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Post by OokamiShinjo on Dec 29, 2014 0:02:35 GMT
Ichigo had chuckled upon watching Cider easily down his meal as well as her own. However, as the others make to stand, he sighs and gathers his beloved White Zangetsu before following the others out. "I wouldn't be surprised if they gave any of us a run for our money," he tells Cider as she ponders on the strength of the gods, "I'm wondering about this Great Forest Spirit that Eboshi wants taken down. If killing it gets rid of the gods and turns them into normal wolves and hogs and such, then it must be even stronger than the gods". Golden and black eyes narrow upon seeing just what's going on between the humans and what appears to be a human girl as he too decides to get a better view. He also sees the young girl dressed in fur and some kind of mask resembling a gas mask. 'She's human,' Ogichi identifies from within Ichigo's mind, using the carrot top's eyes to see for himself, 'She'll die before she can even reach Eboshi. What will you do, King?' Ichigo's eyes roll as he stares down at the small battle, 'What does it look like?' While he scoffs this to his bleached out counter part, he Sonidos into the fray before appearing behind a man that readies to shoot. With Zangetsu still sheathed, he lashes out, knocking the man flat on his face and out for the count. Their numbers are too small for him to have to rush around to keep the girl safe, and he has back up he's certain, so he can take his time and assess the situation from where he now is.
Grimmjow doesn't realize that the sight of him and Kurogane is actually very much so like a Father and his child. Nor that Akira likes the sight in some sort of way. However, as the lot of the others head on out, he hands over the tyke and puts his hands behind his head casually on the way out. He raises a brow upon seeing the oddly dressed young woman, being able to see from his own perch. Why is he perched? Everyone's doing it, why not him too? Still, Ichigo's sudden movement is seen after Yurei's own action which you'll see soon enough. Unlike Ichigo, he hangs back however as there are still people rushing by them with weapons and plans to kill the girl. A man passes him as though he's not even there, urging Grimmjow to reach out and catch the collar of the man's shirt with a small tug. The tug causes the man's feet to come out from under him, and Grimmjow lets him go so that he can flop onto his back without grace. The blueberry now shoves his hands into his pockets without a care. "It's not nice to attack little girls, old man," the human is only in his thirties it looks, but Grimmjow doesn't care. With a simple kick to the man's head- gentle as the panther based Hollow can get- he man is out cold prompting the Hollow to move on to his next target as though taking a stroll through the park.
Yurei lets out a small jolt of surprise as she's pulled into Kouga's lap and settled there. She likes it, of course, but seeing as they haven't had the chance to snuggle properly in a while, for him to suddenly pull her onto him is a light surprise to her. "After this," she speaks once they head out of the hut, "We should try and find the Forest Spirit to see if we can help it....Or maybe any other god really". She looks around for the intruder, but as she stays on the ground at first she sees nothing. Until she manages to get herself onto a roof as well. What she sees angers her. One girl taking on a horde of men and women fully grown? And with just a knife? Her lips purse. Not good. She is the first to move, taking action as she sees Eboshi calm and ready to shoot. A simple fluid motion allows the Bone Mistress to take hold of Eboshi's bones, locking them in place before forcing them to move and aim the gun at the ground against her will, if you'll allow it. The men and women around Eboshi are also forced to stay still, however Yurei doesn't push herself to do more.
Erza watches Kouga pull his beloved girlfriend into his lap with unknown jealousy. Why can't she sit in Kyo's la- Wait, what? She shoves such nonsense thoughts to the side, or tries to as they fight back and continue. Why can't she sit in Kyo's lap like that? She's sure it would be wonderful. Mentally she scoffs, 'Don't tell me...I like him?' That makes no sense. Since when has she ever liked Kyo romantically? And why does she notice this now of all times? She shoves all those thoughts to the side again, forcing them to stay there, "We don't need the money, or can't use it, anyways," she grounds out, not pleased by the proposition. "Besides, the forest is incredibly beautiful; why would anyone want to destroy it?" She doesn't decide to hit the middle of the commotion as Yurei and Ichigo do. Instead, she follows Grimmjow's actions and takes to keep people from getting closer to the middle, taking them out with the blunt side of a equipped blade to the back of their necks.
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Post by LochNess on Dec 29, 2014 0:31:11 GMT
Cider watches calmly as Ichigo and Grimmjow jump in. She doesn't find these odds agreeable, even if the girl charged in on her own accord. Eventually, humans are being lulled to sleep left and right through the use of her good old mists. She will let the girl and Eboshi duke it out themselves. Though, that gun seems to be in the way. Even with Yurei holding her still, it's armed and ready to misfire. She unleashes an acid now, carefully aiming it to melt away in Eboshi's hands while doing as little as possible to arm her. She continues to watch the show below her where Kyo eventually stops the girl's rampaging. He's not wrong, she thinks. Kill Eboshi, not all of iron town. Though, she muses that with their source of confidence and good leadership gone, they'll eventually be wipes out anyways.
Akira stays out of this one. Sure she could fight one handed, but she's not about to risk her baby any more than she already is by having the kid out in the danger. She watches as the others cut down the assault, much to Eboshi's dismay. She doesn't look like she was expecting them to turn down her offer for money let alone disarm her completely. The girl charges on with out care that her opponent is being completely handed to her. The girl darts up and sticks the dagger right into the woman's throat, severing her jugular with ease. It's only then, as Eboshi bleeds out, that the girl noticed the ease of her win and that she had interference at all. She looks to the other humans around her, and she's about to target the next human for execution. Men and women are slaughtered like Eboshi was one after another. Even Akira felt it to be rather sickening. She killed the main threat, the woman aiming to kill the forest. The rest will lose the desire for iron with their leader gone! So why kill everyone? She is eventually stopped by none other than....
Kyo. The dragon appears before her in his half and half form, his golden scales breaking the blade on her dagger with ease. "Enough," he snaps. The wolf girl fearlessly and with out thought keeps trying to hurt the new, as she sees him, enemy. She punches and kicks and even tries to bite the dragon, but he doesn't budge. "The woman is dead. Surely she is all you wanted to kill, right? You and the gods of the forest are trying to protect the forest, but don't misplace your need to protect the forest as needing to hurt all humans. It solves nothing. Go back with the gods, and rejoice that this one threat to you has been removed!" He urges with a wave of his hand. "Hurry up before we let to of the humans here with their guns and spears." He felt the need to remove Eboshi appropriate, but killing everyone seemed rather rash on her part. That's why he stepped in.
Kouga was more than happy to have Yurei in his lap while he could. He's not clingy anymore, or he tries not to be. However, he does like holding her when he can. He even keeps his arms around her to keep her secure and warm. The experiment eventually follows the others out. He's the only one of mine to step in physically to knock humans out that were aiming for the wolf girl from the shadows. Only when they're all paralyzed and passed out does he stop to see what she does. What she does earns her a raises brow from Kouga. The girl is ruthless. He muses that maybe they really did need all the men and firepower against a force like that. Still, as she starts to murder the rest of the villagers, he shakes his head. He'd of stepped in if Kyo hadn't. They're unconscious. So they wouldn't be traumatized by watching their loved ones die, but it's still depressing to think hat they'll wake up to.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Dec 29, 2014 1:17:39 GMT
Saklos, a world not different from the Feudal Era of Japan. Towering mountains, rolling hills and flat plains dot their world and fill it with life. Filled with humans, demons, half demons, angels, spirits, dragons, and everything that comes with each. Most species have their own races, such as the demons have a variety going from mouse demon to dragon demon- not to be confused with an actual dragon or vise versa. Half demons have just as much of a variety, as the race is not just for those that are part demon, part human. For instance, a Dragon-Dog demon would be a half demon. In short, anything that is not a pure blood demon, is a half demon. This rule is the same for the other races as well. Each species has a direction on the map where their King or Queen rules. Species with larger population get larger areas, while smaller ones get smaller areas. The boundaries, as with just about any land, do blend here and there, however, they are otherwise known by just about any well traveled creature. To make things simpler, if one were to take a compass and cut it like a pie, each Species would have a 'slice'. Where the points of the 'slices' meet, is a large neutral area, where Lords and Ladies may speak of truces or even ready for war.
Each Species as its own basic culture, and then each race has their own as well. Humans live simple lives, and are for the most part kind to one another. Like any other human race, the humans of Saklos bear each of the seven sins and the seven virtues within them, each at their own level of strength. They are the weakest of the species of Saklos, having only spiritual powers at their finger tips, and that is if they're lucky. Priests and Priestesses are few in number, and even a smaller number are strong enough to live passed their thirties in an average sixty year long life span. Those that are strong enough to do so, often find themselves fighting hard to pass down their teachings, but rarely find a true prodigy. Humans often keep to themselves, and rarely leave their lands in fear of death by a being all too willing to kill them. While they are powerful in will- commonly thought to be their most powerful asset-, and ability to create as well as willingness to accept and learn and perhaps even help, that's all they have going for them really. As mentioned before, they are at the bottom of the food chain. The humans are normally found in lands to the South-East on a map.
Half-Humans are the next lowest on the chain of power. They are ridiculed like any other halfling, having no real home but maybe a stray cave that hasn't been claimed by another creature. While other species normally have their lands in a certain direction on the map, any 'mutt' does not. They live by normally traveling the world as forced nomads, entering species territory after species territory as they go. They more often than not stay in the portions of boundaries that blend between multiple lands. Being that they are ridiculed by a portion of their blood at the least, if not all of it, they often only accept their own kind, and more often than not are irrational, liking to charge head on into a battle even if it means their life. More often than not, Half-Humans act more animalistically- or more like the non-human side of their blood. Because of their Human blood, their abilities on average are only a quarter of what they would be if they had no human in them.
