The Fracción then was now wondering what to do next, as this opponent was surely not as dull as the lured Shinigami he had trained with prior to the invasion. He couldn't ponder much, however, as the Shinigami came forth with a frontal assault. Not really his style, so straightforward, but he'd have to dodge anyways.

Before he could Sonído away however, his lack of observation became evident. He didn't anticipate his opponent performing a Shunpo, and so he was struck with a rather hard blow through the middle of his chest. A gush of blood spilled down to the ground while some of it struck the Captain himself. He could only jump back before kneeling down in pain.

Panting, the Fracción spoke to his master, who was still laughing at what was either the Shinigami guessing the ruse, or his subordinate's pain. "Well, well, Irghesu. You're up there rather happy, I see. Care to lend me a hand now?"

The child grinned even further as he nodded energetically. At this, the substitute sighed heavily, closed his eyes, smiled faintly, and lowered his head. "...I guess there is no other way then. I wanted my Resurrección to stay concealed for a while, but I guess there is no hiding it anymore."

Painfully standing up, Irghesu drew his blade. He first pointed it weakly at the Shinigami, but then his eyes jumped on to the Espada. He changed his sword's point to him. "Watch carefully, this is how we Espada fight, Irghesu."

The child laughed, but the man stared on. As this went on for a couple of seconds, the child stopped smiling and replied; "Go ahead, Farieggo-[i]sama.[/i] " "So I will."

Holding the blade now a little stronger, he aimed right at his master's chest. Then, he called his Zanpaktou's name. "Kabu... [i]Sanguijuela.[/i] " [color="#ffffff"](Translation, "Share, Leech.")[/color]
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For a second, nothing happened. Then a second after, Irghesu's reiatsu exploded into a level which was impossibly high for a Fracción. Then, his Zanpaktou, and later body, began to swell black, ballooned blobs, which eventually covered him and his sword. When the swelling was even, only his hollow mask remains were visible, a circle of bony teeth before around his mouth, were surrounding the whole of his face.Then the blobs exploded, releasing more reiatsu into the air, to reveal a transformed Arrancar, his chest bare and his hollow hole in the middle of it, the vertical wound gone, his legs still wearing slightly torn white pants with black lines running along the sides. His face and neck however were now black, and featureless except for the bony circle of teeth which were now an operating mouth. The blade he was holding had exploded completely.

Once again, he pointed, but this time at the Shinigami. He then spoke four words, in a screeching tone rather than his regular, deep one.

"Come at me, Shinigami."

(OoC: I'll post Irghesu's Resurrección in the OoC thread.)

[Dad]

A successful strike put Ryota on edge. "[i]To think he let me strike with such an easily parried attack. Somethin' isn't right,[/i]" he thought to himself. And just when Ryota had made such an assumption, the Espada began to target his Fraccion. "[i]Attacking his comrade!? In hopes of wha--[/i]", unfortunately, before he could complete this thought, the Espada began to swell with massive black boils all about his body. His reiatsu soared, far beyond that of what it was before. As the transformation came to a close, the Espada's massive black boils exploded, releasing more reiatsu. It was immense, but nothing that could throw Ryota off balance.

"[b]Come at me Shinigami![/b]" the Espada shrieked. It was almost as if the Espada was not even himself anymore. The reiatsu change was so vast, that Ryota began to figure out the ploy he had missed before.

"So, this is your strength. . . ," he began softly. "What are you trying to pull Farrieggo?" Ryota began to question harshly.

"When you released your blade," he said carefully, recalling what had just happened. Farriego had pointed his blade at the child. . . . the [i]Fraccion[/i]? It didn't make sense. "Naturally I expected you to become suddenly more powerful, but your reiatsu did not only rise, it also changed in sense."

Ryota believed he had figured out the ruse, but he wasn't one-hundred percent sure. "You're hiding something from me, [i]Espada[/i]. No more games. If we're going to do battle, then I suppose I'll have to take you more seriously," he said raising a finger, and targeting the Espada's left shoulder.

"Hadou Gou Shi: Byakurai." At his words, a sharp, concentrated stream of lightning released from his fingertip.

[Mugendramon]

If his head wasn't that of a Worm's right now, a grin would have appeared in Irghesu's face as he chuckled acutely while the Shinigami chanted. Effortlessly, the Fracción performed a quick Sonído as the Byakurai flew past. Once again, his voice pierced the skies as a screech; "You'll have to do far better than that to get to me. I wonder if you even have what it takes!" With that, he rose his head as he screeched yet another mad chuckle.

Farieggo still looked from above, his 'unusable' arm loose on the wind still. He couldn't help but jump in excitement as his Fracción futilely struggled against a Captain. [i]The fool. Thinking a lowly Números could hold on his own while invading? I guess he's lucky his Resurrección allowed him to copy my Reyrioku, otherwise our game would never be able to go past from appearances. [/i] The kid smiled to himself; [i]Let's see how long until I have to kick in.[/i]
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Down below, the substitute was thinking over what his opponent had said. The high-pitched voice once more spoke, replying in inverse order to what he was demanded with. "No WONDER I'm hiding something for you, I'd not go all out just to swat a fly! Changing Reiatsu, sure. You see, I'm different to most Arrancar out there. I'm the only current Espada- no- the [i]first[/i] Espada to ever be able to trigger several different Resurreccións! Since this is the weakest one, it is implied that the Reiatsu is different!"

