Bleach: Advent of Hell's Army

[Reaper of Shadows]

The temperature in the air plummeted as Alvaro's reiatsu skyrocketed. It climbed higher and higher, growing so large that some of the members in the room started sweating. Yoku, who had just been about to leave the room turned around in mild awe and heavy confusion. The walls began to tremble as Alvaro's reiatsu continued to emanate out from him. The whole of Las Noches shuddered as his reiatsu spread outward from the small throne room, as dense and oppressive as it was at its center.

Shadows began to rise up from Alvaro as he was blanketed in a deep black aura, almost completely obscuring his features, save for white slits that had appeared where his eyes were. Then in one instant, Alvaro's reiatsu exploded outward, collapsing the remaining walls in the room and destroying the ceiling. Hastily the rest of the members dodged the falling debris.

From outside of the meeting room, a shadow tendril quickly leaped from the wall, attempting to ensnare Farieggo. He managed to dodge the first one, and the second that followed, but was caught by the third, fourth, and fifth. They tightened around his body, holding him in a vice like grip. A thinner tendril rose from Farieggo's own shadow and slowly wrapped itself around his neck. It sqeezed, tighter and tighter as though to choke the life out of him. Then the pressure was slowly released and Farieggo was released from the hold. The tendril disappeared...save the one that was now wrapped around his neck loosely. He heard Alvaro's voice in his ear, "Your only warning," before that and the tendril disappeared.

In the meeting room, Alvaro looking normal again, was completely unfazed by the events that had just transpired. He fixed a long steely gaze on every occupent before he opened his mouth. "Doubting me...means doubting the one who appointed me, Zarkus himself. Doubting my plans means doubting Zarkus's plans. And calling my strategies a failure means calling Zarkus a failure. And I don't particularly appreciated you calling Zarkus a failure. Now I'm not in the business of repeating myself so I'll just say this. What you judge as failure I may not. We will succeed in what we have accomplished, regardless of how things may seem, and if you think otherwise lets clear that up right now." Silence. Alvaro continued. "If you don't like the way I do things, then why don't you make me change them." Again there was silence. "That's what I thought. So for the second time, and I trust there will be no additional commentary this time...dismissed. Get out of my sight." He then slowly walked out of the room. He needed to go destroy something

[Mugendramon]

"Oh, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, ALVARO!" Farieggo started yelling in annoyance as the tendrils futilely attempted to grab him and Irghesu. After three or four dodges, one of them caught his left arm. He considered for a second at move it and free himself from it, but then everyone in that room would have noticed the arm could actually be used, and ruin yet another of his little tricks. So instead, he let himself get caught.

He noticed his mistake as he was choked by a thinner, yet seemingly stronger tentacle around his neck. Farieggo intended to clutch the tentacle and rip it apart, but the lack of air weakened him considerably. Instead he decided to raise his right hand in sign of surrender, and he was let go. But the neck's tendril stayed, lashing him like a dog. [i]The bastard... I'm going to get back at him, soon enough.[/i]
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As the held-down child reentered the room accompanied by his subordinate, the highest Espada spoke once more. [b]"Your only warning."[/b]
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In that precise moment Farieggo nearly snapped. Luckily for him, Irghesu had just regained his consciousness and spoke to Alvaro, on his Espada's behalf. "Excuse him Alvaro-sama, you know how childish can Farieggo-chan turn out if provoked-" Farieggo kicked Irghesu in the leg as soon as he heard the [i]chan. [/i]"I TOLD YOU I'M NOT A CHILD AT ALL! I'M THE FREAKING CUARTA ESPADA, WITH ONLY ONE FREAKING ARM. DON'T DARE CALL ME THAT AGAIN SCUM, OR I'LL GUT YOU [i]MYSELF![/i] "

Alvaro began speaking again, speaking pure hogwash. Zarkus wouldn't appoint someone as Alvaro for a leader, even if he was the strongest among them all. It's not like he had told anybody before he left anyways. Farieggo knew all he said untrue, but Alvaro was actually more clever than the child had first thought. Every time he would open his mouth, the tendril around his neck would tighten and prevent him from speaking. Every time it happened, Irghesu would chuckle silently and happily, only to be gazed by Farieggo, who had now unclipped his right-side hair, and clipped the left, so that his red eye would be visible instead of the green one. This provided him a view of the tentacle's holding, so that he could detach it from his shadow as soon as the speech was over.

The stiffy Espada finished his talk, and retreated to his quarters. Before going after him however, Farieggo did a couple of things.