Up next is any other type of 'Mutt', as most Species call half breeds, as it's easier than saying Half-(insert non human half here). The only reason the 'Mutts' are more powerful than the Half-Human is because simply there is no human in them. Even the weakest of creatures are powerful compared to humans if there is no human blood in them. A 'Mutt' can range from being a Dragon-Dog Demon to a Spirit-Angel. These creatures are normally more accepted than the Half-Humans, as Humans are the most hated out of all the Species in Saklos. Because they're normally accepted, they are able to move more freely in other lands, not needing to stay in the shadows or move at night like Half-Humans have to. Depending on the species and depending on their own personal strengths, some Mutts are more powerful than others, and can even be more powerful than some Pure Breds.
From this point on the chain of power, there are many Species that are considered to be equal in many standards. Social standing and raw power are the most abundantly counted standards when comparing Species. Dragons and Spirits are the first two to be equal to one another in both main standards. They are not the most socially adept, and they both tend to keep to themselves. One major difference between the two is their natural personalities, how they raise their young to act once they're older. Dragons are incredibly greedy, often taking what they want so long as they can get away with it. Spirits, on the other hand, are very generous, beliving that kindness is the best way to keep all alive and well. It is not uncommon for both Dragons and Spirits to produce greatly powerful offspring if bred to one another, or to themselves. A Dragon is different from a Dragon demon, however. Dragons cannot turn human, their only physical form is the one they are born with, which is obvious what form that is. Their powers are also limited to one element, while a Dragon demon more commonly has three available, specializing in one with two to support. When comparing a Spirit to and Angel, one must remember to look for any sign of wings. Torn off wings still make an Angel an Angel, however a Spirit is born without wings, and specialize Telekinesis where as Angels tend to be best with Light, Fire or Water for one of their single abilities. Dragons reside in the South-West, while Spirits stay in the East, giving a small plot of their lands to the Humans.
The Angels and the Demons are the two most powerful Species that the world of Saklos knows of. Save for Humans, if an Angel or a Demon is bred to another of a different Species, it is more often than not that that Mutt is immensely powerful, coming close to the most powerful of Angels and Demons, and out doing just about anyone else with ease. However, their numbers are small. The quantity of their power could out do any other Species, but their population is so small that the Angels keep to the North -West and the Demons to the North East. Despite their name differences, Angels and Demons get along just as well as a brother and sister would. They have their squabbles and their little fits, however they stand by one another to the end. No other known Species have dared to ever challenge them. And while their quantity is less than even the dragons, the land is immensely vast, giving them plenty of room to live despite their lack of land.
For the most part, there is relative piece amongst the races save for small wars between one or two species; nothing that has drawn in the entire world has happened for thousands of years. Each Species has a Royal Family with a King and Queen- or just one of each- that sees to their own kind. Of course, not even the Demon King or the Angel Queen can have eyes everywhere, and as such they have various Lords and Ladies that watch over plots of land, and Guardians that watch just the borders and keep the calm and piece. The Kings and Queens of each Species are rarely heard from, though, seeming half the time to be nothing but myths. It is mostly the Lords and Ladies that work together to keep the peace, only getting news of their betters by letter or messenger, questioning how things are doing.
Rarely known to anyone save victims and excellent doctors, there is a powerful virus that is created by the Pechuta plant, released by a spore during the spring. It has no scent, nor is the Pechuta plant all that noticable, simply looking like grass and being able to live about anywhere. Most are immune to the virus, but those who extract it more than often not find themselves with an odd form of amnesia. The good of their memories are taken from them, replaced with all that is bad, and twisting their personalities to the opposite of what they once were. It at times is normally what causes serial killers in Humans, rabid Half-Humans, and simply cruel creatures in just about any other Species. Those that know of it only have two cures, death being the only one that gives a certain shot of the virus being taken care of. The other is simply beating the good memories into the victim, something barely worth while for any victim, and hardly possible to do for any victim that is powerful.
Our heroes will be arriving in a place not far from the Neutral land in the Human Lands, where any Species can pass through, even though humans may not pass through their betters' lands in turn.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Dec 29, 2014 2:50:57 GMT
Ichigo takes down man and woman after man and woman, attempting to get rid of them without truly harming them in the first place. He figures that the less that are in the girl's way, the less likely she's to be hurt and hurt others. However, he watches as Eboshi dies and then as the girl goes on to take care of more humans that Ichigo sees as innocent. His eyes widen and he twitches as though ready to move, however Kyo is closer and faster in stopping her. Despite the girl's urge to try and hurt Kyo further, he is silent and lets the dragon work his magic in hopes that the girl listens. Either way, once the girl is gone a portal appears just behind where Eboshi's dead body lay, bright and illuminating the puddle of blood like it were some dark lake. "What?" He questions, eyes wide, "We haven't even spent a day in this world...And we're done?" But asking the portal doesn't get him any answers. He shrugs, not at all worried about what's on the other side, and is the first one to go through out of my guys. However, the moment he steps through, his head hurts. Suddenly hit with something he can only describe as similar to a headache and a fever combined, his world becomes black and spins. It feels like he collapsed, however in reality he didn't. The world around him is dark, however flashes of memory are thrown his way. Memories he wishes never happened. The first is taking Orihime's hand after defeating Aizen, and her frame being harmed due to him being much too powerful to contain his reiatsu, causing it to attack whomever touched him, or vise versa. Her screams echo in his mind, whimpers of fear escaping her even though she didn't die. She never talked to him again. She was much to afraid despite apparently having feelings for him before that happening. "Ichigo!" Rukia called out, the sound of her blade clashing with another as he and she fought off Arrancar after Arrancar. However, their numbers were much too big. "Rukia! Hold on!" Ichigo cried out desperately, having already donned his Hollow mask to help him fight harder and longer. However, all the fighting was taking a toll on him. "Ichigo help!" Rukia cried, prompting Ichigo to let out a cry of distress, "Please! Rukia!" He called again, pushing his body harder, faster, stronger, to fight the enemy into submission. However, when he killed one, five more popped up. "Ahh!" A cry of pain alerted him, causing him to turn and see a blade being shoved through Rukia's gut, blood dripping off the tip. "NO!" A burst of black and red reiatsu came forth from the desperate carrot top, but he just couldn't make his way through. Then, there was silence. "Rukia?" Ichigo turned to look to his left to check on her. However, he didn't see her. In fact, he was the only one in the ocean of Arrancar. "RUKIA!" He called again, and again no answer. "Please! Rukia answer me!" With time, he managed to get to where he last saw her, but instead of not finding anything, which would have meant that she had to escape to try and catch her breath- or perhaps she was swept elsewhere. Instead, there with open but blank violet eyes that screamed her last emotions of fear and pain, he found her dead body. Her Zanpakuto, Shirayuki, was once more sealed rather than in her Shikai, while a pool of blood laid under both Shinigami and Zanpakuto. Ichigo's knees gave out while Tensa Zangetsu (black at the time) fell into the sand with a dull thud. He gathered Rukia into his arms as if to wake her up, but the lack of light in her eyes told him all he needed to know. He threw his head back and opened both sets of jaws- his and his mask's- open wide in a wailing scream of both rage and sorrow. With this scream, a burst of reiatsu flooded from his frame like a tornado of death, taking out every single Arrancar with him, leaving him all alone with a dead Rukia. He wailed for his best friend for hours. The memory, after that, flashed to a lone blonde haired, red eyed woman. Her white, red, and dark steel armor fit her frame well, making her rather seductive looking. On her back, he knew, once rested two red wings that he himself had torn off of her in a fight that had gone too far. However, the Angel smiled at him a smile that melted his heart, and made him fall for her. "Akira...," he whispered to himself in the darkness. The image of the beautiful woman faded, causing his eyes to open. They did not open and show him a room, but instead vast wilderness of forest from the balcony on which he stands. The balcony he stands on is part of a massive castle (because what bad guy shouldn't have one?), hidden by his best Illusionist, a Spirit by the name Saska, whom made the castle look merely like the mountain it resides on. "Ichigo-sama," a voice spoke softly, causing the man with long orange hair turn to look at the maid- a lowly Half-Human whose name he care not to know. She's pretty for such a weak little whelp, "Your meal has been prepared". Ichigo does not need to eat. Being a Spirit-Demon, he has no need for food just as no other Spirit needs to. However, being part demon he still actually likes the taste of food, and the chefs here are actually talented at making gourmet meals. "Good. Get out of my sight," the maid is swift to do so, fearing punishment for not moving fast enough. Ichigo turns and walks off of the balcony, finding himself in his large room. It holds a simple canopy bed with black covers and red pillows, sheets and the actual canopy. His floor is a steal gray, his walls a steal blue-gray. As he passes his bed, on his other side he passes the door to his bathroom and a full length mirror, showing his frame to himself. He looks himself over, wondering just why he's doing so but doesn't think too much on it. He is dressed slightly differently from what we normally know him to be dressed in. There's a picture below, and all I'll say is it's a bleached out version of it, black being white, red being a dark gray, and white being black. In his hand constantly is white Tensa Zangetsu, looking like a bleached out version of what it does in the picture. From there, he makes to go down to the dinning hall, where the top most ranking of his army will be eating with him. Flashes of the earlier memories enter his mind, making him growl to himself and grip Zangetsu tightly. Never again....Never again will this world make him suffer. Ichigo's new look, however bleached out as mentioned with same eyes and hair as usual. Still being rather happy with gore, Grimmjow is the only one who actually is pleased with the sight of dying humans. In his Hollow based mind, all of them should die for even thinking about entering territory that