With another Sonído, the fake Espada was facing the Captain, but he was bent over to half his height. Once in pose, he dived head-in for the Shinigami's stomach, with his teeth flawed sharp.

[Dad]

The Espada dived in head first at Ryota, with his teeth baring. But Ryota was too busy contemplating the fact this Espada could released possibly hundreds of times at this rate! His thinking caught him off guard, as the Espada dove in, he hardly escaped the dive bomb-like attack, as the Espada's teeth managed to sink into Ryota's left arm, during his late attempt to evade the maneuver.

"The record number of recorded releases by Espada up until now has been two," he said glaring at his bleeding left arm. "So tell me, what makes you so special, [i]Espada[/i]? Why is it you have more releases than any other Espada? Multiple releases. . .are you implying that you have more than one Zanpaktou?" Riddling with questions, Ryota began to get upset. He hated not understanding his enemy. Ignorance was a major disadvantage. "Never mind that. Normally I would like to learn more about my enemy efore erasing them from existence. But you've become nothing more than a nuisance. You stand in my way-- no. Soul Society's way of peace. I refuse to allow such arrogance to overcome this place. Because no matter how many releases you may have," he said as the sun around him seemed to turn into shadow.

"You cannot hope to defeat me, [i]Espada[/i]. You see, the gap between our powers is like the bridge between heaven and earth," he recited. Former Captain Byakuya Kuchiki once spoke these words, thousands of years ago. "Impassible. [i]Waga hadou tenichi kyokatsu[/i]," he uttered into the darkness that now completely surrounded him. "[i]Tetsuya.[/i]"

Suddenly, above, around, and below Ryota, everything began to turn into shadow, stretching far and wide[u][b]*[/b][/u]. The symbol on Ryota's back now began to flare a blood red color, as it burned into his back.

Down below, Shinigami squadron members began to scatter, trying to escape the darkness that was Tetsuya, and Hollow from all over began to panic, nearly killing each other in their attempt to escape.

Ryota hunched over slightly, grabbing at his head in pain. As he regained focus, the [i]Ten[/i] on his back shown an illusion in itself, and then settled into place. Ryota finally stood straight up, glaring harshly at the Espada now. Pointing and twisting his Zanpaktou at him. Nearly everything behind the Espada had also become covered in shadow, but this shadow was not ordinary.

[u][b]*[/b][/u]THATS WHAT SHE SAID

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Yoku had been thoroughly observing the tile that was placed off from the ground, but it had turned out to be nothing more than a simple broken tile, obviously from a battle that had gone on nearby. Yoku had run out of time, and by now, he knew that he must leave. He placed his blade swiftly into the dirt where he had been performing his observation, and hit a strong Reiatsu-based barrier. [i]"Wait, a barrier?"[/i] He thought to himself, before finally realizing he had found the Institute. [i]"It seems that they went very covert when designing this institute and decided to place it underground. Clever as it is, it is still probably wide-ranged across the Seireitei is that is true."[/i] He had discovered the location of the institute, but at that time, it was too late. At this time, he and the other Espada: Farieggo, Irghesu, and Alvaro had been in the Seireitei too long. Yoku had failed his mission, but not entirely. He was prepared to perform what was necessary to complete it, even if it meant he couldn't exactly do it himself.

Yoku was prepared to enter the barrier, but it was far to strong to just enter, and he knew that not just anyone could enter. Yoku had already begun a thorough investigation of how the barrier worked, but he only had a few minutes before they had to absolutely leave. The reason he was in such a rush to leave, is because he could feel the presence of Hell's Army, and several Captain-Level Shinigami running all around the Seireitei, obviously searching to "get rid of the competition." Yoku decided he could probably open a thin hole in the barrier's open-tiled area, but it would require forming Reiatsu around his hand, and then he'd have to convert the Reiatsu to a strong razor-like substance. With that said, he began to form the Reiatsu around his hand, but it was too late, his watch going off, signaling the time to leave the Seireitei.

Yoku could feel his fellow Espada stuck in their activities, and decided he would have to go grab them himself, since he really had no choice. [b]"Stupid Farieggo and his cursed substitute. I suppose I should go get them."[/b] He muttered to himself, irritated that he could not complete his mission in the allotted time. He quickly Sonido'd across the Seireitei, moving as fast as possible to reach his comrades, who he could obviously feel because they weren't even attempting to mask their Spiritual Pressure. He appeared right in between the middle of the fighters, smiling, placing his left hand on the back of his head. He had arrived without even a slight warning, and as he looked over into the direction of both people, he noticed Irghesu, whom had already released his Resurrecion. [i]"Already released?.... How pitiful."[/i]He thought to himself, staring over at the enemy of his comrades. Yoku was instantly struck by Ryota's attack, without fully realizing that it had happened. Yoku stood their, looking over in the direction of Ryota, staring clearly through the smoke as it dispelled, allowing Yoku to be clearly seen. The only damage to his body was his ripped cloak, and a small dirt mark on his right cheek.

