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Post by LochNess on Apr 18, 2014 2:39:16 GMT
"Yes," the mare laughs. "Hopefully they'll at least be successful at a test of speed and endurance since jumping was too much for em." Akira and Kurogane are now standing with the others at the track. It's two minutes until the bell that starts the race. She watches the horses line up casually as Grimmjow explains what happened with May and her buddies. Of course, she can't help but add, "And I'm pretty sure that Ino chick pissed herself when I opened my mouth to speak. It was funny." Kouga, while leaning on the railing, looks to the side at Grimmjow and Akira as they explain themselves. "I figured as much. She's been saying you were attacking completely unprovoked. It was annoying as hell watching all those people automatically accept her words as truth. At least we don't have to stick around to see what they'd do to ya, or try to do to ya." Akira scoffs. "I'm hardly worried about what they'd do. I'm sure the Witch will do something. He's strange, but he seems like a just fellow." She perks up as Ichigo and cider explode out of the box like a bat out of hell. They're wise to not explode completely from the start, but they still seem to start strong. She watches intently, cheering for Ichigo with whinnies and snorts when ever he passed her just to cheer him on. In the end, Akira shouts out, "Yes! Were done with this world!" With rearing and trotting to show her excitement. Though, her excitement is contagious, and little does she noticed until it's too late... Kurogane meant to only nibble to mess with Grimmjow, but the excitement got to him, and instead of a little nibble, Grimmjow's shirt gets ripped in a sickle shape across his back. "Kurogane!" She scolds at first, though, she remembers Grimmjow hated the shirt anyways. Since they're bound to leave once Ichigo joins em.... "Let me help," she chimes. Poor Erza had her man all dressed only for the shirt to be ripped off by Akira and Kurogane. They basically rip it from the back until a huge chunk of the back is exposed. "Is it still suffocating you, Grimmjow?" She asks.though by the time Ichigo and Cider get to them, Akira notices that she's once again on the small side in height. Shoot, she seems smaller than before. Where she came up to Grimmjow's nose, she's now at the top of his shoulder. Human eyes look down, and she beams. "I'm normal again!" She cheers. Well, she hasn't seen how much her appearance has changed, otherwise she wouldn't say that at all. Still, Kurogane is likewise a little humanesque baby again, and he's swept into Akira's arms all to happily. "Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't trample the girls for trying to do anything to Kurogane. If seen you attack Grimmjow with more fierceness for as much of a threat." He gets a shrug, and that's fine. Kouga too watches the race intently. He ends up pulling for the rider that gets dead last. Poor guy probably needed someone to cheer him on anyways lol! Still, Kouga beams as he sees the last of them place high. "Way to go Ichigo and Cider!" He cries out with a safe of his hand so Cider and Ichigo can find them. When they get to Kouga, he looks to Yurei, and assuming she's given her human body again, his eyes widen with great surprise only to give her a great big kiss to celebrate having her human ish again. "It's about time,love," he teased. Kyo meanwhile is the last of mine to notice they all turned back human. After a "Ichigo! Cider! Get over here so we can go!" Shouted towards the two right after they're presented with awards. He was chacking out a mare nearby, and the mare seemed interested until Ichigo and Cider arrived to mess with his groove. It's only when he sees the others are human that he looks to his own hands and realizes, "were normal again! Minus powers of course. Still..." He looks around excitedly, and alas, there rests a portal not too far from the 9 of them. He looks to Erza, his human face beaming. Well... That is until a minute later. He seemed to act as though he remembered something, and he then looked away. Cider meanwhile does as mentioned during the race. Afterwards, Cider beams excitedly to Ichigo. "You brought us to first place, Ichigo!" She leans forward to hug his neck. They're given a trophy, and Ichigo has a scarf of roses draped over him for the pictures. It takes about ten minutes to get all the pictures taken for the press, but Cider was fighting hard to get back to the group where half cheered he and Ichigo on loyally. Once they're released from the obligation of pictures, Cider says in Ichigo's mind, "Lets return to the others. We got toget to a new world." If you'd allow, let's say Ichigo ends up with cider in a piggy back ride position once he was switched human just cause Cider wanted one. "it seems that the Witch was pleased enough with our stay here: shall we go to the next world?"
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Apr 18, 2014 3:10:28 GMT
Grimmjow ended up cheering for the guy that came close to last but not quite. more so in the back portion of the middle group. Still, he smirks broadly as Ichigo and Cider take first by a long run after that struggle to get there. His eyes turn to the excited Kurogane, mouth open in surprise and as though to say 'hey!'. However he realizes just how much better the free breeze feels as compared to a covered torso. As such he gladly lets mother and son destroy the back of his shirt. "I got the rest," he tells her, not looking at her as he does so. It's only after he's shirtless that he looks her way. However instead of looking at the white mare, he sees a rather.....Damn sexy blonde in her place. His blue eyes are wide with surprise, and his male instincts refuse to let him tear his eyes from her. "Yea.....Normal," normal and fucking hot that is. Wait, the fuck is he saying?! That's Akira right there damn it! Oh come on, seriously?! Why does she have to look so damn fine? This is gonna be hard for him to accept as to not suddenly start flirting with her or anything. Damn her sex appeal to hell. Still when everyone is gathered, he is the first of my guys to head through the portal. However the result is finding himself in a place that much reminds him of Hueco Mundo. That is, there being sand absolutely everywhere. The only difference is that there's a small town not too far away. He looks down at his shirtless self and sighs. He needs new clothing again damn it. Still, as he again sees his Hollow hole, he smirks to himself and feels his hip where Pantera again lays loyally. Finally! He's a Hollow again! Fuck yes!
Yurei in the mean time rears and kicks forward her legs as Cider and her steed take first via a burst of speed and excellent team work and speed. "Yes! Go Cider! Go Ichigo!" She whinnies out. However instead of her hooves hitting the ground, it's her feet as though she had been jumping up and down. There's an odd feeling of lightness about her person, and she looks down at normal human feet. It's by now that Kouga decides to turn towards her. She gladly returns the kiss, and holds onto him tightly as she hasn't been able to in days. Multiple long days at that. "Sorry," she laughs out, "I wanted to try some new things," she jokes out. She sees the portal and can't help but to beam even more, they're finally leaving!! She is the last of my lot to head on through the portal, almost sad about leaving as she enjoyed the horse's life despite not being able to hold or kiss Kouga. That's why she'd never stay here unless she could freely change between being a horse and a human. Which here she can't do. Upon finding that the place is covered in sand, her eyes closely roam over where they are as though to inspect it. After all, her home is filled with mostly sand as well. Upon realizing that no, this isn't her home, she's both relieve and disappointed. Relieved because she's not ready to let Kouga meet Cross and vise versa. And Disappointed because she wants to see how long she's been gone for in that world. Once the others are all there she states, "We all need new clothing; stuff that'll keep us warm at night despite being rather hot during the day. I know the desert well," as this place obviously is one, "Night time is the most dangerous".
Erza in the mean time had decided to cheer for their strongest powerhouse and their shini-witch from the get go. And she silently smiles in pride as the duo take the gold much opposed to how they did earlier in the morning. However as she hears all the 'I'm normals's and what not, she looks around only to find herself looking at the now human Kyo. As he beams to her, she finds herself beaming back, happy to see such a wide smile on his face. However as he frowns and looks away, her own smile falls and confusion takes over her face. What? Why's he suddenly looking away? She's third of my lot to head on through the portal, still confused about Kyo's antics. But even so she too inspects the area around her. Not because she's from a desert area, but just in case they popped in in the middle of someone else's fight or something. However that doesn't seem to be the case. As Yurei tells them of how night is the most dangerous time for places like this one, she purses her lips, "Well, there's a town near by....But none of us have money. Are we going to have to steal? I see no sort of guide like we normally get...".
Ichigo proudly stands for the pictures as a scarf of roses covers his tall and muscular stallion frame. In fact it's almost like he's smiling or even posing from time to time. However as they're freed from the press, he finds himself on two feet again. Even so there's still a pressure on his back. He looks over his shoulder and raises a brow, "Really?" He questions about her and her piggy back ride. Still, he doesn't complain as for one he knows he won't win against her. And two, he's too busy being happy about not having hooves again. That means that pretty soon he won't feel like the weak human he is any more. He grins to those of their group as they celebrate, and he's the second of my peeps to head through the portal. When he does so, he can't help but immediately be grateful that his clothing is the white version of his old bankai garb. He's also rather happy to find Zangetsu- in his usual Tensa Zangetsu form- in his left hand where he should be. He too is happy to see the Hollow hole where his heart normally would be. Good, he was getting tired of feeling a heart beating in his chest after so long without one. As he hears Yurei's words, he looks himself over again and smirks, black and golden eyes playful, "Then I'm good to go". Seriously, he basically is.