wasn't their's to begin with. Hell, he has no doubt that the humans had to invade this very place just to set up camp so to speak. Even if they didn't, his thoughts stand as is. However, his pleasure fades as Kyo stops the nameless girl from her murder spree. He stays silent while the dragon takes care of things, sending the girl off with her duty done and the gods no longer in danger. Upon seeing the portal, he smirks. "This place wasn't all that interesting," he chuckles out, "Let's get going," and is the last to go through the portal out of my guys. However, where he arrives is a place he knows not of. Oddly, upon going through the portal his world goes dark, and he passes out. He wakes up, alarmed, however finds himself unharmed and in a new place. He and the others find themselves in a plain with a near by town near by. The town itself looks well taken care of, tall buildings are there, but nothing close to skyscrapers, just all for such a simple setting. On a not too far away path, a carriage is being pulled by a horse. "So, you're finally awake," Grimmjow hears an unfamiliar voice, causing him to whip around and draw Pantera who he's glad to find still at his hip, and point it at the new person. The man in front of him is probably around Grimmjow's own human age. However, before he can stab the stranger, a voice stops him. "Grimmjow, no!" Erza shouts out. She had been third of my guys to go through the portal, pleased to find their job done quickly. She's not at all pleased that such a young girl tried to go on a rampage, but she was happy to find Kyo stopping her, easily breaking her blade on his scales and sending her away with her job taken care of. She moved Eboshi's body and gave her to one of the villagers before going through the portal, and oddly passing out herself. Out of the good guys that remain, she was first to wake up and meet the brown haired stranger who introduced himself as Takuya, an Angel in the world- or to him, it's just a continent- of Saklos. Despite not having wings, if Akira were around she could easily tell if he were truly an Angel or not. However, all they have is the man's word. "This guy is good, Grimmjow. He came to check on us," though he's not their guide, it seems. Another world without one? "Yea," the brunette grunts, backing up and casting the the blue haired man a dull and weary look, hand on the hilt of his own sword that rests on his back. He is a handsome man, bearing wild brown hair and red eyes that give him a 'bad boy' kind of look that unknown to him modern girls would proclaim him to have. He is dressed in simple clothing, a golden and black long vest with a white sash-belt over that. His shirt is a tight half sleeved kimono shirt, while from his palm to his elbow are red tight arm warmer like things. The palms on his hands are covered, but the rest of his hands are not. His pants are baggy and black, while his shoes are simply shinobi sandals. His sword is a simple katana, bearing incredible resemblance to what Tensa Zangetsu USED to look like, having a black sheath and black and red hilt. "I was just walking through this field and 'poof' here you guys come through some sort of hole in the sky. Came crashing from pretty on high up; never saw anything like it. The name's Takuya". Grimmjow blinks, "Takuya....? Grimmjow," he only gives his first name, feeling no need for his last name. He looks around, "Where are Akira and Kurogane?" He doesn't see them standing among his friends. "And Kurosaki?" He's not there earlier. "I'm Erza by the way," she introduces herself to Takuya. To answer Grimmjow's question, "Kurogane's with Yurei. We don't know where Ichigo and Akira are". Yurei in the mean time is appalled to see the girl kill so many people for no reason. So much so, that she looks away. She's never been a fan of killing, though has done it before in dire situations as we both know. However, seeing a young girl do it is...Chilling. "Let's get out of here," she groans once the girl is gone and the portal open, "Apparently the Witch wanted Eboshi dead," she'd rather get away from the blood asap. She is second to go through the portal, and second to wake up out of my guys. If you'll allow it, she pays no attention to Takuya and opt for taking care of a crying Kurogane, who isn't with Akira which alarms Yurei. Where is Akira? She'd NEVER leave her child alone unless with Grimmjow, and even then not for long. However, she can't get the boy to hush until Grimmjow spins away from Takuya and begins to calm him; it's up to you whether he calms or not. Now with time to look to Takuya, she tilts her head, "So....Other than Saklos, where are we?" "In Zeta, a town on the boundary between the Demons' land and the Angels' land. It's a trading town and filled with Angels young and old. And a few Mutt families here and there. Where'd you guys come from?" His gaze is calculating and weary still. Like any good Angel, or rather any good creature with no Human blood in him, he can sense that this lot have powers. Grimmjow seems to be some sort of Spirit-Demon if he's feeling his aura correctly. Erza is...Ugh, Human, gross. And so is Yurei. Two Humans? He sighs to himself. He's never been a fan of humans merely because their aur- wait no.....Not completely Human. Half-Human the both of them? They have skills, but he's not sure of what they are. At the very least, they're Half-Humans which is odd seeing as they tend to only travel at night for obvious reasons. At the very most, they're Mutts with all sorts of races in them to give them such odd feeling auras.
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Post by LochNess on Dec 29, 2014 3:53:24 GMT
One second, Akira is happily bounding through a portal with her son in tow. That's not a world for them, not at all. The next moment, though, every fiber of her being loses feeling and consciousness. She unknowingly releases her baby in the portal, allowing him to arrive with the other good guys. 'Where am I?' She asks herself. Moments later, there's a light. She peers at it until it comes into shape before her. It's her brothers back on Thanatos. They're shooting wicked grins as she feels an all too familiar pain. It's her wings. She screams and writhes as she realizes she is pinned and bound by demon hands. Another pair is busy literally ripping her magnificent wings off her body. She screams and writhes with in the confines of her being bound as every so slowly, the bones become dislocated and the muscle and flesh eventually tear away, leaving her wingless. She's shown the repeated brutality of her life as a slave. The pain from every beating and every ounce of torment radiate in her body with in what feels like only seconds. The scene fades to just before being taken by the witch. She meets Horosha, who is exaggerated in her mind to the point of pure disgust even while knowing she slept with him. She regains her wings, and she recalls being pregnant. However, that's where her memory becomes the most hazy. In her mind, she is still pregnant as Horosha dies in her arms, and the sheer amount of grief she feels causes excessive pains and blood. She sees a dead newborn Kurogane, and her wings are brutally ripped off once more by another man. This man... A demon-mix of sorts, welcomes her in despite the conflict that lost her her wings. His warm brown eyes.., and his comforting voice. Akira is lulled in those last moments by the distorted feelings for Ichigo before her eyes open. She finds herself in a large bedroom chamber under covers with a rag over her head. "Huh?" She mutters as she suddenly sits up. This all looks so unfamiliar... And yet.,, her mind tells her she knows this place well.
"Akira-sama," a lowly human-mutt says. "Ichigo-sama will be glad to see you're feeling better. You've had a terrible fever." The boy gives a grin, proud to have helped Akira out.
Akira, on the other hand, waves him off. "Yea yea. Just let em know." While the boy runs off, she slips out of the bed. She's in a strange set of pajamas, them being as red as her eyes. The angel stretches out her body, her mind giving her a reminder of the scar as it refuses to flex as normal skin would. She doesn't feel exhausted as one would after tuning a fever like that stupid mutt said.., what's going on? What day is it? Perhaps Ichigo will aid in explaining things to her.
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Kouga is the first if mine to wake up in the new world, not long after Erza. So he's aware of Takuya lending a hand. He seems nice, though Kouga remains very alert with his senses. He's subtle, but he seems to have a smidge of a superiority complex aimed towards the weaker half of these misfits. Kouga would be about like a human-spirit mix, though he's closer to the human side than spirit. At least he's being helpful regardless of his opinion. "I'm Kouga," he introduces himself. He looks to Kurogane as the poor thing cries desperately for his mother. The little demon-angel mix only calmed down enough to hush once Grimmjow tried to help. Of course, that's only if Grimmjow holds him when he reached out to the unwilling father figure. He's still very depressed, but he's hushed right now. All the while that he and Grimmy as well as my characters aren't looking...
"Ooph!" Takuya is hit by a small girl. She reeks of human and dirt, though what she really is remains a mystery due to the human vibe she gives off. Her hair and eyes are the color of the sun. She wears rather worn clothes, they being no more than green pants, and a rather small, top that struggled to keep from slipping or riding up. Her right arm is decorated with black tribal feathers tattooed all the way down to her wrist. There's more of the tattoo, but they can't see it. Golden eyes look up to see an angel before her, and she gasps. "Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry Mister Angel!" She gets up as she was knocked back due to the force of the collision. She frantically pats the angel down to get rid of dirt on his clothes. "I-I wasn't watching where I was going! I promise I'll be more careful!" She bows lowly to angel before darting off. Of course, she's far away to really not be noticed by our group when they turn back. No, she blends well into the background as she slips down an alley way out of sight, a bag of money tucked away under her clothes that once rested on that angel's side.
It is then that cider turns back around from looking at the poor thing who got seperated from his mother. She never really paid attention to the girl, finding her to be of little consequence at the moment. She was the last of mine to wake up, and right now, she empathizes greatly with Kurogane. She hasn't even felt Ichigo through their mental connection. This entire time, she sports a worried look. Bad things always happen when they're seperated. It really kind of scares her having no idea where Ichigo, or Akira on the side, is. Here, she'd be something of a spirit-demon mix. Blue eyes look to Takuya. "Were missing two of our companions. We need to find them before we bother with anything else. Please, can you help us?"
Kyo is the middle of my guys to wake up. In this world, he's the only of mine to pass for a purebred besides Akira. And no one even knows what Hana is yet so that's irrelevant. He's a dragon demon. Well, he's actually a dragon. Given the description, he fits in better as a dragon demon. So, that's what he will be. Regardless, he watches with a keen eye as Grimmjow is told to lower his guard for this,,, this stranger! He'd feel the same if not for needing this man's knowledge of the world and strength to track down their friends. He watches Kurogane as he fusses about being seperated. He pitied the baby, since Akira always has to leave him with a baby sitter and now she's seperated by chance when she could be with him. At least Grimmjow can sooth him. Still, he reiterates what Ciser asks in a more polite manner. "We don't have much to pay you with, but this child is missing his mother. Please. We need to find a wingless angel named Akira."