Yoku sighed, then balled up his fist, growling at Ryota. [b]"Your the second Shinigami to attack me without warning! What the hell is wrong with you people?!"[/b] He screamed, obviously enraged. Yoku sighed, allowing himself to calm down, then turned his back from Ryota, unsheathing his blade, then placing it out towards his comrades. [b]"Farieggo, Irghesu, it's time to go. We've overstayed our welcome, and even the members of Hell are beginning to come on to our plans. They want us out of the way just as much as the Shinigami. Come on, we're to regroup with Alvaro right now. I've already set up a mean of exit from this realm."[/b] As he said that, he placed his blade into the ground, transferring a diluted red Reiatsu into the ground. As that happened, several undead bodies emerged from the earth, arms reaching up as they pulled out blades, their bodies spurting out disgusting purple substance, and small mounds shooting out smoke.

There was something different about these enemies compared to the ones that had been summoned to fight Ze'borova. The soldiers that he had summoned up before were simply normal dead souls, but these were somewhat upgraded. These soldiers were rotted remains of Shinigami who had perished in the Soul Society, and who bodies were absolutely mutilated by Hollows who had invaded. The mounds of purple substance were primarily from the earth itself, melding to complete their deteriorated bodies. The soldiers ran at Ryota, and meanwhile while they did that, he reached out his hand towards Irghesu and Farieggo. [b]"Let's go, it's time to find Alvaro. He should be somewhere near the middle of the Soul Society."[/b] At the very moment that he uttered those words, he Sonido'd away, rushing to Alvaro's location. At the moment he did arrive at Alvaro's location, he smiled. "It's time for us to go Alvaro. I didn't complete my mission, but I feel that I may have found something useful for our research of this realm." He said, chanting a slight bit, awaiting the Menos to open up the garganta so that they could use [i]Negacion[/i] and take them all back to Hueco Mundo.

Edit:
I took a hit for Irghesu about now. So I just edited it a little bit. But yeah, I'm trying to end the battle cause we need to start going back to Hueco Mundo.

[Reaper of Shadows]

"No matter," Alvaro replied to Yoku after he finished speaking. "You've done enough. What I'd wanted to accomplish here has been done. Thats all that matters. Where are the others," he asked. After a few seconds of no response Alvaro expanded his senses to feel for their reiatsu. " Ahh I see, they should be here shortly. To have gone so far as to use Resurrecction already though? We'll have to deal with that later." At that time the Garganta opened and they were swallowed up by a Negacion. In no time at all they were back on the coarse, dry sands of Hueco Mundo, just outside of the new Los Noches. "Do what you want," Alvaro said as he began walking away. "But meet in the thrown room in 3 hours. Let the others know when they arrive."

[Mugendramon]

(OoC: Soooooomeone ignored a released Shikaaaaaaaaai.)

Irghesu was still laughing madly after he jumped back. His voice was so mad-sounding, so high-pitched, Farieggo was starting to get annoyed. Then, however, as he came into realization that his Fracción had taken a bite on his opponent, the malicious smile returned to his face. He began yelling at his servant's opponent, while the former laughed on; "You got hit by Farieggo-[i]sama's[/i] technique, [i]Mordida![/i] You may have noticed your reiatsu sank a little, yes? And that Farieggo-[i]sama's[/i] reiatsu change slighlty? Well, Captain, this is because of the bite on your arm! Now, you should start feeling your reiatsu drop even further as you lose bloo-"

"[b]Waga hadou tenichi kyokatsu, Tetsuya[/b]."

As darkness spread far and wide, Farieggo could but look in annoyance, well, not looking at all, since his sight was completely obscured. Finally adjusting to the dark, he glared down at Irghesu. His Fracción was probably not sane anymore by now. [i]Heh heh. He shouldn't be playing around with a Reyrioku so many times greater than his own. I'd laugh if he exploded. [/i]As he was shrouded in Darkness, Irghesu stood completely still, as if he had been restrained in metal. The laughing didn't stop, however. Before he could yell any further madness, a familiar voice was heard, that of Yoku, specifically.

Asking to leave their fighting and rejoin with Alvaro, and then disappearing without further word or response, the Espada and his Fracción were left to themselves again. Farieggo would have ignored it and stayed had he been alone, but his facade would be in danger of being killed, judging by its current mental state. So, instead, he decided to take last-minute actions. From above, Farieggo performed a[i] Sin Sonído[/i] and appeared behind the Shinigami. With an air kick, he managed to distract the Shinigami enough to use a regular Sonído and get away from Ryota before his Shikai's abilities took any effect on them. Before he left however, Farieggo spoke off a final phrase. "It's been fun, Captain Satoshi. Farieggo-[i]sama[/i] will be back to finish the job. For now, [i]Adiós.[/i] "

After Farieggo was a safe distance away from the Captain, he reached into Irghesu's hollow hole, and grabbed a glass-looking sphere from inside of it. Taking it with his right hand, he crushed it, and as dark red smoke was released, Farieggo inhaled it. After the smoke was completely gone, the Fracción's head returned to its original form, and the remains of his hollow mast shrank.

Soon enough, after a couple of Sonídos, they were where the last trace of Alvaro and Yoku's presences were felt. "The bastards, they left without us!" Farieggo yelled angrily, while kicking his Fracción's leg for no proper reason. "I'll make someone pay for that!" Looking angrily at the silent Irghesu, who seemed in trance after being forcefully torn away from his Resurrección, he went on, and sighed. "Well, I'll open the Garganta myself. I won't allow you to screw up like you did today though, idiot. You listening?" Without even looking at him, the Fracción slowly and mechanically nodded. The black portal opened up, and Irghesu stepped in.