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Post by LochNess on Apr 18, 2014 13:43:34 GMT
Akira can't help but giggle as Grimmjow decides it's time to strip himself of the torn shirt. "You're welcome," she tells him as they did after all give reason for him to take it off. Of course, one could almost here the gasps and equaling all around as so many surely take notice of Grimmjow as he was stripping. "You just got yourself a hundreds more fans," she tells him, poking him with a finger as she does so only because she can. Suddenly she notices the widened eyes, a sign of surprise. She can't help but ask, "What's wrong? Can't be that surprised to me being human can ya?" All the same, she goes through the portal with the others, and her first order of business is to call light to he hand to show she's got her powers again. Indeed she does, and a broad grin plasters to her face as wings as red as her eyes flex themselves with curling and unfurling as she realizes she has them as well. She finally takes a look around, and she immediately looks towards the distant town. "I guess we should head that way for clothes and to figure out what kind of world we got into." She starts walk if no one else does. Why not go ahead and get moving unless they want to wait until it's night time to see if Yurei is right.
Kouga shrugs. "We sure get to try new things in this journey don't we? Wolves, ninja, demons, why I wouldn't be surprised if we get to play pirate in the next world." Heh... Still, he holds her until they notice the portal to go through. He lets to only to go through the portal, heading through only to step onto a barren land minus the distant town. So much for pirates, he thinks to himself. Still, as the others determine they're able to wield powers again, he too notices his long missed wings on his back. That means he wields winds again! Yes! As Yurei says they need new clothes, Kouga nodded. "If that's what you'd suggest my love, then let's go find ourselves some better clothes. These boots and weird blue pants (jeans) are killing me." Of course they'd have to swipe the clothes as they obviously wouldn't have any currency of this world.
Kyo won't tell her what's wrong even if she asked. He's just remembering that she doesn't return his affection, and so he ought to not act so much like he likes her. Still, as they go through the portal, Kyo only stretches as the others learn about their powers being restored. He can feel it. No need to call flames forward. Still, he decides to look around. The heat is ideal for our little dragon since he's cold blooded as he is. As Yurei informs them of freezing nights, he looks to his garb of a dark cloak and black bottom and top, both nice and long to cover him. "I think my body is well covered for the nights. I'll just be sluggish if I do get cold anyways." Just like any other lizard. They never were anywhere cold I don't think. Still, he says, "We will need to swipe clothes unless you can coax money out of these pedestrians, money and help that is.... Maybe I can do something if we get into town and there's someone rich enough to pay for us..." Indeed, he's thinking of pulling a tamaki to get some poor sap of a girl to bend to his will.
Cider giggles as Ichigo questions about the piggy back ride. "I was on your back when you shifted human. So naturally I wouldn't just randomly be standing beside you. Besides, you love me," she tells him followed by multiple kisses to his neck as she lets her mind over flow with excitement to have Ichigo normal again I to his mind. She stays on Ichigo's back as he goes through the portal and up until it's decided to go visit the town. She looks around at the desert as the sun hits her skin much harder than in the last world. At leaT she won't get sunburn here with her powers back. XD she can feel Miraikou at her side again, though she's still in that stupid cowboy garb. "I say we get clothes from that town. Ain't like there's anywhere else to get clothes from that we can see. We can also talk to the locals about this world." As she finally stands on her own to feet as Akira decides to take the lead towards the town, Cider looks to Grimmjow. "By the way, at so s point in this world, I want to continue where we left off from that fight we had in that ninja world." She smirks to him, eyes narrowed slightly as if daring him to try and refuse her.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Apr 18, 2014 14:46:34 GMT
"Yea, thanks," he tells the woman with a nod. However as she tells him about his hundreds of new fans, he blanches. Of course he would gain new fans, and more than ever before, simply because they catch him stripping. Because that's just how his luck works. He sighs and shakes his head. However as Akira questions him about what's got him so surprised, he scratches the back of his head. Like hell he's gonna admit that he'd love to hit on her and what not. That's just...No. And thus the answer to her question is, "Just...Look in a mirror the next chance you get". Upon making it to the next world as said all he really needs to do is look down and find his hollow hole as well as feel Pantera at his hip. His left hand constantly rests on the hilt for now, seeing as while he won't admit it, he really missed his blade. And while it's not sentient like Ichigo's or Cider's, it's still a part of him. "Off to the town we go then," he agrees following after Akira. Still, as Cider mentions a rematch from the Shinobi world, he smirks, "Any time, any place girlie". He'll still kick her ass into next month. None the less, as they make it into town, it can be seen as rather busy during this time of day. Unknown to them, they've come upon the town/oasis called Rainbase. Blue eyes scan the area around them as he looks for a place where they could snatch some clothing. However he doesn't see anything until little Yurei of all people points out a shop.
Yurei in the mean time giggles to Kouga as he whines about the jeans, "They're called jeans babe. And we'll get you out of them, don't you worry". She blushes a bit to herself as her mind decides to mention that by the way, that sounded kind of provocative. None the less, she like the others follows Akira's lead into walking into town. It doesn't come as a surprise to her that the place was first an oasis, as that's where most desert towns are based around; a place with water and trees for shade. The people here don't seem to dress any differently from those in her world. Therefore choosing things to steal won't be so hard to do. As they walk, she of course finds the need to hold onto Kouga as she hasn't been able to in much too long for her liking. Therefore one of her hands is in his own and she has their fingers twined. Yurei as said is the one to spot a place that they can hit up, and as such she points, "That store will probably do for our needs," she tells the others, and steals the lead from Akira. Upon entering the store, it's found to be a simple place based off of only clothing that covers you up. Nothing super fancy. There is no 'men's' and 'women's' section, as everything is neutral for the most part- who cares what your cloaks and baggy clothing look like?- but things are separated in relative size. The selection for what stuff you can wear under your cloak and what not is not of large diversity, however it's available and therefore this can allow those still in cowboy garb to get changed.
Erza will probably end up asking at some point if not soon due to both curiosity and confusion. To her, it looks like Kyo is still pissed at her from their fight, even though in the last world they had brought that issue to an end. And therefore he's hurting her feelings, even if only a little bit. Still, as said she heads through the portal, finding herself still dressed in cowboy garb where as Ichigo has back his normal white clothing. She looks to Kyo and chuckles a bit, "Going to seduce money out of some poor rich girl?" A tease of course, but also what he expects. While she doesn't have a cloak that she can wear, she can change into her usual stuff for the time being. That is, boots, breast plate, gloves, and so on. But still will be needing something to cover herself up during the day and keep herself warm at night. She is after all nothing but a mage. Even mages can get sunburn or cold. "This place is so different from everywhere else we've been," she tells no one in particular as they make their way into town. Upon entering the shop with clothing, she's the first of my guys to actually step forward and begin the process of looking for a cloak that'll fit her and cover her up as need be.
Ichigo had rolled his eyes to Cider's words, and yet shivers ran down his back when she decided to kiss his neck while he was carrying her. Something on the dangerous side to do, as his arms wanted to relax due to the feeling. But still, they make it to the next world, and Ichigo can't help but question Yurei, "This isn't your home world is it? You said you were from a desert place". And of course she answers with, "No, but it's similar to my home world. That's looks to be a bit more advanced in technology than this world". Ichigo blinks but shrugs out his understanding of her explanation. He pays little attention to the sights and smells around him, more so focused on why the hell they don't have a guide this time. This is just like Cider's home world, where they had no one to point anything out to them. He purses his lips. If they have no guide then....What will they do? Will they have to travel through this world in hopes of finding what they have to lend a hand with? That could take years! And those that are human- Erza, Yurei and Kouga- aren't getting any younger. He's sure they'd like to settle down in due time. For now he shakes these thoughts out of his head, following the others into the store and watching as they look for cloaks. As said before, he's already fully covered so he's good to go.
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Post by LochNess on Apr 18, 2014 15:44:58 GMT
"A mirror?" Akira mutters with a tilt of her head. She looks human, right? Sure, she's got a nice change of clothes, but that's all she sees S her newly golden hair is pulled back into a pony tail, and no way will she be able to see her own eyes have went blood red. When cider challenges Grimmjow, she teases, "Mr. Jeagerjaques is eager to get his ass whooped, huh Cider?" She adds, "Might wanna get bloody and dirty before you slip on any new clothes." As they walk, she observes the people closely, and they seem to stare back, probably because of their strange clothing. The only one remotely like the them in dress is Kyo. Ichigo comes close, but he's still off enough to attract looks. Still, she lets Yurei take the lead. She has a cloak that is current more like a cape, but that can be adjusted. Kurogane however could use more than the bit of red raga they found in cider's home world. He's grown enough to where he could used more clothes anyways. Once they find a shop, she immediately looks for the smallest sizes. For Kurogane's sake, lets say there is indeed a baby section. Akira looks for a suitable wardrobe for her son, and she quickly spots a rich blue little long-sleeved shirt, a little hat, and dark pants as well as a blue cloak that looks more like a blanket. She looks to Grimmjow where ever he is, curious to see what he's picked out. Depending on what he finds is how she'll pick on him next post. Hehe however, she does indeed find a mirror in the clothes shop so people can imagine the others on their bodie, and she freezes. Damn... No wonder Grimmjow was so surprised. She was a dark-haired, blue-eyed girl before. Why is she suddenly blonde and red eyes? There's something way back in her memory about this, but it's so fuzzy she can't make out what it is.