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Dec 29, 2014 4:51:09 GMT
Ichigo's golden and black Hollow eyes stare coldly at anyone he passes by. Be they an innocent maid or even a low ranked soldier doing a job for someone who out ranks them. The hall and its walls are made of the same stone as the outside is, a dark stone with no name, the floor buffed to a shine but the walls left to be dull. Through the middle of the hallway is a long rug that he walks on, dull red in color as he passes a window every thirty feet or so. Other than the windows, the hallway is bare. A Human-Mutt makes his way to his master, the boy that had been told to care for Akira as she apparently was found with a fever while Ichigo had been gone for some meeting that he doesn't care to remember.
"Ichigo-sama," the boy dares to smile at him, "Akira has just awakened from her slumber, her fever is over".
"Good. Leave," Ichigo grunts before more swiftly walking down the hall, shoulder checking the boy as he passes by him. The boy winces behind his back, having just been slammed into by a heiro covered- not that he knows it's heiro, and instead thinks his skin is just tough- shoulder while his Lord walks away. Ichigo takes a sharp left and walks down another, identical, hall for a moment or two before finally making it to a large door that leads to Akira's room. He knocks. Normally he would just walk in, if it were anyone else. Even if it were any other woman, he'd walk in even if they were naked or perhaps getting laid. However, Akira is different. He respects her and her strength, as well as her as a person. She's literally the only person he ever remembers respecting after he lost Rukia. "You decent?" The Spirit-Demon questions the pure blooded Angel, "Dinner's made". ______________________________
"Kouga," Takuya nods, putting the name into his memory, "Grimmjow, Erza, Kyo, Cider and Kurogane," he repeats, looking to each as he says their names. In the mean time, Takuya looks over the rest of the group. A pure bred Dragon-Demon, another stupid Human-mix and a another being with Spirit blood in her. An odd group, especially when the norm in Saklos is to hate those with Human blood in them. He grunts as a smaller frame bumps into him, causing him to stumble and for his attention to break for a moment. He looks to the blonde girl with yellow eyes, letting his red ones narrow. "Yes, do watch where you're going, Human-blood," he sighs out to show his detest towards her but does nothing to harm. As the crying infant- an Angel-Demon of all things- is taken by Grimmjow and silenced, he sighs. Should he really help this misfit lot? A pure bred, a Mutt and three that are basically Half-Humans. Misfit group indeed. However, he looks to the child seemingly known as Kurogane and purses his lips. "An angel named Akira...?" The boy is half Angel....Ahh shit damn him for being nice! Takuya scoffs shortly, "I don't know any Angel named Akira, it's a weird name so there's probably only one. I'll help you guys I guess. Here, let's start with lu-" however when he goes to grab his coin bag he freezes. What? Gone? "Shit," he curses loudly, "That Human blooded woman!" He growls before turning and taking a long whiff of the air. Angels cannot track like most Demons can, or at least not as well. However, her scent is fresh and hard to forget. He begins jogging after her trail. Over his shoulder he calls out, "If you guys want my help, help me get my money back from that woman first!"
Grimmjow listens to the short explanation of their arrival all whilst taking the sobbing Kurogane and holding him close. He recognizes the gaze Takuya gives him upon seeing him care for the babe as though he were blood related and sighs. Damn it, where's Akira? With his free hand, he sheathes Pantera fully, having just stabbed it into the ground when first grabbing Kurogane in the first place. Zeta huh? That's the place they're in. Upon seeing the stranger, his shoulders stiffen. Why shouldn't they? She came up out of no where, and so quickly left. He's not stupid; someone who's actually sorry would have stayed longer. He looks to Kurogane as the babe is still held firmly in his single arm, "You okay with me for a bit brat? Don't worry, we'll find your mom and you can spend all the damn time with her you want". His reassurance is obviously gruff, but at the same time gentle in its own way. He blinks though as Takuya turns and dashes in the direction the girl apparently went. He got his money stolen? Idiot! And damn it, the brat's gotta eat, and he's the only one that had food. Damn it. He dashes off after Takuya, hot on his tail.
Erza in the mean time looks over Cider. She knows that the woman sympathizes with Kurogane the most, having no Ichigo around to cling to as she normally does. "You okay Cider? Can you sense Ichigo with your link?" It's not like Erza knows right off the bat that Cider can't. She smiles though as Takuya accepts to help them, also paying the stranger no mind when she bumped into the man until he announces that she took his money. She blinks, "That was actually pretty smooth," she admits before jogging after the others. "By the way, we come from far away, to answer your question from before," she offers up, not wanting to hear the question again for no apparent reason.
"That doesn't help at all. Far away? There's lots of places far away; tell me about it when we get my damn money back!" That was his last mission's pay. Being a top ranked mercenary, he doesn't take shit jobs, and on him was a lot of money all of which the woman took. Tch. He should have been more alert, less distracted by these new random people that fell from the sky.
Yurei is the only one out of my guys to notice the stranger girl steal the money in such a fluid fashion that she almost didn't notice herself. However, she's had to steal money before in the past, before her father adopted her and raised her as his own. But every time she opens her mouth to tell Takuya, she doesn't get a chance to actually speak until after they start running. "She got you good, Takuya. I almost didn't notice her!"
"If you noticed her, why didn't you say anything?!" Stupid other Human blooded woman! Ugh!
"You were busy accepting to help us," Yurei states matter of factly.
"Gah!" The brunette snarls out, not in the slightest pleased and still following her scent to its owner.
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Post by LochNess on Dec 29, 2014 5:40:15 GMT
Akira by the time Ichigo walks in is still in the sleep clothes of this world. She was looking for decent clothing suitable for an angel of her status, but she liked nothing that was in the closet of wardrobe. When Ichigo knocks, she twirls around eagerly. "It's ok! Come on in!" Ichigo is the only person she too remembers every being find of, though the fondness is distorted to fool her into thinking it's true love. She greets her 'true love' with a tight hug and a dazzling smile. "Thank goodness you're here! How long have I been unconscious? And what should I change into do you think?" A nearby chair is liked with fine, bright colored clothes she's pulled and at least considered. She ants to look proper before eating, even if it's only eating with Ichigo she is doing. She changes into what ever by the end, let's say a nice crimson kimono. She walks with Ichigo back out to grab food.
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Hehe! X'D Hana knows better than to stop any time soon. She keeps running, cutting through puddles and water and streets and allies in a seemingly endless run with no pattern. She knows better than to stop too soon with an angel being her target. She darts around people and remains fairly invisible to those not really looking for her, which is anyone not our people. I'd say a solid hour later is when she finishes running and cries crossing to make herself hard to track for anyone with a sub par sense of smell. Where she arrives is a little shack on the outskirts of the town on the edge of a group of trees in formed around. There's a small garden with all sorts of veggies growing. Here, she stashes the back under a plank of wood and covers it with a thick bear pelt that's been used as a rug and to deter those with good noses. Of course, along the way, she had swiped herself a little snack of bread and cheese to recover from all the running she did. Let's say she decides to let her guard down now, thinking surely she's been thorough enough running around nonstop. Too bad she underestimates this misfit group that arrived. Unless she is grabbed first, any attempt to approach her, be if by surprise or just coming through the door, is met with make shift knives being swung at the person's throat.
Before anyone notices that the girl took something, Cider remains preoccupied with her worries about Ichigo. She looks to Erza when asked, and she says, "I can't even sense his reiatsu right now." She looks back to this man who agrees to help, beaming at him. "You'll really help us? Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Takuya!" She gives an overly eager smile, knowing they'll find Ichigo sooner this way. Though, she finally shakes her worries long enough to realize the angel has been robbed. If getting his money back is all it takes to get him to agree to help, then so be it! She bolts after Takuya, easily keeping with him. A minute passes before she huffs. "This is taking too long!" She kicks into the air with her shunpo, and she looks down from above for signs of the thief that was well out of sight by now. A moment passes before her eyes pick out a hour of golden yellow hair headed off towards the edge of this Zeta place. She returns to group to inform Takuya, "I saw her running towards the edge of this town that way." She points in the direction Hana was running.
Kouga smirks at Grimmjow a teasing smile as he takes the baby that isn't biologically his and manages to soothe him despite not being able to give him his mother. Say what you want, he muses, Grimmjow is making for a nice father figure to the baby. Still, he looks back when it's announced the angel was robbed. If he had paid better attention, he'd have her scent. Unfortunately, he was too preoccupied teasing Grimmjow silently to have taken notes. He runs as fast as he can after the others after the little blonde thief. It's funny to him to think this guy that seemed so strong got robbed so easily. He gets bored with running rather fast, so he's glad when Cider decides to speed things up by sighting the girl from the air. At least they aren't blindly following anymore. They have a direction.