The first thing he did was to call his Fracción, and point at as specific spot in the dark tentacle. Irghesu understood, and with a slash of his Zanpaktou the tendril was gone. He then turned around, and the lesser Hollow tried to run from his master as the latter pronounced, with a smile on his face, "Chan". Before he got far however, he knocked his Fracción unconscious. He had no use for him if all he would do was apologize after him. There would be no use in an apology after what he planned on doing to Alvaro.

The second thing he did, was walk up to Yoku, hands in his pockets, jumped on the table as to stand in the edge facing him, and played his cards. "You know what the best part of hiding my Reiatsu to Fracción-level is? Even minor Reiatsu disturbances affect me. As you know, [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXl9kEfFdI4&feature=BFa&list=PL0E8E8EE093154D6E&index=15"]even Garganta have slight hints of Reiatsu to them[/url]. This is due to them opening in other dimensions with an energy different to ours'. Because of this, a Garganta whose other end is in the human World won't have the same residual Reiatsu as one opening in Soul Society. So right now, I can sense a Garganta still open somewhere inside of this monstrous Las Noches. And this particular one, it has neither the Reiatsu from the human world [i]or[/i] Soul Soicety. Alvaro is hiding something from us, probably about Zarkus. I don't know about you, but I'm going to find out what it is." Smiling down on the Espada, who was actually higher-ranked than him, he raised his right hand and played with the sword inside of the wing in his outfit. "Are you coming with me to find out, or not?"

Before receiving an answer, Farieggo jumped from the table with a front flip, landing on his feet behind Yoku's chair. With a slight chuckle, he added; "Oh, and I'm sorry for the kick earlier. It won't repeat, [i]probably.[/i] "

(OOC: The link is to a Bleach OST, which would play as he explains. ;D)

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Yoku listened silently to the young Espada and stood up from his chair which he had stood up from before, and sat back down in again, almost like a repeating process. He looked at Farieggo, letting out a slight sigh of annoyance. He hated Farieggo with all his life, but as far as he was concerned, he needed to find out why Alvaro was acting so suspiciously when Zarkus was brought up. "Fine, I'll go with you.... But understand this, I do not want a fight with you. We are comrade, and as far as I'm concerned, whether Alvaro is our real leader or not, he is at the moment, so I will follow under him willingly. Unlike you, I am dedicated." He muttered to the young kid, following after him.

"Where exactly is this garganta, if you don't mind me asking? I know I'm supposed to be good at sensing Reiatsu, but for some reason, I can't-" Suddenly, he grew quiet, his eyes widening. "I can feel it as well now.... Maybe you aren't as dumb as I always supposed you were. What should we do about this? If Zarkus really is past that garganta, wouldn't you believe he is..... In Hell?" The words seemed to roll off his tongue sheepishly, as his lips chapped up at the bare mention of the word. Yoku had never been very "conceptual" and believing when it came to Hell, but he was very sure that going there would be a big mistake on their part. He however, had faith in his comrade.

Yoku grabbed up his blade which was originally on his shoulder, and placed it on his hip, making sure he had quick and easy access to it in case of emergency. Unlike Farieggo, he was very wary of bad situations which could occur at the most occult places, such as Hell. And judging by how long it was taking Zarkus to get back, he knew that something bad was going on down there, and he really didn't need to get in the middle of it. "Farieggo, one more question...?" He seemed unsure speaking those words, but decided that talking to the young Espada would be a good idea. "If we bring Zarkus back.... Do you think Alvaro will attempt to fight him for the leader position?" He spit the words out of his mouth, disgusted by the bear mention of war upon his own kind between any comrades.

There was nothing Yoku had expected from the young man, but he only supposed that he would give a dumb and simple answer, such as "yes" or "no." But, this was not to be, for once Farieggo had decided to give him a valid answer, and he was appalled at what depth Farieggo was going to find Zarkus. Yoku had never put much effort into finding the garganta, but he supposed that was Alvaro's fault. Alvaro had convinced him with a thorough lie, telling him that Zarkus had left him a note, appointing him leader of the Espada due to resignation. He at first hadn't believed it, but Zarkus was gone so long, he did not think much of it anymore. He had supposed that maybe, Alvaro was telling him the truth, when now, as he stood beside the immature excuse of an Espada, Farieggo, he realized that maybe the young one, was the one telling the truth.