Kouga scoffs. "Like I give a damn about what they're called. They suck." Still, when it comes to new clothes, he grabs the first thing he sees to put on. He gets a cloak barely darker than the brown sand, a dark almost black green and a pair of tan pants. He even gets some nice shoes to put on his feet that are black. As he collects his clothes, he's wondering just how they'll make off with the clothes they get until me sees the answer with mister Kyo working his studly ways on the store keeper, a girl just at the age of coming into her hormones and desire for men. Kouga fights the laughter he wanted to let out before he looks to his girlfriend. "What are you gonna get, Yurei?" He asks her.
Kyo as mentioned when everyone goes to get their clothes heads straight for the shop keeper. "My, what a lovely store you're running. Is it yours?" He asks her.
The girl isn't ugly by any means. She has beach blonde hair, sun kissed skin, and huge dark brown eyes. However, she is bashful. The girl's face bleeds into a red as crimson as Akira's eyes and wings. "Thanks sir," she stutters with an uneasy laugh. "No, it's not mine. My parents are away so they asked me to watch it." Ah, so she's probably some 16 to 17 year old... Nice Kyo. XD
The dragon laughs a little. "Your face looks so cute right now, ya know that?" He's responded to only with wider eyes and a redder face. "Don't go and blow a gasket on me," he laughs with a wave of his hand. "Say, my travel party here and I are needing new clothes, but we don't have any currency of this world. What could we give you to get an outfit for each of us?" He lists off things: their old outfits, a date, many dates, and so on.
Eventually, the girl just stutters out, "D-don't worry about it, Sir! I'll let you send me money later." She gives a bright close-eyed grin, and it's returned with Kyo beaming at at her.
"You're a life save! Thank you so much, young lady. I'll be sure to send you payment as soon as we get where we are going." He inclines his head as a thanks. Let's say this is done by the time everyone has found something new to wear. He thus turns back at them and says, "make sure we send money back to this lovely lady first chance we get, guys." Maybe they can do some work around the town in exchange for some money to pay her back and maybe even some to pay for food and a room to stay!
Nah, Cider would hold on herself if Ichigo decides to go all "I'm a noodle" on her just because of a few kisses. Still, in the new world, she laughs with Akira about Grimmjow getting his ass beat. "If we don't have to fight for some reason during this world, I say let's fight before we go through the portal, ok?" She winks at Grimmjow. "So when you lose, you can high tail it out of here before people can even begin to know who you are that would lose to a little girl like me." Of course, once in the shop, she sets to looking about. Like Kouga, she's no fan of jeans and the shirt. She laughs a little as Kyo puts the moves on the shop keeper to get their clothes. To Ichigo'a mind, she says, "He's become a but of a man whore." Still, she searches the racks for something, and finally finds something her style. There's a cloak her size that's emerald green in color. She finds a sleeveless shirt that's a sand color, pants that are a shade or two darker and chocolate brown leather boots like the ones she has in her Bankai armor. The shirt is scoop necked with a slit down the middle that would show a tad bit of cleavage as a result. The shirt is a tad long, coming to the bottom of her booty. The pants feel and fit like leggings. The shirt isn't as snug, but still pretty form fitting.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Apr 18, 2014 16:31:55 GMT
"Feh, big words for such a small person with such little power," the hollow throws back to the girl. "I won the last time; I'll win again". Grimmjow has a single outfit in mind, and that's the only thing he'll be going for. It might be a Hollow thing, but white is the color of what he wears, managing to find himself a white sleeveless tunic, white pants that are a bit less battle ready as compared to his old clothing from Hueco, and he manages to find himself a pair of wajari- those sandals they wear in Bleach- and black socks. His eyes turn to Kyo as he works his magic on the young girl, making him roll his blue orbs. Like hell he's gonna repay the girl. If she's gonna fall for that bullshit Kyo spews, then it's not his issue. Not liking the fact that he was only able to find a tunic instead of a vest, he simply tears the front open in turn for his comfort. There we go. As Ichigo suggests that they leave now that they have clothing, he nods and follows the carrot top out only to find that the area is busier than usual. Not a surprise, seeing as they came in at about...ten in the morning. People are still waking up after all. "I'll come with you, then," Grimmjow tells Ichigo simply with a shrug.
Yurei can't help but giggle at her lover's dislike for jeans. She personally only knows what they are due to their first world where they went to school. They don't exist back at home. None the less it takes her a little bit longer to find something because one, she knows what is good quality and what is not, and two, she's a tiny person and there's not a lot for people her size. In the end she ends up getting a light tan shirt to work with and darker tan pants. The cloak is that of a dark brown which while it will attract heat, it'll also hold onto it through the night; something she knows will be rather helpful. "I'll be getting this," she tells Kouga as he turns her way after watching Kyo work his magic. She shakes her head with a sigh. That man needs to just get together with Erza and call it a day. He's not as good at flirting as he thinks he is in her opinion. But maybe that's because she's already taken.
Erza ends up getting a dark red cloak to go over the armor she's decided would be best for this world. She requips into her sarashi, what with the red hakama bottoms with flaming hem, bandages supporting her bewbs, and her hair up in a high ponytail, and lets the red cloak do the rest of the work of covering her torso. She figures that this will do for when she is both hot and cold. As she turns and sees Kyo working his magic on a girl much younger than even her, she shakes her head in amusement. The dragon reminds her of Loki back at home. Upon exiting the shop with everyone else, it is she who suggests they split up and try to see if they can't find out the issue that they're supposed to either help fix or just fix in general. She justifies her words with, "It'd be easier this way. However I don't think we should split up into eights. Instead we can just split in half".
Ichigo chuckles before shaking his head with amusement. Still, the thought of rematches makes his golden orbs turn to Akira, "You said you wanted a rematch from way back when, right? If Cider and Grimmjow are gonna go at it, why don't we do the same? I'm sure you're dying to fight me again". Just as he's dying to fight her again as well. The thought of being able to go all out like when he was going against Naraku makes a shiver of excitement roll through his frame. He smirks at Ogichi's excited cackle; he obviously wants the fight as well. Upon entering the shop, he has no need for new clothing. After all for one thing Hollows don't get sun burn, nor do their body temperatures really go down- unless they're 'born' with a low body temperature, they'll all relatively warm blooded. And therefore he has nothing to really do other than wait for the others to finish up with their clothing picks. To Kyo, he nods, "We'll send her money for sure," that is, if they can remember. And if they have the time. All the same, once outside, he listens to Erza's suggestion and agrees. "That actually sounds like a good idea. Cider, if you go with Erza and the other girls, then I'll go this way," he points a thumb over his shoulder, "And if either of us find something we can most likely tell one another mentally and meet up again". Not that they'll be able to as I plan on them being out of range from one another due to their exploration. As Grimmjow decides to come with him, he nods again, "Sounds fine to me".
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Post by LochNess on Apr 18, 2014 17:24:58 GMT
Akira beams to Ichigo. "Hell yea we need a rematch. Both of us got stronger, so I need to kick your ass to prove I got stronger." Red eyes narrow with a broad, half same grin. Still, as mentioned she gets Kurogane a new outfit, and he gladly takes to it. When it comes to splitting up, Akira frowns. She has a bad feeling about this. However, she agrees to it. "It sounds like Kurogane will be with the only guy with us," she tells Erza with a smirk. "I'm sure he won't mind." Indeed, Kurogane looks pretty content. She waves to the boys with her free hand. "You guys watch yourselves. I need Ichigo in one piece for our rematch tonight." Little does she know that won't happen. She looks to Erza, let's find a place where a lot of travelers go. An inn, and train station, something. We can find more people from all over that way."
Kouga smiles to Yurei as she looks like she probably did in her home world. "You look so beautiful, Yurei." Once outside, he agrees to splitting up. "It looks like it's girls and guys. Fine by me." He looks to Yurei. "Think you'll be able to kick ass with out me?" He gives a brief hug. "I'll be going tieth Kyo, Ichigo, and Grimmjow." He smiles to her before he looks towards the other guys. "Where do you guys suggest we look first for information?" He folds his arms over his chest as he speaks.