Kyo nods to Takuya as he finally agrees to aid them. "Thank you," he says. "You're a good man." Of course, he mentally retracts the compliment as he so easily got his good taken. The fool shouldn't of let it happen with so much money. Still, they are dragged into finding it with him to get his help. Fine. Cider will make side it gets done. It's obvious she is in severe withdrawal from any form of being able to contact her boyfriend so suddenly. He runs towards he back of the group. He stifles his laughter as Yurei teases the Angel of having been robbed so... So badly.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Dec 29, 2014 17:50:37 GMT
Just hearing her voice is enough to put a smile on the normally scowling Ichigo's face. Seeing her beautiful frame makes the day all the better as he enters to find her in her sleep wear still. He of course hugs the beautiful Angel back, holding her close to his frame and loving the attention. "Apparently you were out of it for a week. I'm sorry for not being there to care for you myself. My memory is a little fuzzy but if I remember correctly, I was off recruiting more men with Saska," he apologizes and then informs. I doesn't really bother him that he doesn't fully remember the mentioned time away. For years now he's been unable to remember mundane things to the fullest of his abilities. Of course, though, he remembers things that are truly important, such as his plans for the future and anything having to do with Akira. Upon being asked what she should wear, he makes his way to the pile of clothes she has laid out. Not yellow or silver, and not white either. Hmmm....Ah, here we go. "Here", he tosses her a lovely crimson kimono that he knows would look amazing on her, "This would be best, I think". Though our normally noble and pure Ichigo is currently not so noble, he still has manners and as such turns to let her change. Once she's dressed and ready to go, he turns and offers his arm to her. "Shall we go?" Assuming she agrees, he leads the way out and down her hall, before going down the hall that he had been before the servant boy alerted him to Akira's well being. Down two sets of stair cases and three more long hallways identical to the others, and the pair find them in a dining hall with red walls, a black marble table with black wooden chairs, and a steal colored rug under that. Along the walls are various pictures, some of when Ichigo was young and still growing in power, others capturing him after a battle, covered in the blood of his enemies and staring down at the battle field like some sort of god of war. There is one or two of more than just Ichigo alone. Some of he and his top ranked men, a few others with just Ichigo and Akira in them. Ichigo sits himself at he head of the table, his top man Saska is to his left, but there's an empty spot to his right for Akira should she be pleased to sit there. If you want, feel free to just make someone up and have them start a conversation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't call me 'Mister' and I'm not a good person," he tells Cider and Kyo in response to what they said. Takuya is actually a little above average in terms of strength. However there's still a lot he can learn as an Angel. His eyes widen as the Spirit-mix of the lot suddenly stands in the sky as though standing on air of all things. He's seen a lot in his day, but he's never seen someone stand on thin air before. And for her to so quickly find their target, that's impressive too. None the less, he nods his thanks before shooting off faster than ever before, zipping right to the spot that Cider described. Upon arrival, he can easily smell that this place is the girl's home, and that she's there. Without a moment of hesitation, he promptly kicks the door in, making it slam onto the ground. "Bloody thief," he snaps out, "Give me back my money". Normally he isn't so gruff or rude to even someone with Human blood in them. However, that money was supposed to feed him for the next while till his next job. Being that a blade of sorts is swung at his throat, he sees it coming and swiftly retaliates by grabbing the hand holding the blade, twisting it in a painful manor, and promptly pinning her to the ground with a pushing-pulling motion if you'll allow it. He holds her there as he speaks, "Where does a Human blooded girl like you get off stealing from an Angel like me in the first place?" His eyes roll at a sarcastic Yurei before he answers Erza's question. "Humans are the weakest Species in Saklos. Anyone with Human blood mixed in with another species is barely a step higher than Humans themselves. In terms of social standing and power, it is indeed a bad thing to have Human blood".
Erza in the mean time doesn't like Cider's answer to her question in the slightest. She can't even feel the massive ocean that is Ichigo's reiatsu? Granted, Erza has never felt it herself. However, with how strong he is, she has a good idea. Not only that, but Cider can't feel him mentally either; he must be rather far away for that to happen. She rolls her eyes as Kyo finds Yurei's statement to be funny even though she was being serious. But even so she can't deny that even his stiffled laughter is nice to hear. Still, as the chase is made much shorter, and as Takuya takes down the unknown girl, she wonders to him, "You make it sound like being of Human blood is a bad thing. Is it?" She scoffs at Grimmjow's response before listening to Takuya's explanation. She doesn't believe it to be as bad as those of this world seem to think it is.
Grimmjow shoots a glare towards Kouga who decides to tease him a bit more for being so fatherly to a child that's not even his, let alone that he started out hating both him and his mother. And yet now he- let's focus on something else shall we? He smirks at Takuya's surprised gaze as Cider takes to the air and tracks their target with eyes alone. And once at the girl's home, he must admit that the guys is at least a bit skilled at fighting. Still, to Erza he states, "Of course it is, humans are the weakest out there. They're no fun to fight and they always need to be protected". The gaze of agreement sent his way by Takuya tells the Hollow that he agrees with him. To the girl, he glares down, "Hurry up and give him his money, he has people to help us find. Most importantly, Kurogane's mother". He shifts the Angel-Demon in his arms lightly, also figuring that in a few hours the kid will be hungry, and they probably shouldn't steal when they could have the money back.
Yurie is silent for the most part save for when they get to the girl's home. She looks around to see that it's not extravagant but not too run down either. Putting archeological knowledge to good use, she looks for where the money may or may not be hidden. However she has to disagree with Takuya and Grimmjow, "Humans are weaker now, but they have so much room to grow". And then her attention is given to the girl, "Who are you anyways? I'm Yurei"
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Post by LochNess on Dec 29, 2014 20:49:20 GMT
Hana indeed lunges at Takuya the moment the door is knocked down. Damn it! She cursed twice. Once is when she's found, and the second when her attack is block and she's left in an uncomfortable position on the floor. Her body writhes in attempt to break free, though it is in vain. She glares at the angel. "Where does an angel get off letting himself get taken for a fool by a lousy human." She grins, at him. I should note, she only carries human scent. As to why or what she really is... Well... Hehe! Still, she remains cocky, sneering at the pissed angel. "Sorry, my dear 'saint'. I'm afraid I don't want to return your money. Surely you have a fortune stashed away, right?" She sticks her tongue out. To Grimmjow, she says, "Suck it up. He'll be fine even with out a mother. I need the money, unlike you!" The only ones she calms down a little to talk to is Yurei and Kyo. She'd be nice to Kouga, but he's busy tearing up her already crappy home. "My name is Hana Kita." She answers the girl shortly. To Kyo, she scoffs. "I need the money! Why else? It's impossible to find work, and I need to survive somehow. Fools like this angel here are keeping me alive." She promptly sticks her tongue out at Takuya.
Cider watches as the girl is so brutally pinned and interrogated. She'd pity her if not being distracted by a lack of Ichigo. The sooner she finds her boyfriend, the sooner she will be happy again. She looks to Kouga, one of the two here with a superios nose. "Is it possible to track down gold by scent?"
Kouga sighs as Takuya easily loses his cool. The human smelling girl, Hana as she calls herself, is amusing. She's challenging someone like an angel so fearlessly. She must be confident that they won't find the gold, and he's eager to take that dare. He looks to Cider. "I don't know about the gold, but the bag was on Takuya here. I can try and smell the bag." That's when he gets to work. He lets his nose guide him. The pelts give a musky scent, it's almost completely handicapping his sense of smell. She must've done it on purpose. She seems the type to prepare for those with good noses considering she also was running crazily for an hour. They'd of lost her if not for Cider wisely getting an aerial view. He moves the chest, flips tables and beds in search of a waft of Takuya's scent. Eventually, after finding nothing immediate, he thinks... "What would be a place to stash gold here..." He mutters.
Cider answers with, "Is there a loose board in the walls or floors?"
That's when Kouga gets the idea to remove a large head rug that rested under the pinned Hana. "Excuse me, Takuya." He muses that he's closing in as he notices a slight tension from the girl as she is hopefully taken away. With the rug out of the way, he nose does pick up traces of Takuya's. "It's in the floor somewhere." He tests the boards one by one until one finally moves under his feet. Lo and behold! Kouga lifts up the board to reveal not only Takuya's bag of good now covered in moist dirt and grass stains. He sees a few other piles of goodness knows how much more gold.
Kyo watches the scene. It seems rather brash, but at least the thief is caught. He decides to play a nice guy. He follows Yurei's question up with, "Why did you just steal this man's money?" The answer makes him sigh. He can't fault her for surviving. Humans seem particularly oppressed in this world. He doesn't doubt her story much at all. When her stash is discovered, he whistles. "Damn. Just what are you going to do with all of this?" He's given no answer, though he could imagine a number of things she could use such as better fitting clothes. He looks to Takuya. "Well, you've got your good back. Are you going to turn her in?"
Once her stash is discovered, Hana has a silent snarl on her face. She can't let them take the gold! She writhes again, frantic to defend her pile. In her panic, she reveals inhuman abilities. Well... Just one. She belts out a scream, but it's not just an a noxious scream. It's like more like an obnoxious dog whistle loud enough to be annoying. The sound she produces enters the victim's ears, and it sets off pain nerve endings along with the hairs that pick up sound. The aim is to give them all blinding, head splitting head aches. Human or not, they're all influenced by sound just like a human unless they're deaf.
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Akira does indeed sit by Ichigo, finding comfort in her virus ridden mind by being close to the only living person she can trust or love. She looks across the table to a guest, a winged male angel by the name of Ren. Blue eyes observe Akira and Ichigo in turn. "I learned you both passed out. Are you well?"
"Yea," Akira answers.
"Tell me," he says, looking to Ichigo and Akira both. "What are you planning next? Another battle mission?"
Akira tilts her head. "Battle?" She looks to Ichigo. "I didn't know you were planning to go fight again." Of course, she missed the part where Ren merely asked if, not when. Still, she digs into her meal, eagerly downing a delicious meal prepared by one of the servants.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Dec 29, 2014 22:45:10 GMT
Because her scent smells human, of course Takuya expects her to be at the very least part human. However, he glowers at her, "It's not my fault that.you don't have the best life, don't punish me because you're jealous". Still, he can't help but to smirk at Kouga as he puts his nose to work. Despite his own Human blood, Takuya can't help but to be impressed as well. He watches as the man rips through the already crappy room, and even moves as is needed when Kouga gets closer and the girl apparently named Hana tenses. A low whistle comes from him upon seeing the stash. He can smell his own scent on his bag, but doesn't make to grab it as Hana attempts to protect her gold. However, the scream released is harsh on his senses, earning him a headache right off the bat. At the same time, he's not above average skill, and a fairly well known mercenary for nothing. Over the girl's mouth appears a solid band of light, blocking out the sound if you'll allow. Assuming you do, he speaks once all is silent again, "That was loud. Thanks for that", he sarcastically speaks, "Normally I'd let you go with a warning, but without that money I'd be starving myself. So I give you two options. This group with me has offered me an excellent sum of money to help them find that infant's mother whose name is Akira, and is an Angel. You see Kyo there? He's a Dragon Demon who apparently comes from a pretty wealthy family. His father, a Dragon, has given him a mountain of gold and jewels to spend as he pleases for the rest of his days. My payment is coming partiLly from that mountain. Now," he begins to strike up a deal, "One option is to help me help them find Akira. You do that, and we split the profit fifty-fifty, right down the damn middle. You could refuse my offer, and get handed over to Zeta's authorities, thus most likely in the loss of your hands at best, death at worst". Honestly her skills are pretty good. And if they have to get information while having multiple Human blooded creatures with them as it is, then they'll need someone with skills such as Hana's. It's mere luck that they found Hana right off the bat.