Before Farieggo stepped in, however, he turned around and looked down, as addressing Soul Society entirely. All around, other Gargantas, as well as hell's portals. Extending his hand down, he laughed like a child who had just scribbled on a wall after being told not to. "We'll be back, Soul Society. You can have this to remember us, until our leader can be assed to send us back." Dark red reiatsu shaped in his right palm, in the shape of a sphere. Farieggo once more giggled, and finally added; "Cero."

The powerful energy shot down, probably annihilating Hollow and Shinigami alike. Farieggo didn't see it hit, though, he had already been through the Garganta a second after he shot it. The portal closed up behind the two.

Soon enough, they arrived at Las Noches' door, as Farieggo yelled out loud. "We've arrived! Someone open the freaking door!"

[Mr.WHAM]

Ze'borova sighed. First the Espada released & then the Captain. "Something needs to be done..." He started his slow approach towards Ryota musing over how to handle him. In the midst of his thoughts, he was straining himself over the idiocy and bodies that lay all over the place. The damage the had wreaked the Seireitei, the Shinigami Haven, his home, was disatrous. He'd had enough. As Ze'borova approached the exiting battlefield, his reitsu began to intensify as lightning cracked from him, a brilliant light in the midst of the Shadows. Finally as he approached Ryota, Yoku's souls attacked. Once again he was annoyed. Trivial matters only meant for distractions. His face became somber as he uttered a small curse and his Zanpaktou began charging a ball of electricity. He intended not to waste time with the souls of fallen comrades, they would receive their peace once again. Calling out to Ryota he screamed, "If your going to release your Shikai at least intend to use it to its full capacity. Hand-" A dark red light permeated through the shadows as a Cero released from the Garganta hurled its way down unto the Seireitei. On instinct Ze'borova released the sphere of lightning he been charging beforehand. The 3 meter sphere collided with Cero, countering it, then exploded releasing a massive charged shockwave as the Cero was neutralized and anything that happened to have come from the same direction. A flash of light occured as Ze'borova's face, now angered, screamed and hurled himself into the dead Shinigami fray next to Ryota. "Come now, we fight for a haven..." he said a he released a blast of lightning from his left palm.

[◊ Hᵃᵏᵃˢᵉ ◊]

Meanwhile, in Las Noches, Yoku was sitting patiently, awaiting his comrades to come to the door, but it would figure that he was far more interested in what was happening in the Seireitei. He placed his hand, using his Reiatsu to form a small mirror, in which he looked into the battle through the eyes of the undead souls. By now, Yoku was full of laughter, and feeling quite giddy with himself, thus he decided to reform his souls to another location in the Seireitei. What the Shinigami didn't know was that each time they slaughtered a soul, they were simply releasing it into a Reiatsu cage, a hole if you would, in the Seireitei. Here, Yoku could use his Reiatsu from a distance to actively reform these souls, not necessarily where Ryota and Ze'borova were, but in another location of the Seireitei, so long as their soul was actively flowing throughout the realm.

Yoku reformed several souls into Shinigami garbs and robes, then allowed the fake souls to take on the image of real Shinigami. Yoku instinctively thought to change them into the Captains of the Soul Society, but he knew that would be too obvious. Yoku decided he would change them into the less known Soul Reapers that he had seen running around the Seireitei seaching for stragglers. At the time that he had properly formed their bodies, he noticed several Shinigami show up through the eyes of one of the souls. [i]"Hmph, seems we have some food for my weary soldiers."[/i] He thought to himself coldly, constructing a formulated plot that would allow his Shinigami to search through the Seireitei without being discovered. By now, the undead soldiers were hungry for flesh, and with several Shinigami at their disposal, Yoku allowed them to feed.

The Shinigami walked up to the now cloaked soldiers, whom by now were fully disguised to look like comrades. As one of the Shinigami went to place his hand on one of the soldier's shoulders, the soldier snapped back, grabbing a tight bite on the arm of the now spasmodic body of the Shinigami. The Shinigami began having a seizure as his body melted away thoroughly from the poison inside the soldiers bite. It was slow, but it was so powerful that steam could be seen coming from the Shinigami's pores. It was not until that preemptive strike that the Shinigami realized that these weren't their comrades, but it was far too late. Each soldiers took a bite, infecting the wandering Shinigami, as their bodies would slowly corrode away from infectant. The minerals and poisons that had formed these soldiers was now an infectious virus which was slowly transforming the Shinigami into more soldiers for Yoku. Yoku had never known that his soldiers could infect people into his followers, but now that he had seen this, he felt that maybe he could use this to his advantage.