[Mugendramon]

[b]"Where exactly is this garganta, if you don't mind me asking? I know I'm supposed to be good at sensing Reiatsu, but for some reason, I can't-" [/b]Farieggo grinned in satisfaction as Yoku proved himself wrong, and pointed at a corridor, whose direction he didn't know, or frankly cared. He knew the Garganta was around somewhere, but where exactly was hard to tell. [b]"-he is..... In Hell?" [/b]The child walked silently for a second, and the answered, not in his usual amused tone, but in a rather serious one. "That is what I was thinking, too. If Aizen-sama is in Hell, because I doubt his actions would lead him up, it arises possibility to a second and third theories. As a second one, it is possible that Alvaro had nothing to do with Zarkus's disappearance, that he went on his own to look for Aizen-sama." Looking around, to see whether there was someone else following them, and even speeding up, he went on; "The third one, and most likely in my opinion, is that Alvaro is directly [i]under[/i] Hell. See, he spoke perfectly well about Ze'whatever, and told us he's the priority, whereas he spoke of Satera's encounter with the Shinigami Captains as something good. I also find interesting how not only I perceived no reiatsu from this "Sareta", who I assume is a Hellkin, but how Alvaro is so calmly ignoring Las Noches's golden rule, that which Aizen-sama himself set up for us. Remember it, right? Espadas Cuarta and below have it forbidden to release their Resurreción inside of Las Noches. The bastard released it in the [i]Throne Room[/i] . I might be insolent alright," At this point he chuckled a little, but then returned to his calm self, "but I see [i]that[/i] fit more punishment than whatever I did. He did it anyways, meaning he is [i]not[/i] expecting Zarkus [i]or[/i] Aizen-sama to return to us. See where I'm headed?"
Farieggo and Yoku still walking aimlessly through the extension of Las Noches, questions another question was asked by Yoku. Farieggo, with his red eye still seeing as to find either Alvaro's chambers or the odd-reiatsu Garganta, stopped dry at it.

[b]"If we bring Zarkus back.... Do you think Alvaro will attempt to fight him for the leader position?"[/b]
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Farieggo turned around, and looked up at the other Espada, with the look a child has when he's found something colorful he doesn't understand. That eye, that piercing red eye, looking brightly at the thought of Alvaro gone. Then in a flash he was back at his serious expression, as if the happy glare just now had been fake. "I actually expect so. And you probably know as well as I do, Alvaro can do nothing at Zarkus. We have already witnessed it, how Zarkus toyed around with most of us when he first took control. If five could do nothing, how could one do so?"

Not thinking too much about anything in particular, Farieggo began performing his silent Sin Sonído, until he could feel the strange Reiatsu from the Garganta as if it were a mouth breathing it. His eyes widened as he realized the emanated Reiatsu was far stronger than any Soul Society had ever had. With a "silent" punch on the wall next to him, the gigantic black mouth was in front of him, breathing Reiatsu like he had never felt. So dim, yet so present. The feeling practically made Farieggo want to draw his plastic, inoffensive blade from his uniform. Slapping himself with his right arm, he clipped his tongue as he scanned the room in search of Alvaro, but these were not his chambers. So he opted for turning around and waited until Yoku showed up once more. [i]Segunda Espada my ass[/i], the child thought. [i]He can't keep up with a child.[/i]

[Reaper of Shadows]

"And that's all there is too it," Alvaro said to a seemingly empty room. He was currently relaxing in his 'chambers' so to speak. Located deep in the Menos forest, accesible only through a special portal he created himself. It wasn't the best solution, no, the best solution would've required the use of his Segunda, but it worked. And this little room was composed of a special reiatsu absorbing material, combined with a modified version of his Shadow Armor, making it neigh impenetrable and undetectable. The small leaks that occur with anything containing reiatsu combined with that of the surrounding hollows, effectively masking the scent.

"Are you sure?" An unknown voice replied back.

"Have you known me to doubt myself?" Alvaro replied back calmly. "Of course I'm sure. There were some...mild error on my part I suppose, but things are working out as they should."

"If you're certain. I will take care of things on my end. Out." The voice faded.

Alvaro slowly began to pace as his mind whirled. 'Yes, some...mild errors. But it seems like everything is working out as it should. I was a little worried at first, but only because I relied too much on gaining the loyalty of the Espada. Ha, soon that will prove to be uneccessary.'

Contrary to what might be believed, Alvaro made little to no wasted moves. Everything he did had a purpose; every move he made was an means to an end. What that end was, only he knew. But his actions earlier that day were neither unplanned nor wasted. Alvaro was not truly upset or offended by Farieggo. From day one, he'd come to expect those sort of antics from him. Yoku...unplanned, his actions were, but once again not unexpected. "Still I'd imagined he'd be a bit more loyal," Alvaro muttered to himself. Not that it mattered.