Yurei all the while furrows her brows. She needs to survive? And Humans are the lowest of the low? How odd.....And unfair. Still, as all the girl's gold and basic treasure is found by her boyfriend's powerful nose, her eyes widen. "Is the reason that you don't have a massive home using this gold because you have Human in you? I can tell you now that this shack won't be lasting you much longer. I'm surprised it hasn't fallen on us yet actually", she looks to the ceiling as though she may have jinxed them. But nothing happens. She listens to Takuya very carefully as he talks to Hana. And normally she prides herself in her ability to read people. However.... If not for the fact that she knows they never offered any money, and that Kyo is just a Dragon...She wouldn't be able to tell if Takuya is bluffing or not.
Grimmjow in the mean time sneers at the young woman and feels his reiatsu dance under his skin. It's starting to itch to be released. To do something, anything. "Well aren't you a ball of sunshi-", the scream cuts him off and takes him by surprise. His sensitive ears ring and his head pounds wit how loud the scream is however, instead of covering hos own ears, he covers Kurogane's by crouching and putting the boy on his knees so that he can cover both ears. Grimmjow knows that his hearing will go back to normal, he's not so sure about the brat's. He doesn't like the sudden offer Takuya gives the girl, knowing that it's a bluff. "We don't need her," he denies, "She'll just slow us down"
After getting over the pain in her ears that had caused her to flinch in pain and cover her ears rapidly, Erza manages to catch Takuya's 'offer', as well as Grimmjow's statement towards Hana. "I don't know, we could use all the help we can get. She could be useful to us some how. But....Kyo, you're the one who is paying the most; what do you think?" Even if it's a bluff, Takuya's offer, if it keeps the girl from losing her hands or even her life, she would like to help out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back in the castle that doesn't currently have a known location, Ichigo looks to Ren and then to Akira. "Forgive me, I had meant to tell you as soon as possible," he smiles lightly to her. He addresses the entire table of followers. In his currently incomplete army, he has three of six branches. Once his army is complete, he will have a purely offensive branch, a purely defensive branch, a branch that specializes in both, a medical branch, an infiltration branch, and an assassin branch. The table he sits at was made to be able to seat all six branch captains, their vice captains, Ichigo and Akira, and of course the Commander of all six branches who Saska. He addresses all that are before him. "I was actually planning on attacking a near by merchant's town by the name of Zeta. For those of you don't know (which is no one at the table), it sits on the border between the land of the Spirits and the land of the Angels. Our army is not complete, therefore I cannot have us acting too quickly and attacking an actual city in any of the lands. Up until now, we've been playing in the shadows completly. But now that tbings are starting to fall into place, it's time to make ourselves known". He smirks darkly at this, pleased with his plans already. "Myself ans Akira will be going, however I don't want to show all our cards. The rest of you will be staying here and continuing with your usual duties".
To his left, Saska wipes his mouth free of food before looking to his master. The man is a Mutt between Dragon and Dragon Demon, making him to be quite the formidable foe. Around his neck is a tattoo made to look like a chain collar, around his wrists are chain cuff tattoos as well. He is a handsome fellow, with shoulder length, straight yet slightlh wild, maroon hair. His eyes are starlight silver, his pupils in the shape of of a thick plus sign. Despite his slightly rough looking appearance, he speaks to his master politely. "You are certain you don't want even just myself to join you as well, my Lord?"
"I'm sure, Saska, Akira is all I ever need at my side when battles occur, you know that". He either ignores or doesn't see the jealousy in Saska's eyes at that. "On the off chance that something happens to us," which is.practically impossible to happen, all in the room know, "I leave it to you to fulfill my goal, and take command of my men".
"We all know that there is no one that can defeat our Lord and Lady. However, as you wish," Saska returns.
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Post by LochNess on Dec 30, 2014 3:15:58 GMT
"It's not at all jealousy," Hana responds. "I really don't give a shit about living like you. Just don't you get pissed because those like you forcing me to steal to support myself." Of course, theres still a burning resentment in her eyes as she fearlessly stares down an angel who can so easily crush her. She says to Yurei, "I have other intentions for the money besides a house. Don't be so quick to judge." Of course, after this comes the scream. It would have eventually caused even the angel to black out had he not covered her mouth. Golden eyes only narrow further as she stares down the angel. How dare he interrupt! The rat bastard! She is indeed in deep trouble here. She's been discovered, and they are too strong for her to fight off. She contemplates the offers. She can't really afford to even be discovered as a thief as all her gold would be confiscated. No, that's not even a viable option. Honestly, She suspects bullshit on his part. However... This could give her an opportunity to steal back the gold once their guards are down. On the off chance his offer is true, she could end up very lucky. A long sigh escaped the human. "If I help you, you can't touch the rest of the gold. Only what was taken from that angel." She nods towards Takuya on "that angel" to make sure she is clear. She hands back the dirty bag to Takuya. Oh, and Grimmjow earns himself a triumphant smirk. He's so damn cocky he doesn't need her. Fine. Good luck with that. Finding people is her forte aside from stealing. The floor is promptly sealed up after she retrieves the most recently stolen gold, and it's covered by the bear carpet once more. She looks to the baby who seems rather intrigued by her. "So? How are we going to find her? What does she look like? Like the kid right there?" I mean, he looks nothing like his blue-haired 'father', so surely this Akira is dark-haired, green eyed like the baby.
Cider watches as Hana defends her hoard of gold almost like a mother bear would protect her cubs from the big males. No way does she intent to just use that gold on herself. There's another purpose to it, to her working hard to steal enough gold to buy a house, never buy the house, then protect the stash with her own life so fearlessly. She can't help but admire the courage even a little bit. She lets the others negotiate with their bluffing. It's kind of amusing her, raising her spirits even if for a little while. Once she agrees, she smiles to the girl. "Thank you for helping us." Though she is coldly ignored by the human smelling girl.
Kouga grins, proud of his own nose work. Maybe those scientists stuck him with genes for tracking like a bloodhound. He watches her react, flinching as her high pitched cry attacks their ears, sending pain through his brain like he never imagined. Thankfully, Takuya stops her before he feels too light headed. The pain is shaken off, and he stares down the girl as she's tricked, no forced, into being recruited to scout for information. No way is she dumb enough to really so foolishly go along with the plans. Still, he looks to their makeshift host. "So? What are we to do first?" He doesn't know this world well enough to go around asking people stuff, not with out Ichigo and Cider keeping them connected while they're apart,
Kyo smirks and nods, "that's right. You know how we dragons can stash mountains of treasure far greater than your measles stick pile. Help us out, and even when it's split, you will make double the gold you would have made off of Takuya here had we not found you." When she agrees, he feels a pang of guilt. They're playing her for a fool. She's not going to be their friend when she learns that she's getting nothing for the time invested in aiding them. He only hopes that by chance they come across fortunes that he can let her have. He looks to Takuya for guidance regardless.
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Akira listens to the plans, and she smirks. "Oh, Zeta of all places? Are you aiming to show off our strength?" She looks to as asks as the man tries to join them in their battle. "Sorry, kid. Think of this as a date night for us. I'd hate to see you come along as that awkward third wheel." She winks at the kid. Ah, this Akira is brimming with lust for blood on her hands. "We will be indestructible even among the greatest of demons and angels." Sure, Her strength is lessened greatly with out her wings, but she still is near indestructible. She looks to her false love, and she asks, "When should we launch our assault?"
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Dec 30, 2014 4:09:19 GMT
Takuya scoffs to the girl, not believing a single word she says, even if it is the truth. None the less, he releases her once she's agreed to helping them, and takes back the money given to him. He tosses up the back and catches it, calculating the weight he had memorized before hand in case anything like this happened. Luckily, everything's there. He's pleased to find that Kyo was willing to play along, even if it is a big fat lie. However, the Angel honestly doesn't care. He's a mercenary; his kind don't play by the rules. Besides, he was kind enough to not break her ribs as he had planned to do at first. None the less, he raises a brow as Yurei corrects Hana on what Akira looks like. Red eyes and blonde hair? He purses his lips. That's not very helpful. A lot of Angels have red eyes. And blond hair is also common as well. The only thing that's actually helpful is that her wings have been torn off, that alone isn't common. When asked what's next, he shrugs, "We go into town and grab something to eat. I'm hungry. While we're at it, you can explain just how you all got separated from this woman". He turns and leads the way out of the shack and in the direction of the heart of Zeta where he knows there to be a good eating establishment. However, his brows furrow and he glares at Erza who has decided to point out that they're missing another friend as well. "He has a HOLE where his heart should be?" Now that he looks at the blueberry, he has a hole that goes straight through his gut too. That's something he's never seen any creature, even an Angel or a Demon, survive. What the hell is with this group? "That's damn hard to miss. Never heard of orange hair either. What species is he?"