At the tip of his focus and thinking, Yoku heard loud banging on the door to Las Noches, and with an immediate scowl, he stood up, dispelling the Reiatsu he had been using to watch his soldiers, and walking his way towards the door. By now, already halfway to the door, he could hear Farieggo complaining and screaming like the little kid he was. Yoku placed his hand to the door handle, then sighed, knowing that the minute he opened that door, the silence in which he could use his soldiers to thoroughly complete his procedure would be impossible. With that in thought, he opened the door, fearing it'd be far worse if he didn't open it now. [b]"Well, Farieggo, Irghesu, good of you to finally join us. Come, we have matters that we must discuss in about two hours or so, and Alvaro says it is of importance."[/b] Yoku spoke with a mightier tone, being a higher rank than Farieggo, he felt he had the immediate right to bear that over his head, but he never did, since he and Farieggo were very useful to each other when it came to working with each other's Resurrecion.

With Farieggo and Irghesu back at this time, and only a few hours to the upcoming meeting, Yoku sent his soldiers to hide in a nearby building, where he would allow them to die down. Yoku had made sure the soldiers moved the dying, corroding bodies of the Shinigami nearby them, and then dispelled their bodies. There was something different about these soldiers however, because when they had dispelled, by taking in Reiatsu from another living entity, they were capable of making themselves look like ordinary dead bodies. It would look as if a slaughter had happened at that corridor, and he was sure that no one of average intelligence would find it out. What he hadn't counted on was that there are people above intelligence that constantly position throughout the Seireitei.

[Sunshine Jesse]

Ukitake and Sareta exchanged blows for what seemed like hours on end, neither giving an inch. Both of them were similar in pretty much every given way; power, speed, strength, stamina, the only thing that was different was the nature of their abilities. "Hell Blast!" Sareta declared, a large beam of black and red energy shooting forth from his hand. Ukitake rather easily blocked and fired it back with his Shikai, but Sareta took advantage of this, his afterimage vanishing upon the blast hitting him. He appeared behind Ukitake, aiming to ram his sword through his chest, but this failed as well, Ukitake utilizing the advanced Shunpo technique known as "Utsutemi" to dodge it.

"Way of destruction #88... Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho!"

Ukitake released his wave of destruction right next to Sareta, the attack overtaking his body and exploding. "Dammit..." Sareta said, his armor somewhat cracked. He was tired, and it looked like for the first time in the fight, someone gained ground on the other. Of course, things weren't always as they seemed. No, Sareta was pissed off big-time now, and decided to stop holding back. He pointed his blade towards Ukitake, as his armor began to shatter. The skies around them darkened, as a wave of black energy surrounded Sareta's body, him gaining a cloak, and a massive axe. His face transformed into that of a skull, his appearance reminiscent of that of the grim reaper itself.

"Just like you Shinigami, I too have a Bankai of sorts. The difference however, is that my Bankai turns me into a being capable of guarding the Gates of Hell."

[i]"His reiatsu... it's massive!"[/i] Ukitake thought to himself, Sareta's Reiatsu so great that the ground under him began to crack. Ukitake began to perspire, anxious at the massive strength of his opponent, but he had an ace up his sleeve: his own Bankai.

This seemed to be a tturning point in the battle itself as well, the minions of Hell beginning to push the Shinigami back. The Captains began to grow weary in battle, and some of them even went as far as to retreat.

[b]"Ukitake Jushiro! Today is when the end of your pitiful race comes! Now, bow in fear to the gatekeeper of hell! The second strongest being in Hell itself! I am... SARETA TENSHI!"[/b] Sareta said, as the gate to hell opened up behind him, more and more Sinners flying out and attacking Shinigami. Sareta pointed his hand towards Ukitake, a massive wave of black energy ejecting from his hand.

Ukitake rose his blade up, the blast of energy being absorbed into his blade. "...there's too much power in this blast! If I redirect it, I leave myself open!"

"Now perish, Ukitake Jushiro! Perish along with your entire race! Hell... Blast!"

"No... no...[b]NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO![/b]"

The blast enveloped Ukitake's entire body, destroying the entirety of the Soukyoku Hill, and creating a massive explosion that could be seen for miles on end.

"I... failed..." Ukitake said, as he slowly shut his eyes, ready to accept oblivion. However, as he opened them once more, he looked at himself, only minor burns on his body.

"Katen Kyokotsu."

Shunsui appeared on the field, having defeated his previous opponent. "Shunsui, excellent timing." Ukitake said, standing back up, preparing both of his blades.
"The rules of this game are simple. You must bet damage you're dealing to your opponent. Then, both you and your selected opponent clash a single time, and whoever gets the first hit takes damage equal to what the original opponent bet." Shunsui said, pointing at Sareta. "You first."

"I bet my left arm, Shunsui Kyoraku!" Sareta said, both him and Shunsui clashing. Sareta got the first hit, but instead of Shunsui's arm being removed, a small cut merely appeared on his shoulder.

"...So you lied about the rules?"

"No. There's just more to this game than you expect. Ukitake, go!"

And so their battle continued...

[hr]
Inside the deepest prison in Hell, a lone figure stood there, his head slouched over, his arms tied up over his head and swords stabbed into his chest. "How long have I been here? Has it been days? Weeks? Months? It seems like an eternity. This accursed orb in my chest... prevents me from being embraced by death. I suppose immortality is a curse after all." the man said, looking up in front of him, a massive throne in view.

On the throne, sat a tall figure, with a long, red cape. His hair was bright red, going down past his shoulders, and he had blood red eyes. His build was muscular as well, and he wore black pants, black boots, and a red shirt truly fitting of royalty, with a long gold necklace around his neck, a red jewel situated in the center.