See, Alvaro as much as everyone else wanted to know what was going on in hell beyond what his informant was telling him. And how better to do that than to send someone in? He couldn't go himself for...reasons of his own, nor could he spare forces and send someone in. Hmmm what a dilema he'd faced. At least, until Farieggo's outburt. He'd known it was coming, just not when. Today was the perfect day for it, and to enact his plan. So when Farieggo had caused a scene, it had given Alvaro an opportunity to feign anger, and partially release his resurrection. In the distraction created by the explosion of reiatsu he created a shadow creature that he combined with Farieggo's shadow. Naturally he vented a little anger at the same time and left a decoy for Farieggo to destroy. Then all he had to do was contact his 'accomplice' and have them create a two way Garganta leading to hell and he was all set up. He found it ironic, the person who dispised and suspected him the most was going to set his plans into motion without realising it. 'And now for one more thing and we can began.'

He held up his wrist where a black band lay. "Ze'borava...we need to meet."

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Yoku was now content with the answers he had received from the child. By now, he was falling behind, but mostly because he had been observing his surroundings for some time. Yoku wasn't stupid, and he could easily sense what Alvaro had done to Farieggo's shadow, but he felt he had no reason to bring it up. Instead, he continued the barrage of questions. "Why do you keep looking at me with those piercing red eyes...? They make me feel as if I've done something wrong." He said, his eyes calm acute as they stared directly into the back of Farieggo's head. He, himself had piercing eyes on him. He had to remain loyal to Alvaro, as was his job, but at the same time, he was skeptical of how Alvaro had been reacting to all the constant situations. Alvaro's outburst in the meeting room had basically destroyed Las Noches, but then again, it was only influenced by Farieggo's lack of mind.

Trailing now behind Farieggo, Yoku was deep in thought, concerned as to whether he should strike the child down, or walk beside him. He felt that staying beside the child was a much better idea than putting himself on the line to die. Yes, Yoku [b]was[/b] the [i]Segunda Espada[/i], and while he showed signs of weakness, he was nonetheless powerful. He had never actually released his blade in battle, only once when he had to fight for his position as [i]Segunda Espada[/i], and even then, he kept the secrets of his [i]Segunda Etapa[/i] a mystery. Yoku was a member in the limelight when it came to the Espada, and while he was known by all of the members, he was nothing more than quiet during every meeting. He would arrive, listen to the leader babble on about whatever, then arise from his chair, and exit the room. The leaders already knew never to expect much from Yoku, simply because he never would give them enough.

Yoku heard Farieggo answer his question regarding Alvaro fighting Zarkus, but even so, he did not feel the same confidence in Zarkus that Farieggo felt. Zarkus was naturally powerful, and gifted with the energy of Hueco Mundo in his hands. He knew that Zarkus could destroy Hueco Mundo, the very dimension, in a heartbeat, but as for Alvaro, his powers were a mystery to Yoku. Even the man who keeps tabs on all the Espada, the man whose intelligence skyrocketed him to the [i]Segunda Espada[/i] position, could not find data on Alvaro. He finally snapped away from his thought when Farieggo hit the wall, then listened to the deep breathing of the garganta. It sounded almost monster-like, and as if it might have been alive. Yoku was not convinced, and as he removed from his face, glasses which so poorly supported his already lacking sight, he could see, deeper into the garganta.

"Farieggo-san, before you take a step into that garganta.... I feel you should know three things. First of all, if your so good at sensing Reiatsu, then how come you couldn't sense the shifting Spiritual Pressure radiating from your own shadow?" As he said that, he saw a slight flash in Farieggo's shadow, and like a slow-motion replay, he could plainly hear a beast-like grow emit from his shadow. "Since it's in your shadow, killing it could affect you, which means we will have to wait until it actually emerges to attack." He was silent for a moment as he cracked his neck. "Secondly, this isn't a real garganta. I believe it's a living [i]Adjucha[/i] whose mouth looks formidable to that of a garganta. It is probably how it eats unknowing Hollows." Finally, he was onto the third thing, which he knew that Farieggo wasn't going to like to hear. "Third, I was meant to come with you as a ruse, to throw you into Hell where you would be consumed by the undead souls which reside there. However, you are my teammate, and I came here to instead assist you with this complication." He was quiet, and took a deep breath, letting out a deep sigh. "You may be the first [i]Espada[/i] beside Alvaro to see my release. He is the only person beside Zarkus that has seen my release, considering that I've helped both of them train using my 'puppets.' It's time now you see just how loyal I am to my comrades." He said to him, pointing back to Las Noches. "There, back at our own grounds, is where we will find the garganta leading to Hell. Only problem, it's in Alvaro's quarters."

[Reaper of Shadows]

Alvaro nearly laughed aloud as he heard Yoku's words. "Once again, unplanned by not unsurprised. Hmmm you certainly are an enigma Yoku. Almost as much as myself. I'be been able to gleam very little from the spying I've done," Alvaro shrugged. "I honestly didn't expect you to tell him about the shadow. At least, not this soon. Seems I'll have to rush things a bit. He stood up before briging his wrist back to his mouth.