Grimmjow glowers at the weird girl that has an ability to let out screams that make his ears ring. It takes a moment for his hearing to return to normal, but thank god Kurogane's okay or else Akira would kick his fine ass all the way back to Hueco Mundo. He stands, gathering the child into his arms and opens his mouth to deny Hana's thoughts on what Akira looks like, but Yurei beats him to the job. Instead he opts for telling the golden eyed girl, "Kurogane looks like his real father who's dead," his words are blunt, "How about you be smart and just assume that one of his traits is like Akira's?" Not that she'd be right in that case either save for maybe personality. At the mention of food, he feels indifferent, having no urge to eat but knowing that Kurogane and most of their group has to in order to survive. "Oh yea," he mentions as though just noticing it now that Erza points it out, "Kurosaki IS missing, isn't he?" If he were there with them, Grimmjow supposes Cider would be less distracted.
Erza is happy to find that although the girl has already figured out the bluff, she's taken the deal to keep herself safe. However she too notices just how closely the girl protects the gold, and wonder if it's supposed to be used for someone or something else rather than herself. It would make sense. "A meal actually sounds nice," she agrees as they exit the shack. However she's a bit worried about just how they're going to explain themselves. Do they say they're from another land? A continent? Or maybe tell the truth?" Either way, she notes two more things. One, is that this place seems to be a world without a guide like the last one. And two, "....We need help finding our friend Ichigo too. He's tall with long orange hair, and black and gold eyes. He's pretty hard to miss because of his hair, but he's got a hole going through where his heart should be, and he tends to give off an air that says 'I'm all powerful, try me'". Seriously? Grimmjow is just noticing when Cider's been silently worried about it this whole time, and Erza has been trying to think of where the carrot top could be? Sometimes she wonders about the blueberry's observational skills.
Yurei in the mean time is only made more curious as apparently the gold isn't for a new home. What's it for then? But she doesn't bother with trying to investigate any further. The girl is already on edge as it were. "Good job love," she praises Kouga with a half sincere, half playful smile on her lips as they walk through the fields and head for the center of Zeta. The merchant's town seems to be the kind of place that is always lively save for the dead of night. The streets are lined with buildings that sell goods, various owners standing in the glass-less windows of the buildings and shouting out to those walking by as though they actually work at a stand for their goods instead of a store. The taller buildings seem to be those used for housing, at least in the heart of the town. On the edges of the town, that seems to be where almost everyone lives. The buildings themselves have thick walls and stand strong, being made of well made brick and in well kept condition. She supposes that since Angels seem to be high in the social rank order, they can afford such nice things. It makes her wonder if the Humans just live in huts all the time. The building they enter is nothing special save for the smell of food that comes from it. Inside is designed like a bar in the front, however in the back it's set up like a traditional Japanese tea house. It is in the back where they get a room for themselves, order food and drinks, and then play the waiting game.
"So," Takuya prompts, "Explain yourselves. How'd you get separated from this Ichigo and Akira? Who are they exactly? And why the hell do you need my help?" After all, to his knowledge they're just part of Saklos as well. However, before anything can happen, there's a crash and dozens of screams outside. The smell of burning flesh meets Takuya's nose swiftly. He finds himself following my guys- and I assume yours- out of the building. But what he doesn't get, is why they're staring at those that obviously attacked poor town Zeta. "Who the hell are they?"
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Saska's silver eyes narrow at being called a kid. In reality he's probably older than her. However, we both know that Akira wouldn't care if he is. He's never really liked the fact that Lord Ichigo is so close to Akira. And he's always secretly hated that the Angel managed to bewitch his Master's nonexistant heart and hold it in the palm of her hand. Truth be told, Saska has always wanted to be the one to have his Lord's attention on him and only him. But that is not the case, and now he strives to beat Akira in everything she does in an attempt to drive Ichigo away from Akira. It hasn't really worked thus far, but he believes that it will. The fact that Akira calls their mission a date rubs Saska even further in the wrong way. For Ichigo, though, he holds his tongue, "Very well," he speaks to Akria politely, "I will wait for your return home, Ichigo-sama, Akira-sama".
Ichigo nods to answer Akira's question, "That's exactly what I want to do. Another part of it is that I'm bored, and what's more fun than taking lives?" Well, there's sex, but that's not what he's in the mood for at the moment. Maybe that'll come later if he's lucky, but that's not he point. None the less, he turns his smile to Saska, unknowingly making his Left Hand's heart patter rapidly, "I'm counting on you to do so". In a blink though his attention is further on Akira's person, "If you are okay to go, I would like to launch our attack as soon as possible". Assuming she's fine, he stands and announces that the meal is over before leaving the building with Akira completely. Once outside the walls of the castle, he looks to the Angel with the smallest of playful smiles, which somehow still manages to look kind of psychotic all the same, "Race you". Still assuming that Akira's good to go, he takes off in the direction of Zeta. Upon arrival, he stops and stands on one of the building's roof. There, he looks to his most favorite person in the world, "Would you like to make the first move?"
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Post by LochNess on Dec 30, 2014 5:11:28 GMT
Aye, Hana hadn't actually gone into the bag. So, his hold is directly untouched. Still, she looks to the ground. The tension isn't completely gone, but she relaxes enough to let her exhaustion show. For now, she's stuck with these fools. Despite a lack of time, she needs to bide her time. Perhaps she can snatch a few coins as they head out to interact with the general public for tracking down Akira. The description given to her doesn't narrow it down too much, but it sure helps more than Takuya imagines it to be. While both traits are common, the two together isn't all that common at all. Neither are wingless angels. The second person mentioned sounds more unique in appearance. He would stand out more for sure. Still, as it's decided to go eat, she looks at the half eaten bread and cheese that were dropped onto the dirty floor when she was attacked by the damn angel. He sure owes her dinner at the very least. So, she slinks along with the others, though she remains behind them all so she can keep an eye on them easily. Though.., as the keep walking towards the center of Zeta, she feels tension grow once more. The center of town is where a lot of the more high end citizens live and play. She fits in least of all among our rag tag team with her ragged get-up and human stench. Though, as a light beams down that causes mass destruction right before her eyes, she is slightly grateful to not have to endure these rich people. She looks up we Akira's name is called out, and she frowns. Why would someone they supposedly know nearly kill them all, even her own son?
Cider looks on as the others discuss and eventually even mention Ichigo much to her delight. While she has a big appetite, usually, right now it's virtually non existent. She's too worried to keep her stomach from churning and acting like it's full. She follows Takuya out as they decide to go on to find food anyways. Maybe the restaurant will have people there they can get information from. Although... As Ichigo and Akira near Zeta, and arrive over head, her eyes widen. If I may, they're mental link is still there, though she can't get into his mind. She can just detect his mind and that it's closing in over head. "Ichigo,,." She mutters before looking up. They only look like specks from that height, but Cidernhas no doubt that one of them is her boyfriend. She nearly breaks into a smile, what stops her is a beam of light that barely missed their group. It obliterated the very heart of Zeta with light. That looks like it could be.., "AKIRA! ICHIGO!" She looks back up at the specks. She's so happy! But... Why did they just nearly kill their friends?
Kyo smirks as Hana makes the obviously best choice despite te absurd claim of his being called out as nothing but a bluff. She is useful at te very least. Still, at the mention of food, his stomach agrees with Takuya first with a loud growl. He grins awkwardly. "Food does sound good!" He grins and thanks Takuya as he leads the way to find food to fill their stomachs. Thank goodness Kurogane is still small enough to not have a big portion for himself despite his abnormally large appetite. The kid seems anxious for his mother, but being with Grimmjow keeps him from having a complete meltdown. Perhaps the food will help as well. He walks with the others until Cidet starts saying the names of their lost friends. He raises a brow before a beam of light nearly incinerates him with how close he was. Wide eyes look up and pick out Akira and Ichigo, those they were about to search for, before their very eyes. "There they are!"
Kouga watches as they discuss plans and details such as person descriptions of Akira and Ichigo. Ima too lazy to read back, so if no one else did, he starts telling of how they come from worlds completely different from one another, and how their world jumping has led them here. He finished just in time to nearly die from a light shooting down and destroying the center of town. "Woah! An attack?" He looks up to see their lost friends have been placed on their door step. Though, there's no sign of friendliness in the two he sees before him. Both are cold, even to their most beloved people. Kurogane, who's crying out for and teaching for his mother is ignored coldly by the said mother, and Ichigo seems to not even notice the girl he cares for more than anything.
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"Ooh! So we can fight now?" This prompts Akira to clear the rest of her place of food on seconds. She gets up once she's done, and she looks to Ichigo. "I'm always ready for this." She grins before being challenged to a race, then, she immediately takes off towards Zeta with her light carrying her almost instantly to a spot in the sky over the town. She watched the citizens scurry about like ants, grinning. When offered to deal the first blow, she gladly accepts. "Let's make it so this place doesn't even exist anymore." She grows a large ball of light in her hand, letting it grow until it's the size of her head before releasing it straight into the heart of the town, it hits and explodes outwards maybe a quarter of a mile in dismeter, destroying every building and person caught by her light. She completely ignores Kurogane's calling for her.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Dec 30, 2014 17:59:26 GMT
Takuya smirks a bit at Kyo as his stomach growls before he can even speak to agree in the first place. He notices Hana's tension as they get into the center of the town. He listens very closely to the story behind this odd group. Part of him places the story as impossible, just some sort of tall tail. However, another part accepts it all as true. The explosion that almost hits them all sends him into a state of shock and tension. There is some grief, as those of the same Species as he had just been wiped out in a second. In front of him is a smoldering trench from where the heart of the town used to be. He whips around to stare at Cider when she calls out the names of those mentioned to be missing. "Why did your 'friend' just kill a bunch of my kin?! His eyes dart to Kurogane who screams for his apparent mother but is ignored. Why? Why is someone apparently good killing her own kin? His red eyes darken before a shiver runs down his back as he stares at the two people. A ball of black energy the size of the man's hand can be seen. The power that can be felt coming from such a small ball makes Takuya want to throw up. Faster than he can think, the energy ball is practially in his face before a hand grabs the back of his shirt and tugging him away from danger. When he's still, he sees Grimmjow panting and standing in front of him. Kurogane had been shoved into the Yurei girl's arms, and now the blue haired man is standing in a fighting stance with a hand on the hilt of his sword. The only question he can get out is, What the hell just happened?" Not far from the group is the man apparently known as Ichigo, standing on air as Cider had done not long ago. The man's voice is smooth and cool like a still winter's evening. He can see the hole in his chest, proof that this man is by far Ichigo.