Suddenly, Zarkus himself entered the throne room, his hand on his sheathe. "I'm sure you know why I'm here." he said, pointing his blade towards the bound man. "Now release him, or your kingdom will fall here and now, Lucifer."

Lucifer stood up from his throne, and utilized an incredibly fast high speed movement technique, appearing in front of Zarkus at speeds nearing that of sound itself, aiming to punch him in the stomach. Zarkus quickly responded, unsheathing his own sword and barely managing to block the attack, being knocked back several meters.

"You can track my movements, and have impressive reiatsu. I guess we'll see if you're powerful enough to free my most valued prisoner: Sosuke Aizen."
[hr]

Their fight had been going on for a while, both Ukitake and Shunsui having sustained a massive amount of wounds, but nothing fatal. Sareta was comparitively unharmed, not so much as a scratch. Sareta's turn just ended, Shunsui gaining a new cut on his neck.

"Sareta, there's one final thing I forgot to tell you." Shunsui said, panting, obviously tired. "Ukitake, you know what to do." Ukitake said, nodding, as he rose up his finger. Shunsui did the same, a massive amount of dark energy forming between them.

[i]"Seeping crest of turbidity. Arrogant vessel of lunacy!"[/i]

"Are you kidding me?! I've yet to recieve any damage! And you honestly expect me to believe that I'll even be harmed!?"

[i]"Seeping crest of turbidity. Arrogant vessel of lunacy!"[/i]

"Wait... attempting an attack of such power... such drain... No.. No! It can't be!" Sareta said, his voice beginning to grow somewhat desperate. He realized what the nature of Shunsui's ability was, now, as he dashed forth, attempting to strike Ukitake down, but to no avail, as it wasn't his turn.

[i]"Boil forth and deny! Grow numb and flicker!"[/i]

"Stop it... stop it... [b]stop it![/b] Sareta said, his attacks speeding up, his desperation increasing. As he realized exactly what was going on, his attacks grew more and more pained; he was only managing to fatigue himself further.

[i]"Boil forth and deny! Grow numb and flicker!"[/i]

"It's not fair... [b]it's not fair![/b]" he said, firing massive blasts of energy at the both of them. His tempermant right now was that of an angry child throwing a temper tantrum, but as he attacked, he slowly became a caged rat.

[i]"Disrupt sleep! Crawling queen of iron!"[/i]

Sareta let out yet another loud scream, as he realized the folly of his ways. Because he attempted a kill shot at every moment, he failed to realize the nature of Shunsui's ability:

[i]"Eternally self-destructing doll of mud! Unite! Repulse! Fill with soil and know your own powerlessness!"[/i]

You can only damage those as much as you've been damaged yoruself.

[i]"Eternally self-destructing doll of mud! Unite! Repulse! Fill with soil and know your own powerlessness!"[/i]

[b]"God dammit, you accursed Shinigami!"[/b]

"And now, Sareta Tenshi, I condemn you to death. Hadou 90..." Ukitake said, a massive black coffin surrounding Sareta's body.

[b]"Kuro Hitsugi."[/b]

Suddenly, thousands of blades rained from every direction, dicing Sareta to ribbons, his cloak completely destroyed. He looked up at Shunsui, blood surrounding him, as primal fear enveloped his body.

"Sareta Tenshi, I condemn you to death. Hadou 90..." Shunsui said, yet another massive black coffin surrounding Sareta. The gravity within it decreased, as Sareta could only whimper, hitting the ground with his hand. That's all he could do, really...

[b]"Kuro Hitsugi."[/b]

...as he was nothing more than a dangerous animal who had to be put down.

[Dad]

Before Ryota could manage to finish off his enemy, another Espada appeared, one he wasn't expecting. Knowing he was surrounded, Ryota had prepared to swallow them all up at once, but he was caught off guard with a defensive kick to his head, as the Espada flew in cowardice. As a final goodbye, the Espada threw a Cero towards Seireitei, but as always, in the nick of time, Ze'borova was there to defend the only place Ryota could now call home. "Until we meet again, [i]Espada[/i]," Ryota said, staring into the closing Garganta as it sealed away.

Back to matters at hand, Ryota had heard Ze'borova 's cry to fight for their haven. But taking down a few undead Shinigami was not a problem for this state of Ryota's shikai. Stabbing his blade into the shadow under him, hundreds of dimensional holes appeared around the undead Shinigami, as Tetsuya pierced through their heads. Withdrawing Tetsuya, he sealed his blade away, and watched as the far stretching shadow withdrew to it's point of origin, and eventually disappeared. "How's that my friend? Enough power for you?" he said chuckling. The undead Shinigami fell to the ground, as their bodies corroded back into the earth.

[hr]

Ryota was disgusted at the mess that had spread over Soul Society. Hundreds upon hundreds of fallen Shinigami Soldiers lie dead at the hands of Espada and other hollow. This would not go unpunished.

"Let's clean up this mess. We've got to find a way into Hueco Mundo, and shut down the Espada for good," he suggested. Targeting the source was the easest way to defeat the queen. So if the hive had burned to the ground, the Espada would have no place to run to. But Ryota had a sneaky suspicion that the Espada weren't going to be their only problem.