"Sorry about that, I had to check on things. As I was saying, don't forget our arrangement. Though currently we are on opposite sides, I know you take honor in your commitments. Well you owe me, I'm calling in a favor for that whole 'Garganta' fiasco. Yes, the one with Oblivion. I don't care if little to no one remembers, you do and you owe me. That's what I thought. Human World, ten minutes, at the usual spot."

He dropped his arm to his side without waiting for a response. He knew Ze'borova would show. Ze'borova always showed. His reiatsu flared outward a little and the communication device shattered. 'There' he thought. 'That should give them an inkling of where I might be.' Then he gathered the few things he would need, put all the surrounding hollows on full alert-they would kill anything that came within a half mile radius of his chambers-and opened a Garganta to the human world. It stood side by side with the garganta to Hell.

"I suppose they'll be face with a decision now," Alvaro thought, before chuckling slightly. He leapt into the garganta, making sure to leave behind enough reiatsu to keep it open, and then he was off.

[Hydra of Ages]

Hero frowned. His admittedly poorly thought out plan seemed to be blowing up in his face; and, rather, not for the reason that he figured. Why was it that in the capital of Soul Society, he was still unable to locate a Shinigami?

The brown haired arrancar sighed and ran his hands through his hair. He couldn't sense as many Garganta in the air- that was lucky, he supposed, though now they'd be somewhat less desperate to find something that wasn't going to attack them. The air was so thick with reiatsu, likely the result of skirmishes between the Captains and Espada, that he wasn't likely to sense his own hand in front of his face before any random Shinigami, so that way would bear no fruit. And rather, he couldn't go to the more obvious places- the Captain Commander's Tower, for instance- because he couldn't see that ending in any way positively for him. Not that the whole thing wasn't nuts anyway.

His planeswalk skipped him a couple times; while the ability was a useful feature, it made it difficult to get accurate directions. When he wasn't certain where he was going, his ability wasn't either; getting lost wasn't likely, it was inevitable. This time, he seemed to be outside of the Seireitei entirely, to his chagrin.

He began to contemplate returning to Hueco Mundo with the rest of the group when he noticed a hooded figure before him. The back of his neck prickled a bit; obvious Shinigami of some sort. Though it was difficult to tell with all the Spirit Particles in the air, the Pressure seemed significant; likely a Captain, and definitely a Vizard. The stench of Hollow stuck to him from all angles, and Hero was forced to conclude it wasn't just due to his masked nature; the man had been fighting recently against the invading forces.

Probably not one to be tangled with.

Still, Hero hadn't seen anyone else all day...

Hero adjusted his tie and the cllar of his tweed jacket, practiced smiling, then quickened his pace and tapped the stranger on the shoulder. Obviously, the man had already sensed him, so he didn't put much concern in startling him into an attack.

"Ah, good afternoon mister Shinigami. My name is Hero- or, rather, that's what my friends call me, you can address me however you wish. May I ask what you call yourself?" He asked politely. Hero had a habit in brining out the nicest in people- horrific monsters and spirits all the same. He called it a talent, others said it was witchcraft the way he could talk a Gillian into taking dinner elsewhere. In any case, he put plenty of stock into it and figured at the least, it'd get him out of an ill situation with his life intact.

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Leynnit's Garganta was unstable, but it would function. Caesar congratulated the Vasto Lorde briefly before he strolled towards the dark vortex, stopped only when Sparrow grabbed his shoulder. He glanced back at her with a blank, masked face.

"Should we really leave Hero behind?" the Gillian of the group said while biting her lip. Caesar chuckled a little, which came off as a strange insectoid gurgle.

"Hero is more than capable of defending himself from any Shinigami, Sparrow," he said patiently, as if explaining to a child. "But we are not. Soul Society is dangerous to us, and I fail to see why we were brought here in the first place. Hero's ability will allow him to find us if he wishes to. Have some faith in him."

Sparrow removed her hand after a moment. "I guess..." she muttered quietly. She glanced up at the cloudy sky again, and felt a pit form in her stomach when she realized she'd be looking back up at the voided skies of Hueco Mundo again.

The three Hollow made their way through the portal onto the soft, white sands of the Hollow's dimension. Caesar tensed the moment he landed. "Something's... wrong..." he muttered as Leynnit's shadow attached onto him. Sparrow's expression was grim when she walked through.

"The sand's wrong," Caesar continued. "It feels far too gritty. Too hard-packed. Not loose and windswept like the type we camp out on. It's like it's...."