Grimmjow in the mean time just walks along for the most part, focusing on how much of a bitch it's gonna be to feed Kurogane and get him filled like his mother does. However, those thoughts fly from his head as a blast of familiar light destroys all before him. Kurogane must have recognised it too because now he's crying for his mother and squirming like all hell just to get to the woman in the sky. "Akira! Come get your kid! And what the hell did you kill all those people?" Not that such a casual attack on the innocent wasn't sexy but still. However, his eyes widen in surprise as Ichigo charges up a Cero, and fires it right at them. Knowing that out of their immediate group, only he and Cider are fast enough to.get away, he spins Kurogane around and apologizes.....Kinda. "Time for your first flying lesson!" Using as much strength as he believes is needed, he.literally chucks the child through the air. Those he grabs are Takuya, Yurei and Erza. H tossed Erza over his shoulder before grabbing Takuya and fleeing as fast as he could with the extra weight. As soon as he's to his destination, he releases the three, catches Kurogane that luckily few just the right amount of distance, and shoves him into Yurei's waiting arms all the while ignoring her fuss about how that was no way to treat a child. "What the hell, Kurosaki?!" Upon hearing his question answered with a question, Grimmjow scoffs, "Don't play stupid; you know exactly who we are".
Yurei helps Kouga explain things to Takuya and Hana, though for the most part Kouga covers it all. As they walk through town, she realizes that being wingless for an angel really is uncommon. However, having wings a color other than black or white is not. Upon Akira's attack, Yurei is caught so off guard that she ends up yelping and placing herself behind herover for safety. Her brows furrow as Akira and Ichigo ignore them. Is something wrong with them? Normally both would have wasted little time getting to them if they knew their friends and loved ones were just below them. And Akira especially would never kill her own kind. Surely even.from where they are, she can tell that the town is filled with Angels. Speaking of which, ahe notices that instead of scrambling to get away, men and women that were not killed begin to retaliate, while the children get away on their own. However, Yurei knows that such simple attacks won't work on the wingless Angel and the powerful Hollow. Another yelp escapes her as suddenly Kurogane is chucked and she is grabbed on to before being pulled along at Sonido speeds. "How could you throw Kurogane like that!?" She demands of the man who just saved her life and shoved said infant into her arms, whom now she holds close and attempts to soothe should he be upset still. She hears Ichigo's question, which makes her heart plummet. How could he not know who they are? Who Cider is? Something must be terribly wrong.
I too am too lazy to read back so I'll just go to the attacking part. Erza is found at a loss for words as one of the best people she knows kills so many in nothing but cold blood. Where have they been? These can't be the real Akira and Ichigo are they? No, she's certain that somehow these are just fakes. The real Ichigo and Akira must be lost in another part of Saklos and these two are in every way imposters. For a moment, she believes that the attacks from the remaining people of Zeta are working on the fakes, but as Grimmjow throws her over his shoulder and flees, she watches as another quarter of a mile is destroyed by a low level- for Ichigo- Cero. All those that tried to fight back, and all the fleeing children, were wipedbout of existence in a matter of seconds. She grunts as Grimmjows just lets her stuned fram slide off his shoulder and hit the ground witha thud. She has no words as she stands and watches as Ichigo, and Akira if she joins him stands in front of them with blood lust in those golden irises and black sclera. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ichigo in the mean time chuckled at Akira's excitement to go cause mayhem. And it's not just half assed excitement, or even fake. It's full hearted and pure, one of the many things he loves about her. "That we do," he chuckles out. It takes him no time at all to get to Zeta as mentioned, and he smiles at the warm blast of air that was back lash of Akira's attack, it also ruffles his long hair while passing him. "Nice," he playfully praises even as attaks hit him but he doesn't even feel. "We need to get our name out there, so killing all save a few sounds good," this is mostly told to himself. His eyes though lock on an odd group containing a wailing infant and a blue haired man, both calling to Akira. One of the women there calls his own name, confusing him. He doesn't know her, so how does she know his name? Being confused like this is annoying, he doesn't like it at all. A Cero is charged and fired. Though the unknown blue haired man, and- I'm assuming- the woman gather up the rest of their group and flee. "Huh...Interesting, let's go see who those people are," he suggests to Akira before taking off. The greeting he gets from the blue haired man is confusing, "Who are you?" And how does he know Ichigo's surname? Upon being told not to play stupid, his brows furrow and his gazs darkens. "I'm not playing any games, let alone stupid. Who are you?" He demands again in the end.
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Post by LochNess on Dec 30, 2014 18:57:04 GMT
Akira giggles as she watched the terror unfold before her. People scream as their dearest ones are torn into oblivion by the massive light bomb she basically shot down. Though, her sharp ears pick up her name. Crimson eyes stare coldly down at a strange, unfamiliar man, and an infant who... Why does that kid look like her deceased lover, Horosha? Her eyes narrow at the child as the ponders the possibilities. That... That bastard! He must've cheated on her! She nods to Ichigo as he decides to check them out. She beams herself down before the group, looking resentfully at Kurogane as he squirms desperately to get to Akira. "Why does that brat look like Horosha?" She questions coldly, honestly not giving a shit about just who they claim to be. The answer she gets makes her stare down Kyo. "I'm no mother. That bastard Horosha must've chested on me, didn't he?" She looks back at Kurogane. "Kurogane... What a stupid name anyways." A blade of light appears in her hand. "And you're annoying me..." She raised her sword to the child, not wanting him around at all. He's forcing painful memories of Horosha's death into her mind. Well, that's the virus, but she doesn't know that. "Die, you stupid brat." She swings down on Yurei and Kurogane. Of course, she is stopped. If not by Grimmjow or one of your group, then by Kyo. She says regardless to whomever blocks her, "I don't know who you fools are, but you've got us mixed up. Ichigo is mine. That kid is not." She looks to Cider and narrowed red eyes. Who the hell does that girl think she is to be trying to convince Ichigo to leave her? Stupid bitch!
Indeed, Kyo stops Akira of yours don't. Otherwise, he stands in a half dragon form ready to fight. He narrows his eyes at both Ichigo and Akira. "What the hell happened to you? We are your comrades! Your friends! Cider here is your girlfriend, Ichigo. You've been head over heels for each other for a long time! Akira, since when did you ever call Kurogane a brat? Since when did you want him dead? He's your son! Yours and Horosha's!" Her reply of having no child makes his eyes widen. Did.,, did they lose their memories? No... Then they wouldn't be claiming one thing or another. No, it's like they're distorted and changed. He doesn't think on it long. He demands, "Why are you attacking this town? These people aren't enemies!" He gets a "But they are," from Akira which confuses him. Akira liked fighting, but she was never blood thirsty like she is now.
Kouga grunts as he is taken aside along with Kyo and Hana to avoid the Cero aimed at them. He's thoroughly confused. They trusted one another! Why are Ichigo and Akira treating them like enemies and strangers? He stares with wide, confused eyes as each of them did the unthinkable. Akira turned her blade on her beloved baby boy. She would have actually killed him if she wasn't stopped. Ichigo denies even knowing Cider, much to the girl's dismay. He doesn't come to the conclusion Kyo does in his mind. No, he's just eternally confused and feeling maybe a little betrayed with out a solid explanation. Still, Kouga looks to his girlfriend after she's nearly indirectly attacked by Akira. "Are you ok?" He asks her.
Cider's eyes widen. As they are attacked by the man she was so sure would be happy to see her. She instinctively collects Kouga and Kyo to get out of the blast zone of Ichigo's cero. "Ichigo!" She cries out once he lands before them. Why is he looking so coldly to all of them? To her? Her mind reaches out and prods tentatively at his. "Ichigo, it's me! It's Cider! We've been going out for the past year! Why are you fighting us? What happened?" She steps towards Ichigo. It's Miraikou who stops her mid-second-stride. 'Dont get near him!' The woman cries out. 'He is not at all well in the head. Can't you feel it?' Cider's eyes get big, and she's on the brink of tears as she is rejected by her long time boyfriend to be replaced by an equally strange Akira. Why... Why are they doing this? Panicked, she pushes him further. "C'mon! Don't day you don't know us. You've been with all of us for years, jumping through the different worlds and fighting all kinds of enemies together! Where's Ogichi? Can't he knock some sense into you?"
All the while, Hana remains silent and very in the shadows. She listens to their story, and is quicker to find it too absurd to be true than Takuya. He keeps to herself, though. What makes her tense up more than she already is is when suddenly, she is nearly blown back by some sort of bright, bright bomb. She looks up at the two in the sky as suddenly, these strangers call out for their missing friends. Some friends. They nearly got killed by these 'friends'! Still, she is forgotten as Ichigo charged his cero and everyone fled. She takes the cue to flee, but she's not fast enough. She gets blasted by the cero that could kill any human blooded person with ease. Thankfully, she has an inhuman resilience she cant explain, and despite being a bit dirty and bloody, she is ok. Though, her already torn up clothes are nearly ripped off her body. Pants are half missing, and her top rips down the front some as well as the back. The sleeves disappear too. It's enough to reveal the majority of the tribal tattoo that extends from her wrist to a quarter of her back. She scrambles to her feet as Ichigo and Akira are confronted by their comrades, and she makes a break for an alley way to disappear from these guys, though Kouga catches her as she passes so she can't skip on being 'fooled' into helping them.
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