[Reaper of Shadows]

'Zarkus' was the only thought that ran through Alvaro's mind as he lay in his chambers meditation. Around him, hundreds of tendrils of shadow were waving about, emerging from every inch of the floor, walls, and ceiling. Alvaro breathed deeply in and out before tensing slightly. He let out a small amount of reiatsu and the tendrils began changing shape. They all sharpened to a point before converging in on themselves, forming massive shapeless blobs. From each blob a generic Shinigami face appeared, before growing and forming into miniature full body Shinigami figure. They all settled to the floor before crumbling into dust and vanishing.

"Three hundred, sixty four...and counting" he said to himself as he stood up. "Three hundred Shinigami dead. All unseated officers. Versus seven hundred ninety four hollows. All less than adjuchas level." he had already confirmed how many hollows died. Using his powers he was able to estimate how many shinigami had died based on the position, angle, and size of their shadows. Dead bodies still had shadows, and unlike living ones, their shadows remained perfectly still, undisturbed by something as little as breathing.

He stretched briefly before checking the time. "Five minutes, time to go." He approached the nearest wall and walked through it, appearing in the throne room.

"Excellent, everybody is already here. First order of business," he began as those assembled began to settle down, "Be on guard. Though our goal was not to cause untold amounts of havoc and destruction," a few gathered laughed, "we've done so anyway. Soul Society is guarenteed to respond with some assault of their own so be ready. Second, the Visored leader, Ze'borava Preyn. I don't have to tell you how much trouble we'd had with the Visored in the past. Highly dangerous, highly unpredictable. Leave him to me. If need be, I will kill him. However, if it comes to it and you see him, the non Espada should flee. To my Espada above four, if you use your Resurrection you should be fine. To my stronger espada under four, you wilk be able to defeat him without the use of you're Resurrection. His main notable attribute is speed anyway, but strike hard and fast. Do NOT allow him to use his Bankai nor his mask."

"And now to the main order of business. Hell appears to have struck while we were busy in the Soul Society. The end result as of yet is unconfirmed, but I do know the Captains Ukitake and Kyoraku were involved in battle with Sareta. Regardless of the result, it will be in our favor." Alvaro yawned briefly. "That is all. Oh and Farriego. Be more careful in the future, you and your fraccion. The use of resurrection is acceptable, but the last thing I want is for your little ruse to get discovered. I still have plans for those...abilities of you and your fraccions. Dismissed."

[Mr.WHAM]

The battlefield was strewn with bodies...masses upon masses of bodies. Shinigami and Hollow alike. He looked at Ryoa, a smile cracking over his face. "Your are...correct. I will make this battlefield a final resting place & a memorial for the losses we've suffered here." Ze'borova was never usually this solemn but his chest beat down on him massively so. 'I must find her...' Raikou sheathed Ze'borova outstreched his hand and pushed Ryota behind him. "Brace yourself." The air felt heavy as Ze'borova's reitsu spiked, to points that even Zaraki would be concerned. However the intense reitsu flashed, only around for a few seconds. Even so nearby unseted Shinigami began choking as it incredibly massive wall of electricity formed. Releasing the energy, all the dead rotting bodies of the Shinigami and hollow alike were wiped away, not even ash left, as the wall went over their deterioating bodies. Ze'borova movd the wall so that it would destroy all he bodies in the fallen area. It took a few seconds but the job was nearly complete a the light coming from the lightning brightened. The energy began to form the wings and maw of a dragon, hovering over the former battlefield. Ze'borova' reistu spiked once more however nowhere near as intense as before, indicating that the particular lightning he used was not just average. 'But then you' have to be intelligent to truly figure out how Raikou and I work. I don't even thing Alvaro ully understands, though he knows of my speed and some of my strength.' Ze'borova closed his open palm as specks of light trickled down the lightning dragon, solidifying hovering above the war zone as a eternally silent monarch would his kingdom. "This place will be known as ドラゴンのデン, the Dragon's Den. Ryota, want something to hit, use this. It's incredibly durable as it can probably take a Cero Oscuras and remain unfazed. Plus I'll give you a present, well the Soul Society a present, in case of any more attacks." Ze'borova walked to the statue and filled it the massive, half mile high structure with reitsu. He mused that should be enough. "Ryota, two things. 1, I'll need some food. But most importantly, I think the head of the R & D division to see me. If he's anything like he previous one's he'd love to see what I can do." With that, he began walking back into the Soul Soceity, tired but happy.

[i]"Raikou, I still need to be able to use distant and other forms o manipulation and this heart...[/i]"

[i]"Yes. Yes. Yes. WE will train but go to the R&D. That heart will be the death of you if you can't control it. When will you tell them...?

"I think they already know..."
[/i]

[Mugendramon]

The Espada and his Fracción were opened the door by Yoku, who Irghesu ignored completely, still in his post-Resurrección trauma. Farieggo however stopped by the door and at Yoku's feet -being this so only because of Farieggo's low height,- looked up with his single grass-green eye into Yoku's and spoke.