"Too close to Las Noches?" Sparrow asked, pointing at the looming wall of white that was but a foot away from them.

Caesar paused. "Yes."

[Sunshine Jesse]

Annihilation.

That's the only word that could describe Lucifer's fight with Zarkus. Lucifer was slapping the strongest Arrancar ever around like he was nothing but cannon fodder; truly a testament to the seemingly supreme power the man wielded. Zarkus jumped up into the air, wounds surrounding his body, and pointed his finger down towards Lucifer's throne room.

[b]"Cero Oscuras."[/b]

Cero Oscuras was an ability that Espada could only use in their release form, but Zarkus commanded enough power to use it without even releasing.

It wasn't enough.

The blast of supreme dark energy erupted from his hand, absorbing light as it continued down its path of destruction. Lucifer moved his hand back and slapped the Cero away, which was powerful enough to obliterate the entire left side of his throne room, leaving it open to the outside world. Lucifer teleported in front of Zarkus' location, and reared his fist back, ramming it into Zarkus' abdomen. However, Zarkus merely smiled.

Suddenly, negacion dropped down from the sky all around the, Gargantas opening in front of every available Arrancar.

"I need backup!"

Zarkus' body cracked and shattered, a tangible body-double having been created by his mastery of Sonido. He dashed down towards Aizen and attempted to grab him, running through a Garganta, hoping that the other Arrancar would at least provide back up. A few cero, a few bala, -anything- that'd prevent his immediate demise.

[Mr.WHAM]

Ze'borova was walking forward as he felt Hero tap him on the shoulder. Turning around, he stared blankly at the Arrancar, feeling indignant, Ze'borova began reaching for his Zanpaktou when he felt a sudden sense of warmth going on, and he held himself back. The brown haired Arrancar spoke and Ze'borova gladly responded. "I am Ze'borova Preyn and it's--" There was a sudden rumbling around the former battle field and the ground began to quake as the dragon statue that Ze'borova had just created began to spring to life. It's true purpose had been initiated as the sentry roared to life its massive prescience drawing the attention of those near and far. Within in an instant, the dragon was roaring up to life and grabbed up Hero tossing him up in the air. Hero would have been screaming looking at the ferocious maw as the creature went in to rip Hero to shreds. Suddenly, Hero would feel the sensation of being carried for Ze'borova wisked him out of the air and landed on the ground. "Stay here and don't make a move even if you have uncontrollable, explosive diarrhea." With a whoosh, Ze'borova was at the forehead of the dragon, as it was generating a reistu filled electrical blast. Ze'borova held out his palm and blinding flash of light filled the field as it overtook everyone's vision. As it died, the statue had returned to its present state, solid and invulnerable as ever.
His mind, in its warrior state, he walked over to the Arrancar, Raikou drawn. "Arrancar, you are clearly not an Espada seeing as how you have no number on your body anywhere. So tell me, Hero, what gives yo Arrancar the gall to appear here, in front of me, after such a cataclysmic battle? What is going to stop me from killing you, HERO?" Ze'borova's focus was once again broken as he recieved Alvaro's message to meet in the human world. ' My business here will have to wait, but him, he's not foolish enough to come here after what just happened, so...'
Ze'borova walked over to Ryota. "Tell the head of R&D to use one of these rings to contact me, if he wants to meet, which after witnessing what this dragon can do and well tell him that I may, no WILL, be a subject of high interest to him. The other ring is for you. I wish to know you better." Grabbing up Hero, within the blink of an eye he sped away from the Dragon's Den, when he was far enough away, using his Vizard abilities, he opened up a Garganta ti the human world. Speeding through he appeared next to Alvaro. He threw Hero aside, not enough to hurt him but enough to wind him.

"Alvaro, what do you need?"

[Dad]

"An Arrancar still remained boldly in Soul Society, approaching Ze'borova without hesitation. Because this Arrancar had managed to pull off even this miraculous feat after the series of battles that had just occurred not moments ago, Ryota questioned his loyalty to the Espada.

The Arrancar introduced himself as "[/i]Hero- or, rather, that's what my friends call me, you can address me however you wish.[/i]" But before Ze'borova had the chance to fully interrogate the Arrancar, he was called away on other important matters, those of which Ryota did not know. Tossing Ryota a contact ring, he wished Ryota the best, and whisked away with Hero in his hands. An unlikely event, but Ryota trusted Ze'borova. . . . with his life. If the Arrancar had the audacity to remain in Soul Society even after the battles that had taken place, then surely they were looking for something. But Ryota was completely in the dark to this situation. Then again, the dark was a lovely place to be. After all, it was the nature of his Zanpaktou.