Kyo nods. "I'll pay her if I must myself... Seemed nice... Would hate to get her in trouble with her parents..." Aww, he's being a sweet heart. Haha. Anyways, as it's suggested they split up, he nods. "Yea, that'd be more efficient. Cider and Ichigo can keep tabs so we can meet up later once were both done." He says this as Cider is requested to go with the others. He waves Erza and the other ladies off casually after walking over to the guys. "Good luck ladies! Don't let any guys push y'all around!" Meanwhile, as they seperate, he says, "You're ideas are as good as mine, Kouga." Both listen for ideas by Ichigo or Grimmjow.
Cider scoffs. "It was called off before I could turn things around," she says. "I was about to, but then that snake guy got in the way." She smirks. "Prepare yourself while in this world. Once we did what ever we had to do, I'm challenging you. Rules will be the same as back then." As Akira is challenged likewise, she smirks at the insane look on The angel's face. When it's decides to split up, Cider says, "Fine. I'll go with the girls. Akira and I'll will warm each other up so I can skin Grimmjow and Akira can blast everyone away." She's not as sadistic as the other powerhouses, but even she is craving a fight against the hollow right now.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Apr 27, 2014 22:19:56 GMT
Ichigo rolls his golden eyes before shaking his head, "You just think you'll be able to kick my ass. Don't get your hopes up". At the question of information, he shrugs his shoulders lightly and leads the lot of them into walking away from the women. "The girls are probably gonna check places likes bars and the like.....We should probably just walk around until we hear something that's useful if nothing else". As they fully separate from Cider and the other women, save for little Kurogane, he looks around. While the buildings are made of wood for the most part, they're not very special things to look at. They're also obviously not very hi-tech if the lack of cars and the nothing but fresh sandy air tells him anything. He looks to his right to Grimmjow, whom has taken up the aforementioned spot. "I hear something coming our way but....I wouldn't pay much attention to it-" he was going to say more if it weren't for the fact that his frame is run into by a black haired, red vested boy. While Ichigo doesn't move from his spot, the young man literally bounces off of him and is sent sprawling. As the boy sits up and shakes his head, Ichigo raises a brow. They're silent as they stare at one another, either moving even as the rest of this guy's friends show up and try to get him to make a move on. However when the boy says what he does, he blanches and literally face plants. "I don't even know what the hell a 'Nami' is! And what do you mean by a guy? I was born a guy you know!"
Grimmjow rolled his eyes at Cider's statement of her going to kick his ass when the pedophile suddenly ruined their fun. "Whatever you say girlie," he tells her, a mocking smirk on her lips. As they take off to leave, he indeed takes to walk on Ichigo's right, feeing most comfortable there. Not only because that puts Ichigo on his side there Pantera lays- an old habit he has from back in the day living with Aizen and the others- but also simply because he can. Grimmjow deems this place not interesting enough to look around like Ichigo is. Why should he when he's supposed to be listening for interesting whisperings. However, while he's using these ears of his, he hears something rather interesting. That is, the sound of multiple feet running in their general direction. "Hey," he announces to no one in particular, "Do either of you guys hear that?" Why is it getting closer? However as Ichigo keeps his eyes forward and pays the feet no mind, Grimmjow ignores the suggestion and decides to look around for the source. However, the source comes to them as a small- compared to the rest of them- male ends up literally bouncing off of Ichigo's hard chest. He too is violently confused by what the hell a 'Nami' is and why Ichigo would be called a woman. He means yes, the carrot top's hair is pretty damn long, but his build is waaaaay too masculine to even hint at him being a woman. His eye twitches as the boy continues to call him some bitch named 'Vivi', "I ain't no 'Vivi', I have a penis! Who the hell do you think you are, calling me a woma-!" However he doesn't get much say in what happens next, the boy grabbing him and pulling both he and a rather surprised Ichigo with him in some random direction. "Let us the hell go damn it!" Grimmjow digs his heels into the sand. However, unlike the sand back home, this sand is so much finer, and therefore doesn't allow much traction for stopping it seems. He looks behind him to see if Kouga and Kyo are following. What he sees even if they're not, is a group of people coming up on them. Among the group is a green haired man with three swords, a blonde with a curly eyebrow, two women- both oddly with the same hair colors as his own and Ichigo's- and some long nosed guy.
Why does he have to run so damn fast?! Nami grumbles to herself as she and the others run after a fleeing Luffy. Why is he fleeing? Because they just got out of Crocodile's Rain Dance casino slash trap for them along with Smoker. Smoker gave them a head start on getting away- his way of paying them all back for saving his life- before he and his men would give chase. And therefore they're running. Nami's brown eyes widen as she watches Luffy run into a white clad man with long orange hair and literally bounces off his chest. And yet...The man doesn't move. What is he, a brick house? While she and the others are working on catching up, she barely catches the nonsense that Luffy causes, and therefore drags two confused men- the other having hair the same color as Vivi's- along with him without even saying sorry. As she stops to catch her breath, her chest working hard to give her oxygen, she looks to the other two men that were with the first two. "I'm really sorry about that!" She tells the two men, "I think it would be best to come with us if you're gonna get your friends back!" And with that said, she starts running off, ending up in the back of the bunch due to having stopped to talk.
Yurei in the mean time doesn't succeed at holding back a blush due to Kouga's ever so caring words. She shuffles a bit in her new garb and offers him a small smile, "You say that no matter what I wear," not that she's not grateful for him doing so, "It's just something that I managed to pull together after all". Still, as she and the other women and Kurogane separate from the men, she leaves her lover with a swift 'goodbye' kiss before heading off. "A bar or something like that would probably be best. I don't think they have trains here," not in Alabasta they don't. Like Grimmjow, she is uninterested in most things, seeing as she grew up in an environment like this. However, as they step into the nearest bar, she is the one to go ahead and try to ask questions. She asks the barkeep things like 'what's it like here, how do they get along in life, any major issues with their home that may attract eyes'. While the barkeep answers her honestly, it's only when Yurei lies and says yes, she's from the Navy- whatever the Navy is- that he really does so.
Erza, while in the bar, is more serious than Yurei in terms of their surroundings. Why? Because everyone is looking at them like they've got something to hide. Unknown to her, she and the ladies have walked into a common place where many of Crocodile's men stay to wind down from their duties as part of Barbeque Works. Even the barkeep is just a bit more tense than he should be. She turns, though, towards a rather pretty black haired woman as she approaches the lot of them. Her clothing is that of a white cowboy hat, white female suit like jacket over a purple shirt, white pants and boots to finish it up. The look in her eyes is that of someone who isn't trustworthy, which makes Erza's eyes narrow. However, for the time she'll play innocent and unknowing.
Nico Robin smiles as she approaches the woman that looks the oldest to her, the woman's hair being blond and dressed in an armor getup. The 'Devil Child' of the One Piece world smiles plesantly some more, happy with the turn out. What turn out? The one where the witch told her that those she requested to help her and Crocodile with their duties- in turn for some information and acting as a guide- and that said people actually turned up. "You four must be Akira, Cider, Yurei and Erza," her blue eyes sweep over the four of them, "And of course Kurogane as well". As I'll let Akira take the lead of the ladies if you will, Robin continues, "My name is Robin; I'm your guide for this world. It's a pleasure and honor to meet you....What happened to the men of the group though?"
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Post by LochNess on Apr 27, 2014 23:24:57 GMT
Kouga and Kyo meanwhile tag along as well. There wasn't much for the dragon to smell besides the occasional floral shop or bakery. Kyo says, "It's quaint, but it seems kind of small and remote. At least with it being smaller, we can get more information." After all, in his experience, smaller communities lead to more gossip. He's trailing along in the back. He doesn't care to really be in any fixed position like Grimmjow. So long he can see where his comrades are, he's fine, and they're all in front of him so it works. Having acute senses, he picks up on the distant sound as well. "Don't worry about it?" He questions Ichigo. "It sounds like a stampede. You might be tough, but it'd still not be the best thing to explain to your darling Cider that you were trampled by who knows what." of course, in the end, it turned out to merely be a playful jab at Ichigo. Still, as the sound got louder, and Kyo can even pick up the faintest of vibrations through the ground of the thundering footsteps, he wisely steps to the side. Of course, it turns out to only be Luffy who bounces off Ichigo as if he were just a mass of rubber. Kyo raises a brow at Luffy, and then at the two who let him drag them along. "What the hell is the Witch doing to us..." He grumbles before he takes off after them according to the the feminine orange top said.