"My apologies for abandoning my assigned guard post, but it doesn't seem like anything happened back here while we attacked anyways. We're back as you asked. I didn't like you interrupting us in the slightest," the child sighed and shrugged, "but since you've got a higher Rank I can't do anything about it now can I." Without a warning however, the brat dealt a rather strong kick at the opposing Espada's knee, dropping his head to the child's face. "Don't do that crappy "[i]leave me alone in Seireitei surrounded by freaking Captains"[/i] again, please, or next time I'll aim that kick higher." He giggled, and walked on as he heard the nearby sound of Alvaro's blunt Sonído. [i]He may be the strongest of us here, but he certainly isn't stealthy now is he? Not like I'm the one to talk considering what I did as soon as I hit Soul Society though, heh heh.[/i]
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Farieggo himself didn't even bother to Sonído through the wall like his Fracción did, but rather broke the wall to pieces with a punch, still annoyed at both of his fellow Espada abandoning him in enemy territory.

Glaring at the rest of the present Espada, Farieggo took his seat at the table, in a slightly higher chair to have him be at the height of the others. The kid had always disliked how Alvaro occupied the throne which Zarkus normally occupied, that which had once belonged to their leader, Sozuke Aizen.

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Placing his right hand on his cheek while laying the elbow against the table, Farieggo silently listened quietly. [i]Yet another of Alvaro's idiotic strategy talks. I wonder how many will have to fail before he realizes they don't work.[/i]
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As the head Espada mentioned the Visored leader, he sat straighter, taking a good listen to what he said. [i]So I can use my Resurrección to my heart's contempt? Heh heh. I wonder how would a Visored react to Desprecio. That'll be a good point to test before I kill him.[/i]
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[b]"Oh and Farieggo."[/b] At the sole mention of his name the kid fixed his eye on the speaking Hollow. He raised his right arm and commanded Irghesu to stand next to him, which the hardly-responding Fracción did. Farieggo then pointed at the man's face, then at his own Hollow hole. "Did you know, Alvaro, that a Resurreción can be forced into sealing by performing a certain action on the released individual' hole? This dumbass here would probably be either dead or still fighting that Captain back in Soul Society. The fact that I can do this already makes me good enough as to literally make anyone standing in this room powerless. You're not even supposed to be bossing anyone around. We determined right after we found out Aizen's suicide that Zarkus would be our leader until we found someone suitable to lead us Espadas. So, tell me," Farieggo giggled, "where is Zarkus right now? I haven't seen him around lately, and he isn't where he should be right now, [i]certainly,[/i] " Once again, with a defying smile, his right hand pointed at the throne Alvaro was sitting on.

Of course, the Resurrección suppression talk was not nearly as true as he had made it sound like. Truth is, he could only perform it with a certain amount of time, on a still target. This made Irghesu's easily removable, as he stood idle for a couple of seconds after he had drained Reiatsu out of the Captain.

Having presented his taunt, and not in the mood for listening to an answer, he stood up, punched his Fracción in the stomach, to which it bent down in pain. The lesser Arrancar soon stood up and followed, though. Before exiting the meeting room through the same hole he had come in through, he stopped and turned around, as he clipped the other half of his hair to the jawbone above his face. "And get my name right already. It's Farie[b]gg[/b]o, not Fa[b]rr[/b]iego. You've been annoying me a lot with that lately.

As soon as he was outside of view from the hole, he used Sin Sonído to get away from the scene, without making a noise. He was quite happy with the mood he had set in the Meeting Room, however.

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Yoku sat there, staring at the chair that the once irritable Farieggo had been sitting. He sighed, taking in a deep breath to show how irritated he had become with the young Espada. "Alvaro, why do we put up with that little brat?.... I understand that he is a comrade and all, but I find that he is so reliant on the power of his 'Fraccion.' Does a simpleton such as himself even deserve one at his age?" He said, questioning Alvaro. As he said that, he instantly changed the subject, moving his eyes over to Alvaro, placing both his hands together, holding them about eye level. "I do however have a question that has been on my mind as well, where has Zarkus placed himself? The room feels somewhat, [b]'dull,'[/b] seeing you in the throne. I understand that your powerful and all, but I've come to realize that a lot of your strategies are not moving along as proposed. I think our first means of business should be figuring out where Zarkus is..." Just as he was speaking, a sharp pain came into his left arm, as he grabbed it with his right, cringing at the random pain. "Heh, damn that Ze'borova, once again he foils my plans. He killed off the dead Shinigami that I was using to invade the Research and Development Institute.... Bad idea in the same case however." He smirked, considering the fact that since his soldiers were made of poisonous minerals that were in the Seireitei's ground, and the Reiatsu which formed it, he had let loose poison Reiatsu into the air. It was only a matter of time before someone consumed that Reiatsu for use, and became his miserable soldier.

Yoku continued to sit there, then started to mumble something to himself, before standing up, and turning himself to Alvaro. "Alvaro, it seems we might have to find Zarkus before we can get that miserable brat to actually obey us. What concerns me is that his little [b]'substitute'[/b] hasn't attempted to kill Farieggo yet. Oh well, I guess it is none of our concern." By now, Yoku felt he was getting off topic, and decided to become serious. "Alvaro, you know that by now Zarkus has probably attempted to rescue Aizen from the pits of Hell. I don't see him having the strength to kill Lucifer, but I do see him at least having the power to return Aizen to us." He looked away towards the door of the meeting room now, then smiled. "Farieggo will receive punishment in due time, but I'd rather use him for the sheer fun of torturing those Shinigami."