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Yoku watched as the large garganta opened in front of him and Farieggo, and he was hesitant to enter until he fully looked it over, analyzing the whole portal to be sure that it was not another of Alvaro's tricks to kill him and Farieggo. Since it looked fairly reasonable to enter, he gave a quick nod to Farieggo, jumping into it, flowing through the connection between Hueco Mundo and their destination, Hell. Yoku arrived in Hell, standing there as he looked up from the hot ground towards Zarkus about to be struck by something he could not fully recognize due to the unrecognizable speed. With no hesitation, and wanting to save his leader, he quickly unsheathed his Zanpakuto, and tossed it through the air, where his blade was instantly shattered by the force, and several pieces spread over the area. Though his blade was completely shattered, he nonetheless had saved Zarkus from the strike. With agitation, he quickly jumped at Lucifer, only to be knocked back several feet into a nearby wall. He wasn't completely sure that even a [i]Negacion[/i] couldn't withstand Lucifer's strikes.

Yoku could not accept his engaged leader to be killed by such a foe. He reached out his hand, sighing. "I don't really want to do this, but...." He grew silent for a moment, closing his eyes as Lucifer rushed at him, rearing his fist to crush Yoku. [i]"Enamor Thy Foe, Show Thy Lust, Release Thy Sins, Lujuria Denegada!"[/i] Just then, his blade turned into pure red Reiatsu, all the pieces slowly melting into the ground, whereas Yoku's body began to shine a radiant light, throwing Lucifer off as he attempted to bring up his arms to block the light. "What hell is going on?" Lucifer said, scowling and spitting the words out with disgust. As the light vanished, Yoku looked almost exactly the same, except that he had thousands of strings emitting from his body, and instead of the star that had originally been on his face, it was a heart. And his hair had changed slightly, but there was not much change other than that.

Lucifer let out a loud laugh, placing both hands out as energy charged in his palms. "Ha, your Zanpakuto failed, what a sad excuse for an Espada." As he finished saying this, he released a large blast from his palms, as it quickly flew towards Yoku, he stuck out his palm, where a small shield of blue Reiatsu emerged from his hand. "Spiritual Wall....." He muttered, as the blast collided with the Reiatsu. The blast just kept coming, and eventually it went all around the shield, seemingly engulfing the released Arrancar. As the smoke seemed to fill from the now cluttering rocks that were falling from the wall, Lucifer let out a cackling laugh, then turned back towards Zarkus. "Seems your means of rescue has failed you Zarkus.... Pitiful." He smirked as he placed out his hand towards Zarkus, and just then, without even the little bit of warning, Yoku appeared above Lucifer, leg reared up high in the air, looking straight down on him with the most serious expression, yet emotionless look, a person could have, slamming his leg down on Lucifer's head. A shockwave of energy seemed to fill the area, the smoke quickly dispersed, as Lucifer quickly flew down to the ground, colliding with the hot rock which formed Hell, leaving up a large cloud of smoke and a cloud of energy the size of a nuclear bomb.

Yoku kicked his leg out, then stood there, floating in the air silently. "He's not hurt in the least bit, but it seems like my release is a lot stronger than I thought in physical offense." He smirked, floating over to Zarkus, awaiting Farieggo to work his way over to them as well. [i]"If the other Arrancar don't hurry, we'll be toast."[/i] He thought to himself.

[Reaper of Shadows]

Alvaro watched as a Garganta opened up in front of him, followed by...someone Alvaro didn't recognize. He was instantly on guard, appearing in front of the unknown hollow in a burst of speed and aiming a swift kick at Hero's abdomen. To Hero's credit he managed to block the kick before executing a quick sonido and appearing a few feet away.

"Nice moves," Alvaro noted, casually dropping his guard. "I am Alvaro. Who are you?" Hero quickly introduced himself, confusion written all over his face. "Interesting," Alvaro noted. "I assuming you allowed yourself to be dragged here. From your moves, I doubt you were so easily caught of guard." Seeing Hero nod, Alvaro laughed before turning to Ze'borova. "Next time lets not just grab people assume they want to come along," he said. "Now, to the matter at hand." He turned back to Hero briefly, adding "I not going to threaten you, but there are obvious consequences if you repeat what you hear."