Kouga meanwhile is about as curious about the details of the town as Grimmjow. He happens to be standing on the other side of Ichigo, not really paying much thought to it besides wanting to keep up with the others. Though, he still looks around. Maybe they'll... nah. Oh, how 'bout that merchant? The guys kept walking so he did too. Still, he wasn't paying attention to the noise until the others mentioned it. Then, he focused his ears, and he could hear what Kyo was hearing. His snazzy Ren face I poofed him into looks puzzled. "This place looks peaceful, and I don't really see a lot of animals that'd be big enough to make that sound." His answer is given when a scrappy looking nutcase in a straw hat runs straight into Ichigo. In the end, Kouga was laughing as the others were called females. "I dunno... After that one place we visited a while back, I can kinda see where he'd make the mistake." Of course, it's a joke much like the one Kyo makes a few seconds later. When Ichigo and Grimmjow allow themselves to be dragged along. Kouga sighs. "Dammit. Why are you two the ones causing trouble?" He dashes after them along side Kyo, though he also takes notice of the others that are running, and he wonders what the hell they're running from.
Akira and Cider likewise are off with the gals to look for a place to gather information. Cider walks along, and once they enter the bar, she raises a brow at the stares they get. "This will be fun," she says dryly. "Nothin' like having a bunch of pent-up guys staring at you like they think they're planning to hump you like wild dogs." No, that's not how they're staring, however, that's what Cider sees. She gazes around until finally they find another female in the midst. Cider sweetens up as this lady obviously must've talked to the Witch seeing as she knew who they were. At the question of where's the guys, Cider pales. With Ichigo pressumingly out of range, Cider stutters, "I don't know. I can usually find Ichigo, but I don't sense him at all." She's not as much worried about Ichigo or being seperated as she no longer comfortable with the lack of extra minds to joke around with. Miraikou is still there by the sound of her complaining that she can no longer continue her current affairs with Zangetsu. It's like when you have something you wear all the time. It may be a watch, bracelet, necklace, or something like that, and then one day you just don't have it to put it on. It feels raw and it likely annoys you. That's kind of how Cider is right now.
Akira meanwhile walks around casually, more interesting in what ever Kurogane is staring at than anything. It is after all amusing to her to watch little Kurogane see all the new people and things. A floral shop intrigued the little guy as he got whiffs of the floral scents to go along with the bright blues and reds and purples that stand out in this desert town. Once they're in the bar, Akira blanches at Cider. "I don't think-" She's cut off as they're approached by a woman. "I take it you know the Witch and what we're supposed to do then," as Robin greets them. As Cider answers Robin with obvious discomfort about where the boys are, Akira explains the situation to her. "We split up because we didn't know where we needed to go, and in a town like this, we figured splitting up to cover more ground would be best. Cider and Ichigo can usually keep track of each other, but seeing as Cider doesn't know where he is indicates that he's pretty far where ever he is. It's a shame now that we finally found somebody." Still, Akira smiles warmly to the woman. "At least we were able to find you. Ichigo and the others should hopefully roll their ways back here after so long."
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Jun 29, 2014 23:32:00 GMT
Ichigo for the most part is a bit too surprised that the stupid boy thought him to be a girl in the first place. This surprise leaves him admittingly still for a while. Long enough for the unknown young man to get them onto a...Crab of all places. As we both know what Scissors looks like, I won't describe him . Still, as Ichigo is released along side with his blue haired counterpart, he growls and stands to his feet as he had been dropped onto his ass. "What the hell was that all about?" He demands. "Well King," Ogichi speaks up within his fellow Hollow's mind, "I'm pretty sure this guy thought that you and Grimmjow here were two of his friends. He was running from something wasn't he? Probably danger. So o' course he'd drag you along". "Not helping Ogichi," Ichigo sighs out mentally. As mentioned, he's now on his feet and over the fact that he and Grimmjow have been momentarily separated from their fellows. What he sees is a young man with a straw hat, the very one that bounced off of him, gaping at him.
"You're not Nami and Vivi!!" Luffy shouts with wide eyes. He's a little roughed up as he had been running away from Smoker and the Navy with his crew when he ran into the duo. And of course not being that bright he forgot that the very nakama he's mentioned were behind him the whole time. He stands in front of Chopper whom does his usual bad job at hiding from the two new people, very confused and lost.
"Of course we ain't you dolt!" Grimmjow snaps. This kid is going to get killed by Grimmjow's hands if he ain't careful.
"What'd you do to them and why do you look like them?!...Could it be," Luffy gasps..., "You're their twins?!"
"Luffy!" Nami huffs upon making her way onto Scissors' head, having led the other two strangers along to the giant sand crab while said crab was so kind as to get a move on upon Eyelash's request. "What do you *pant pant* Think you're doing *pant* dragging two absolutely random guys along with you!?"
"Better yet," Sanji demands, "Nami-san and Vivi-chan DO NOT look like men! Those two are complete strangers! Get rid of them you idiot!!" He stands at Nami's side loyally, a cigarette hanging from his lips and burning even without him taking a drag as he glares at his idiot captain.
"Wait," Zoro demands as he looks from the blueberry and the strawberry to the two others that Nami told to come along. His eyes look back to the two exotically hair colored duo, "Let me fight the blue haired one first; he's got a sword".
Grimmjow scoffs, "I'm way out of your league buddy". His hand rests casually on Pantera's hilt, not at all worried about the human.
"Would everyone just....SHUT IT?!" Nami demands with a flail of her arms. This shuts her crew members up. Then, she looks to the four strangers, "So....Care to explain just who you are?"
Ichigo sighs and sits back down without a care, noting that he's come out of Cider's range to communicate- something the protective boyfriend doesn't like in the slightest. He leans back onto his hands and looks to Kouga and Kyo, "Either of you wanna take on the job of explaining this time?" Feel free to take control of the Straw Hats as you please if you want to.
In the mean time, Yurei and Erza's attentions have come to the black haired stranger as well by the time she introduces herself. Robin in the mean time holds onto that deceptive smile, "I see. Well, let's hope that they catch up soon hmm? In the mean time, I will tell you of this world and what is needed of you". She turns and waves for the women to follow after her, the kind smile turning into something a bit more sinister, but not towards the group. Hopefully...They can be of use to her. As they leave, she begins to speak, telling everyone first off of Devil Fruits and their abilities to give the eater special powers but take away their ability to swim. Therefore, she points out, Anyone with physically different attributes than normal people are thought to have eaten a fruit- as would the condition for Akira and her wings is amongst the villagers. She then goes on to tell the women of a group of rather nasty pirates that are out to get her boss and his organization. "While the people of Barbeque Works are not the most.....Noble per say, they are on the side of good let me assure you of that. However this crew of pirates, the Straw Hat Pirates they call themselves, don't want an organization such as this to exist. It'd get in the way of their plans- ones that I doubt are good at all mind you".
Yurei listens closely to her fellow black haired woman, body slack with relaxation as Robin gives her no reason to be on guard in the slightest. Her brows furrow upon hearing about the Straw Hats. So this is who they have to take care of? Just a few men and women? Her brows furrow, "There's only what? Just over a handful of them? And still you haven't been able to beat them? What about this Navy you told us about before telling us about these Pirates?"
Robin looks over her shoulder as she leads the women and baby to Crocodile's back up base; a place just out of town and out of sight of town. It's Crocodile's home; a well hidden place in a direction that if traveled in would lead the traveler to nowhere but the far away coast. It's a place the man does not stay at often, even when sleeping. "Unfortunately the Navy, while against Pirates, can't do much about this group. They're very powerful you see. Even more powerful than my boss, Crocodile. This is why I asked the Witch for help. I hoped she could lead some powerful warriors here. And even though your numbers have been cut in half, I'm sure you four are more than enough to take the seven (counting Vivi here) down in no time".
Erza nods once. Even before she became a world jumper, she's been used to jumping into issues and going against the odds. She has no doubt in her mind that while they may be outnumbered, the enemy is out clased. "Are we going to meet Crocodile?" She questions, curious as to whether the man knows about their arrival let alone Robin's request for them to come here.
Robin shakes her head, "I wish not to bear him with any more stress," she tells him. "I will be giving you instructions on what to do and when until you have taken down the Straw Hats. Again, though," she nods once, "Thank you for coming here. I know it was something for a forced occurrence, but I am still grateful". However, the reason she's grateful is not the same as why she asked them to come to the rescue. No, she has different plans for the world jumpers that are very much different from what she said her plans for them were.
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Post by LochNess on Jun 30, 2014 0:56:42 GMT
Hmmm... I definitely want to play Sanji. I can take Chopper and Vivi too. Since you planned this out, I'll let you hold onto the key character Luffy of course...
Anyways, Kyo is dashing along with Kouga as fast as they can to keep up with their own comrades as they are stolen by some kid in a straw hat. However, at the sight of the giant crab, his eyes widen. "What the hell?" Escapes the dragon's mouth. He jumps on before it can move, and once he sees that Kouga is there as well, he curses. Before him, the dumbass kid realizes who he happens to have instead of the two he mistook them for. "Why are you getting so defensive?" He asks Luffy. "You're the one who dragged our comrades here after thinking they are female in any way." He narrows his eyes with pure annoyance. In the back of his mind, he wonders why Grimmjow hasn't severed the kids arm in the first place. Once the task to explaining themselves is passed on by Ichigo to him and Kouga he nods. Being the most charismatic and social of my two boys, he takes on the task in stride. "My name is Kyo. The one beside me is Kouga. The carrot top you dragged along is named Ichigo, and the blue-haired one with the hole in him is Grimmjow." He briefly explains the deal with the Witch and how they travel worlds. "We just arrived here in this world no more than an hour ago with four ladies. To move on, we need to do some deed the Witch has planned for us.... We split up and searched around for information to find a possible task it could have assigned us, but then this bafoon came out of no where and dragged these two idiots away." He lets their story settle in the minds of Ichigo and Grimmy's captors. After Kouga's comment, he nodded. "We ought to go back and look for them before we get too far. But first..." He looks to Luffy. "We introduced ourselves. Tell us what the hell you dragged us into." Of course they won't end up going after the girls, but it's natural to want to considering how close this group is.
Kouga meanwhile is tailing Kyo. He wonders why the dragon has t resorted to flying yet what with it increasing his speed, and Kouga is really just making sure Kyo doesn't fall behind as he's plenty fast. Once on Scissors, he sits down as Kyo explains themselves to everyone. He's fine with letting the dragon talk. Once he's done though, he has a frown on his face. "Were leaving the girls behind," he muttered unpleasantly. Being the most... Attached of my two to one of the girls, he obviously dislikes this separation. He looks to anxiously to Ichigo. "You and Cider happen to be out of range by now don't you?" Still, as Kyo insists to take this opportunity to get names and maybe an explanation out of the straw hat kid, Kouga turns his gaze steadily towards the strangers.
"Wa?!?" Cries the blonde cook named Sanji as he hears of four female comrades. His eyes become pink hearts as he swoons at his imagination of the women possibly traveling with these boys. He was skeptical of such a story until the girls were mentioned. Nami may be nakama, but he loves all them ladies, hehe. As one female was mentioned, he grins. "Cider wouldn't happen to be one of the lovely ladies with you world travelers?" As Zoro challenges the one named Grimmjow to a fight, Sanji scoffs. Still, he lets Luffy explains themselves while he puffs away on another cigarette.
Vivi meanwhile is out of breath as well. She had run with Nami to catch up to the gang. She watches as the boys introduce themselves, and while Sanji is swooning over meeting potential females, Princess Vivi watches as they interact with her own newly found nakama. She remains silent for the time being.
Chopper is shivering a little as he does his not-really-hidden thing behind Nami. While he plays shy, he notices something strange about Grimmy... The hole in his gut. How is he alive? The reign deer wonders idly. In fact, over all he looks really scary... Scarier than Nami for the most part. Of course he doesn't get that vibe from Ichigo or any of the others, or at least not as overwhelmingly so.
Meanwhile, Akira, Cider, and Kurogane follow Robin. Cider listens carefully, though she too doesn't like that they've come out of reach of her Boyfriend. She knows they can handle themselves, so she's not as worried about injury as she is about being unable to find each other. This woman knows the Witch, so surely they know what to do now. It's just a matter of getting it done. Speaking of which, Cider raises a brow at the woman. "So, we need to eliminate the Straw Hat Pirates? They may be strong, but I think we can do it... And then we can rub it in the boys' faces that we got all the fun." She smirks at the idea as she looks to the others. "So, what are we to do right now?" Honestly all these people in their organization don't seem very busy besides drinking away.
Akira meanwhile listens while the others ask for further explanation. She isn't as worried about the separation as she is about the task. They'll meet up again if the boys get a lead as surely this seems like an origination that's grand in size like the ambitions of their leader, Crocodile. She's also intrigued with the Devil's Fruit. She can't help but ask, "hey, would you happen to have abilities of these devil's fruit yourself? And would these pirates happen to have people who possess abilities like that as well?" After all, they are strong, and the fruit seems to offer a great deal of strength.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Jun 30, 2014 2:01:40 GMT
Luffy flails his arms, "I thought they were Nami and Vivi!" He defends himself in that childish way he does everything. However just like the child he mentally is, he listens to Kyo's story about the group of men he's ultimately drug into riding Scissors who doesn't look to be stopping any time soon. Especially not with two sexy ladies on his head. Stars glitter in place of his eyes and his face is broken into a wide grin the entire time Kyo speaks of the current situation. By the time the story is over and before Kyo can fully introduce himself and the other three, Luffy's arms find themselves reaching for the sky, "Amazing!" He grins out. "So you're like super heros!!" Though he's quickly shut up by a punch to the head thanks to a rather annoyed navigator. This results in a goose egg resting on his head.
"Super heroes?!" Usopp denies, "Look at them! They all look like some sort of war lord monster from different dimensions!" The coward's eyes widen upon Ichigo's casual actions that will be stated below. "What are you doing?! WHY'S THERE A HOLE IN TWO OF YOU? HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?!" It defies all logic that the sniper has grown up upon. This doesn't make sense when comparing it to the logic that the monsters of the crew use all the time.
"Yea, we're out of range," he grunts. He knows Cider and the others are strong; there's nothing in this world that they can't handle together. Ichigo in the mean time sighs, "We're not super heroes, kid". Tired of the heat provided to him by the sun above, he rids himself of the clothing that he had 'bought' at the store they all stopped into, leaving him in nothing put his pants. Lazily he reaches into the hollow hole where his heart used to be and itches an itch that's been bothering him for the past ten minutes without a care and as though it were a normal thing; because for him it is. He also ignores Usopp and settles for giving his attention Sanji and then to Zoro. "Yes, Cider is one of the women from who we were separated from; she's my girlfriend". His eyes narrow upon saying the last word, the jealous boyfriend part of him rearing its ugly head without a care. "That's right King! Show that human what for!!" Ogichi scoffs within Ichigo's head, not happy himself about Sanji's little mind wandering about the ladies of the group. To Zoro he states, "I'll cleave you into so many pieces your doctor won't be even able to tell whether he has all of them later on or not". As he states this, Zangetsu appears in his hand without so much as a thought, his all white sheath and hilt appearing in no time at all.
Grimmjow in the mean time scoffs like Sanji does to Zoro, "Please, you're no match for me of you're not equal to Kurosaki here". His head bobs in the direction of Ichigo.
Zoro in the mean time looks to the carrot top, "He doesn't even have a sword". However he's proven wrong, his eyes widening upon the arrival of Zangetsu to the playing field. Then his eyes narrow. Not only do these two guys have holes in their bodies- blueberry in his gut and carrot top where his heart should be- but it looks like the latter has special abilities. A devil fruit? He growls as he's knocked on the head just as Luffy was by the navigator.
"If Luffy isn't gonna introduce us, and you're not, then I will," she huffs out to him. She then gives her attention to the newcomers, "I'm Nami. This here is Luffy, Zoro, Chopper, Sanji and Usopp. The girl here is Princess Vivian- we call her Vivi". From there, she goes on to explain that they are known as the Straw Hat pirates, and of how though they're pirates they do not plunder or kill anyone. Instead they are good hearted beings. She then goes into Vivi's story of Alabasta- where they all are- and of how a powerful man named Crocodile is planning on taking over the country from Vivi's father. She also tells the lot of Devil Fruits just incase they become more involved than is hopefully needed or wanted. After Luffy gives an example of his own Devil Fruit powers by stretching his face like he normally does when meeting someone new, she finishes up with, "We were just escaping the marines when Luffy picked you guys up, Ichigo and Grimmjow".
Ichigo smirks as he dematerializes Zangetsu, having no need for him as he disappears in a small swirl of black reiatsu. "Well gentlemen, it looks like we found out what we're meant to do here. Obviously either take care of Crocodile ourselves or help these guys do it".
"Crocodile is mine!!!" Luffy snaps, the the look in his eyes obviously stating 'challenge me if you dare'. Being the powerhouse Ichigo is, he doesn't see the mortal as a challenge. However he respects the kid's determination and nods. Very well, looks like they're just going to be support. Whatever gets the job done he supposes.