"I assume we all know who Zarkus is. The strongest arrancar ever...supposedly. He could probably beat me more than likely. Currently he is in hell, fighting Lucifer in an attempt to rescue Lord Aizen." The Aizen part was said with mild disgust. "I need to go to hell...or rather I needed someone to go to hell. Unfortunately the only way to get to hell is as a Sinner, which you have to die to do. I manipulate the arrancar Yoku and Farieggo, in an attempt to kill them and send them to hell. After my purpose was achieved there by them the gates to hell could easily be opened and they, returned to Hueco Mundo. Recently, quite recently it would seem, I have been informed that that is no longer necessary. The gate of hell are open, granting anyone entrance. Now I just need an opening. My...associate is unable to do what I require so I need to head there personally. And I need you to do that Ze'borova. For certain...reasons I care not to admit, I'm not permitted to open a personal Garganta to hell. On top of that it has to take me to a specific place. Your hollow form could do that for me."

"Why?" was all Ze'borova could ask.

"One reason," Alvaro began, "or rather two....alpha..and omega." After those last words a garganta opened up in front of Alvaro. "And theres my opening. So I guess theres only one question. Are you in or out?" Without waiting for an answer Alvaro leapt backwards into the garganta.

When he reopened his eyes, all hell was breaking loose...literally. Alvaro squinted past the masses of Sinner and servant, trying to take in his surroundings. He gave a quick jolt as he felt a familiar reiatsu. "Zarkus, Aizen...and it looks like Yoku's hear too. Damn...they definitely sense me, I've no choice but to help out." he grinned in spite of himself. "And that massive reiatsu...that must be Lucifer. Looks like I'll finally get my workout."

His sense flared as Lucifer rose from the blow Yoku had dealt him, relatively unharmed. As quickly as was possible, Alvaro's most dense Shadow Armor appeared and he performed his fastest Shadow Sonido. He reappeared in front of Yoku...intercepting the strike Lucifer had tried to deal to him. Even so, his Armor was almost completely dispelled and he was sent flying. He managed to right himself before he Sonidoed to Yoku's side. He nodded in greeting to Yoku and Zarkus before turning back to Lucifer.

Lucifer laughed aloud. "Another one! Ha! Don't you know your just another fly on my wall. And I don't swat flies. No, I destroy the whole wall, so none are foolish enough to try again."

Alvaro smirked. "Well I like to think of myself as a dragonfly. Not so easy to get rid of." Then his face turned serious as he pull out his sword. The black aura disappeared from around him before reappearing around his sword. He would have rely on speed for this battlw. He glanced briefly back towars Yoku and Zarkus. He hoped he could count on them for this fight.

[Hydra of Ages]

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Hero wasn't entirely certain why he was being so quiet. He liked talking. He liked talking a lot. So much in fact, it was usually up to the rest of his group in order to stop him from talking his way into a rather horrible situation.
He didn't feel bad about leaving them behind -after all, a group of Hollow would raise more terror than anything else and he wasn't totally certain of their ability to survive a fight with a Shinigami captain- but he was starting to miss the grounding element they brought to a situation.

It seemed that these Shinigami liked to talk as well... talk, then assume that the person they spoke to answered them. Hero felt a little annoyed at that, simply because that was usually his shtick.

He was mildly surprised to find out that they were heading directly into Hell, apparently. Certainly not what he expected when he was intending to talk about an alliance of some sort between his own Hollow and the Shinigami... but then again, anything unseen was just a different type of opportunity.

"Seems like Hell's the place to be, funnily enough," Hero said with a chuckle as he approached the Garganta. It'd been years since he used one of those things- his Planeswalk abilities were far superior to any sort of travel they could offer. He waved a hand over it briefly, and memorized the location it connected to.

[Mr.WHAM]

"Always the with the quick choices." Ze'borova sighed. He looked on as Alvaro jumped into the Garganta and decided it would be best to follow. [i]It's either this or stay here with--[/i] Ze'borova paused. He could have sworn he brought someone with him into the Human world. Shrugging it off, he grasped [i]Raikou[/i] tightly in his right hand while he slowly but gracefully rose his left. "Douken Sp..." was all that was audible as a bright ball of pure lightning was generated in his palm. It continued to grow in intensity and a few more inches in diameter. The air was filled with whirs, cracks and, chirps as he flung the lightning into the Garganta. He continued to create and fire off the spheres, each with increasing speed and power. After he fired off about 20 or so, he ran into the Garganta with incredible speed, and without the use of his shunpo, over took the balls and clashed swords with Lucifer. He matched his speed perfectly, meeting Ze'borova's blade perfectly. They continued Ze'borova's blows increasing in intensity and speed while Lucifer continued to block his strikes. As they were about to clash once more Ze'borova moved out of the way suddenly as the collection of lightning reigned death from above over Lucifer's head. Ze'borova, appeared with a gut of wind net to Alvaro, their hair blowing in the ewind. "Shall we continue the onslaught?" As Ze'borova's blade shone with lightning and he flung out lightning slashed at the Prince of Darkness.