Back with the ladies, Robin listens to the inquiries about various things, and smiles as Cider states that they've found their goal and of how they'll be bragging to the boys of their success. Honestly Robin was hoping for the whole group, but half is better than nothing. Her attention is first given to Cider as she opens the door to Crocodile's large mansion of a home. Imagine it as you please, because Imma lazy and don't feel like describing it in full. However, I will say that the colors used are mostly neutral colors. "There's not much you can do until I give the word; though that shouldn't be long from now. We won't be staying in this building long; in fact as soon as things are taken care of we need to head in the direction of the Capitol where Crocodile his most likely already waiting for us". As she says this, she leads the way into something of a large meeting room on the first floor. Out of the cabinet she pulls a file, and from the file she pulls multiple bounty posters. "As for your question, Akira...Yes I do have a Devil Fruit ability. It allows me to 'grow' a body part of any kind where I please and as many as I please". For example, a hand grows on the woman's wing and strokes the beautiful red feathers just long enough to be noticed before disappearing.
Yurei stares at the limb for a moment before looking down to the posters that have been spread all over the table. Her brows furrow. These are not the faces of heartless murderers. At least, not to her they don't look it. But then again, her logic has been twisted and remoulded ever since she started traveling with her friends. "Who is the captain of the Straw Hats?"
Robin points at none other than Luffy's poster, a broad grin on his face and his stated bounty below the picture. "This is him right here; Monkey D. 'Straw Hat' Luffy. He's immensely powerful for someone who looks and- if the rumors are true- so dim witted. So I suggest that the strongest of you go after him. The second strongest stands at a tie as far as I know; Roronoa 'Pirate Hunter' Zoro the first mate and a swordsman who uses three blades and 'Black Leg' Sanji the cook who only fights using his feet and legs. They are the strongest of the crew. Nami the navigator stands at third, however like the other two she is a normal person and has no Devil Fruit powers".
Erza stares at the posters very carefully, taking in each of their faces and committing them not only to memory but also their estimated power as well. She purses her lips. "The two strongest out of the four of us are by far Akira and Cider here. Though we'll have to put Kurogane safe if things come down to fighting". Her eyes flash to the baby, slightly worried for his safety despite being half demon and half angel. "I'll take Zoro," should she get a sort of 'no fair' look from Cider, she playfully winks to the other swordswoman in a 'you snooze you lose kind of fashion'. "Yurei, you take Nami. No offense but you're the weakest out of the four of us".
Yurei nods once, "I don't mind that," she knows she's the weakest among all eight of them. But that doesn't mean that she's a pushover of course.
Robin nods once, "If you have any questions, you can ask them while on the road. We need to get going, and going rather quickly". That said, she leads the way out of the building and heads directly for the town in which all the fighting occurs and whose name I can't remember for the life of me.
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Post by LochNess on Jun 30, 2014 2:48:24 GMT
Kyo listens to Nami while the others talk about being stronger or what ever Ichigo and Grimmjow are telling Zoro. Still, he addresses Nami since she seems to be the only level headed person. "So, Nami, are we headed towards this crocodile now or what?" At the mention of helping Luffy and the others fight this Crocodile, he passively observes Luffy's determination. The difference in strength between Luffy and Ichigo is as great as between that of a mouse and lion. Still, there's a determination in his eyes. It's something that Kyo finally found about the kid that is admirable to him. He smirks and nods. "We only just met, but I think that helping you take down Crocodile is what we were meant to do. So, consider us allies for the time being."
Sanji finally snaps out of his love struck state after it's mentioned the girl named Cider is taken. He is a love struck fool over any girl, but he grew serious when he saw the obvious dislike in Ichigo's eyes as he claims Cider. "What a shame," he muses with a sullen look. Once the boys agreed to helping them, Sanji looks to Zoro. "Looks like the shitty marimo won't get to play swords after all."
Kouga raises a brow at everyone as they seem so excited by Ichigo's summoning a sword. They're really in for a shock if that was enough to wow them all. Even the weakest of their group has abilities at least as bizarre as the abilities these devils fruits give like Luffy being a rubberman. "Well... I suppose this is going to be a piece of cake," he says as he relaxes in his spot. These guys won't harm them. If anything, the kid that's supposed to be captain will get himself killed by Ichigo or Grimmjow. They'll find the girls once they succeed.
Vivi's expression turns from confusion to surprise to a mixture of worry and surprise. "I couldn't ask you to take on my country's problems!" She says, but then she adds, "but... Since you decided you'd help... I'm so grateful!" She dips her head ever so slightly towards the boys, a kind smile on her face. Still, she looks to Ichigo as he pulls his top off. "You'll get sunburned like that, mister Ichigo," she warns, unaware of the extent of his superhuman abilities.
Chopper is gaping at Ichigo's summoning a huge sword out of thin hair. "So cool!" He cries from his spot behind Nami. "You're... You don't have devils fruits where your from, right? So how can you do that?" And in his mind, he adds why the hell Ichigo has a hole on his chest.
With the ladies, Akira shivers as a hand appears out of no where and touches her sensitive wings. She'd completely lose it had it of not been a brief touch, which is fortunate for Kurogane. At the mention of getting her baby somewhere safe, she can't help but hug him closer if only for a second. Said child is simply wondering where the strange hand behind Mom went. He was intrigued. As he looks around, Akira looks at the faces closely. "I'll fight the Luffy kid. He may be a dimwit as you said, but what fool would follow a dimwit with out a good reason? I want to see his strength myself. I'll have to find a nice family to babysit for me." Despite the enjoyment she knows Kurogane would have, there's still no way a baby, human or not, belongs on a battle field. She'll ensure his safety before they get to the Capitol to fight. As Robin says they need to leave, the blonde angel nods. "Alright. Now that we know what we are doing, it's best we get moving, no?" The sooner they're done with this task, the sooner they can find the boys.
Cider meanwhile nods to the fliers. She studies the faces closely. She gapes as Erza claims Zoro. "Aww,'I was hoping to test Miraikou against another sword..." She sticks out her tongue to Erza as the redhead winks at the shini-witch. "Fine. I think hand to hand, or hand to foot, would be a nice work out too. Besides, I think I'll need that most since I want to fight Grimmjow again." A grin spreads over her face at the thought of challenging that hollow to settle the score. Surely he will agree, too. She turns to follow Robin out. "Alright. Let's get this over with," she says to the other girls.
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Post by OokamiShinjo on Jun 30, 2014 14:27:44 GMT
Ichigo's eyes turn to Sanji once more as the blonde man pulls himself from his little love dance to mutter it being a shame for Cider being taken. He doesn't say a word, as he feels there's no need to start a fight. "Oh come on King! They're all so weak! Just a little love tap to the ass is all it'll take. Honest!" Ogichi inputs from his spot on a random skyscraper within Ichigo's mind. Ever since Zangetsu became nothing but Ichigo's conscience, it's been a bit boring in his mind. So he's gotta entertain himself some other way. Getting Ichigo to fight these pests would be good fun. "They're our allies for now, Ogichi," Ichigo states sternly, "And it's because they're so weak that there's no point in actually starting a fight". "Boring, King. Man...I hope we get there soon," the inner Hollow pouts. Ichigo's attention is taken from his inner counterpart and is given to the young blue haired woman. "There's no sun that can burn my skin. Trust me," he assures her, not at all bothered by the heat of the orb above their heads. His attention is then given to the little talking raccoon....No wait, he's a reindeer, his bad. "Grimmjow and I are what's called Hollows," Ichigo's gold and black orbs meet Chopper's as he speaks, "Creatures whose holes in them," he points to his own and then to Grimmjow's, "Signify that we don't have a heart and have given in completely to despair in the past". While he is an exception to this, there's no point in overloading the little deer's mind.
Zoro in the mean time growls at Sanji, whipping his head in his direction, "Shut it shitty cook! At least I didn't get shut down by some woman's jealous boyfriend!" A hand rests on one of the hilts at his side, however he does not draw them. His glare though is turned to a different male altogether as he hears a scuffle and a cry from Luffy. What he sees sets him on edge enough to draw all three blades and point them threateningly in a certain someone's direction.
Grimmjow had been simply relaxing for the time being, despite his slight itch to get something done and kill something. The crab he and the others would make a great dinner. However, he's sure that not even Ichigo would allow that. They need to get where they're going as it were. And Grimmjow is pretty damn sure that none of these humans can do anything similar to Shunpo or Sonido. "Don't worry about it, Princess," he tells Vivi, "Just so long as we get some action. We're on your side free of charge". A shiver runs up his spine, and not the good kind as suddenly he's looking down at his gut and the hand that sticks through it. The owner, he finds with a growl, is none other than Luffy.
Luffy, curious as to what Ichigo meant by not having a heart, walks to the only one that's not paying attention to said conversation. Doing it to Ichigo, Luffy feels, would be a bad idea. Besides, his Hole-thingy is where his heart is supposed to be, so him not having a heart makes sense. What the dim witted man doesn't understand is why Grimmjow's hole is where his tummy should be. He stares down at his hand from over Grimmjow's shoulder, amazed that there's no blood on his hand and Grimmjow isn't in pain. "Wait," Luffy calls out, "Grimmjow's Hole-thingy is where his stomach should be! So he has no gut, right? Hey Grimmjow, how do you eat without food falling through?"
Grimmjow, not at all appreciative of Luffy's hands on curiosity, snarls and draws Pantera much faster than those of the Straw Hat Crew can blink. Even faster, he has the young man pinned on his back and Pantera positioned at the boy's gut. A strong hand grips Luffy's neck, "How about I cut a hole into your gut and see how you eat without food falling out?"
Zoro, tense and at the ready as he places a blade at Grimmjow's throat, snaps, "Draw one drop of blood from him and I'll cut your head off before you can blink".
Grimmjow snarls, "Make my day, human".
Nami nods to Kouga, "Yea, we're headed there now. According to Vivi here, it's gonna take a little bit of time, but not more than a day. Not on Scissors here," she smiles and pats the crab's head, obviously making him much happier as his multiple legs go even faster than they had been, hearts in his beady eyes. "Thanks for the help though; I figure we can use all that we can get really". However she lets out a help as suddenly there's a scuffle between Grimmjow and her Captain. "What the hell do you two think you're doing?!" And when Zoro enters the fray, "Zoro! Put your swords away!!" God! That blue haired guy could kill them all in a second it looks like! She means, he took down Luffy in no time at all, and it looks like the boy's trying his best to escape.
Usopp had been drawn to Kouga who's been mostly silent for now. Though he can't help but look at the claws sheathed on Kouga's legs. They look so dangerous and deadly! "So....Kouga.....Do you think you and your friends can really help us win this?" Sure they look strong, but as far as Usopp knows, Luffy's managed to beat men far more muscled than he in no time at all. So the young man is a bit skeptical. However, his answer seems to be answered as Grimmjow suddenly does what he does, causing the crew's coward to yelp and jump behind Kouga, fearing for his life.
Ichigo's eyes snap to Grimmjow as the scuffle occurs, however unlike those of the Straw Hats, he is not worried. "Grimmjow," he tells the man, "Put Pantera away. Save the fighting for later". Who knows what kind of fun they're gonna get in to?
Grimmjow in the mean time snaps, "Why should I? You wouldn't like it if he just stuffed his hand through you, would you?" Pantera's tip draws closer to Luffy's exposed stomach making him shrink back in fear and Zoro to press his blade against his neck. Surprisingly enough to the marimo, even though he's pressing hard enough to, no blood is coming from the skin.
"He doesn't know any better," Ichigo sighs before his eyes narrow, "Now calm down before I beat the shit out of you". This results in a growl from the feline-esque man whom in the end backs off and sits back down with a grunt. Ichigo mentally sighs, "I'm glad he'll at least listen to me....Luffy'd be dead if I weren't able to deliver on my threat"
With the ladies, Yurei finds the slight whining that Cider does amusing, seeing as Erza already took the crew's resident swordsman. However, she nods towards taking Nami, "It won't be much of a challenge, but it'll be something to do, no?" At the mention of them leaving, she can't help but ask, "Is there a possibility of you moving as fast as we can?" As they step onto the sand, with a small bout of concentration, white bat like wings appear on her person. Flying will be the fastest way that they get to their destination, as she knows that she and Erza have their own ways of flying while Cider can easily Shunpo to keep up.
"Crocodile will be highly grateful that you take Luffy," she tells Akira with a nod, "I'm sure he'll give you plenty of a challenge to at least make things interesting" Robin smiles at her fellow black haired woman, "I have ways of traveling; I'll create a set of wings on my back if have to in order to direct you all in the correct direction of the city". She nods to the others though and turns, leading the way out of the building and then creating the wings made out of hands and arms as mentioned. This technique is a little harsh on her person as she doesn't do it a lot and it's a fairly new trick...But she'll manage to keep up with the women around her.
Erza laughs lightly towards Cider's whining, "Well there you go, finding something good out of a 'loss'," she nods to the shini-witch. "There's no doubt in my mind that Grimmjow will resurrect; you're not so weak as to make him unable to do so. You are the second strongest woman out of the four of us". She does not fear saying that she isn't as strong as the woman because it's nothing but the truth. None the less, as they head out of the mansion and back into the world, she re-equips into her Black Wing armor, while Yurei does as mentioned. She takes off with the others with Robin at point once ready.
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Post by LochNess on Jun 30, 2014 16:29:48 GMT
Poor Ogichi xD, dun worry I'll entertain you! -throws Cana at 'im- "Hollows?" Chopper repeats hesitantly. They may not be as muscular as some of the men he's seen, but then, neither is Luffy. He glances to Ussop as he questions Kouga on how capable they are. Kouga's answer only makes Chopper shiver a little more. "They're so scary..." He remains hidden as such. Kouga roles his eyes at Luffy. For such a real problem to be hanging over their heads, this captain is very worry free. He even managed to kiss off the one guy who might've killed the one he's trying to help. He looks to Ussop, and he gives a cold smirk. "Don't let our appearances fool you if you're doubting us. We are all more than capable of holding our own, and If this is truly our task, no way will we let ourselves get trapped in the dessert world." Little does he know this is actually merely an island or than other islands vary as greatly as the worlds they visit. He looks to Grimmjow as he's forced to sit there lest he feel Ichigo's wrath. "That captain of yours had best watch himself," he mutters before glancing towards the cook and swordsman. Indeed Sanji was fighting. Or started it at least. He blows out a cloud of smoke as Zoro insulted him back. "I wasn't shut down. I'm merely waiting to see the lovely lady with my own eyes as well as the others." Once Zoro tends to the defending of their stupid captain, Sanji glares at the kid. He looks back to their new companions. The most human looking of the bunch, Kyo, is asked, "So you travel around with a bunch of monsters and pretty ladies?" Once Kyo says what he does, Sanji sighs. He looks serious. However, his only real thoughts were of how to meet these beautiful as well as strong women. Kyo blanches. "You're really the captain?" He questions the kid after he so recklessly pissed off their currently most dangerous comrade. Ichigo is stronger, but Grimmjow is still a monster, and one with the quickest and most violent temper. Still, he muses that if they weren't monsters he knew could handle what ever problem comes their way, Kyo could be worried that their not so harmonious alliance would hinder them from completing he task. After all, there's still doubt in many of their minds, and this Captain is begging to get hurt himself. As Sanji questions his companions humanity in a way, Kyo smiles. So he thinks Kyo is human the at he said that... Fine by the dragon. He says, "yea, they're all a bunch of overpowered idiots here." He ignores the "hey!" from Kouga. "Our female comrades aren't all that human either if that's what your worried about. Even Ichigo here would would have a hard time taking on Akira with out using deadly force." That's very true. If Ichigo were to slack off, he'd easily get beaten by Akira in a fight. Especially now that the angel has increased her power, and Ichigo has too, but Akira's wings gave her more power, so she'll be extra confident. Still, as Sanji falls silent, he turns to Princess Vivi who seems the calmest towards Kyo's team out of everyone. Maybe that's just because of the state of her kingdom at the moment. Indeed, Princess Vivi is more than glad for their help. Luffy didn't seem to dislike them, so she will trust them as well. That leaves her only concerned about her kingdom. She gazes into the direction they were heading, a serious look on her face while the others bicker and try to get a feel for each others' style. If she could just stop the rebel army and explain things to them... People won't have to die at all. That is her ideal. If they get their fast enough, it can even become reality. Of course, I doubt that's gonna happen. With our ladies, Akira nodded towards Robin. The newly-turned BLONDE angel ( ) nods to Robin. She doubts he'll be a challenge at all, and she's more worried about saving the fighting for Ichigo later. Once she sees the wings on Robin's back, her own crimson wings unfurl. Red eyes look forward towards the direction Robinntakes them, and she pushes off the ground with an effortless beat of her wings. She trails behind Robin, riding the winds as easily as any bird could. She looks out as they near the Capitol for a small and safe place with a family to watch little Kurogane. She ends up dropping him off with a young family in a small town just before the Capitol came into sight. She doesn't like it, but she doesn't have a choice at the moment. Cider nods. "Aye, I need to keep up. I know he's gonna try to aim for my legs , and it's not like I can suddenly change Miraikou's Bankai to cover my legs, so I'll need a little practice at least." She smirks to Erza. "And you'll get to play swords with that man. You better not lose if you know what's good for you." This blonde uses shunpo and runs along the sky at a casual pace to let the others keep up. After all; she doesn't know exactly where to go. She keeps searching for Ichigo's mind, but it's to no avail. Little does she know that she'll find him with the enemy once they reach the Capitol.
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